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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).

What’s an eSIM? (and why get one to travel to the Netherlands)

Ahh... cruising along Amsterdam's picturesque canals, washing down some piping hot bitterballen with an ice cold beer, and tiptoeing through the tulips. What a...

The liberation of the Netherlands like you’ve never seen it before (coloured videos inside)

Each year, on May 5, the Dutch celebrate the day their country was liberated from Nazi occupation during WWII. This is known as Bevrijdingsdag...

€400 per month?! These Dutch students have been stealing from supermarkets with self-scans

Mandarins? Toothpaste? Sushi? These are only some of the things students have been "forgetting" to scan at self-checkouts, thanks to some tricks up their...

Train driver (59) found dead by passengers during night ride to Limburg

During the late hours of Christmas night, a train halted at a stop near Tienray, a Limburgish village, where two concerned passengers found the...

The Dutch government will issue an apology for slavery in eight different places worldwide

It is expected that on December 19, seven members of the Dutch cabinet will give speeches in which they'll express remorse and apologise for...

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