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).
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Does the Netherlands have Daylight Saving Time?

The tricky thing about the time in the Netherlands is that it's always changing — or at least twice a year, when Daylight Saving...

Dutch Quirk #108: Have half of their language consist of idioms 

Let's get straight to the point, or as the Dutch would say: met de deur in huis vallen (fall into the house with the...

Dutch Quirk #25: Have a whole conversation with two-syllable words

While the Dutch can be very direct in conversation, it's common to hear them spout some short words that sound an awful lot like...

Dutch Quirk #95: Not have any stray dogs

If you're roaming through the streets of any city in the Netherlands, it is rare that you will find any stray dogs along your...

Skateparks in the Netherlands: skating in Amsterdam and beyond

Hi there, skater! Are you looking to go skateboarding in the Netherlands but don't know where to start? We feel you—with so many skateparks...
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