Lea Shamaa 🇺🇸🇱🇧

Lea has a passion for writing and sharing new ideas with the world. She enjoys film photography, Wes Anderson movies, fictional books and jazz music. She came to the Netherlands in 2019 for her media studies and has fallen in love with the country and its culture ever since. She loves to ride her bicycle in the city but also feels the need to overtake everyone on the bike lane (she's working on it).

11 of the funniest headlines from Dutch parody newspaper De Speld

You would be forgiven for thinking that some headlines are pure satire — when they’re real. Well, that’s not the case here. Today, we’re bringing...

11 movies about Dutch culture to watch

If there’s one way to acquaint yourself with Dutch culture, it’s by grabbing a bucket of popcorn (or bitterballen) and checking out some Dutch...

9 brilliant places to work or study in Maastricht

Finding the best place to work or study in Maastricht can be tricky: where can you sit all day? Where's the best coffee? And...

Dutch Quirk #122: Serve gendered sprinkles when a baby is born

There are so many food traditions when celebrating a child's birth. Some countries have rice pudding or cake, but the Dutch have a special...

Dutch Quirk #60: Have ginormous bike parking lots

Everyone knows that the Netherlands is home to millions of bicycles. And with plenty of bikes, you're also going to find a lot of...

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