Liana Risseeuw 🇱🇰

Liana juggles her role as an Editor with wrapping up a degree in cognitive linguistics and assisting with DutchReview's affiliate portfolio. Since arriving in the Netherlands for her studies in 2018, she's thrilled to have the 'write' opportunity to help other internationals feel more at home here — whether that's by penning an article on the best SIMs to buy in NL, the latest banking features, or important things to know about Dutch health insurance.

Here’s every major Dutch traffic disruption this summer (and how to dodge the worst of it)

Rijkswaterstaat is carrying out major roadworks across the Netherlands throughout summer 2026, and extra travel time on the busiest routes can stretch to a...

Dutch police are introducing penalty points for traffic offences this autumn

Dutch police and prosecutors are rolling out a penalty points system before the end of this year, aimed at the roughly 30,000 drivers who...

Trump found a new reason to tax Dutch exports, but the EU isn’t buying it

From today, July 24, Dutch goods going to the United States face an extra tariff of 10% or 12.5%. The official reason? Forced labour. Yes,...

This Rotterdam neighbourhood is now off-limits at night (and it may be a Dutch first)

From July 23, if you're in parts of Rotterdam's De Esch after 11 PM without a decent reason to be there, you're now breaking...

Parts of the Netherlands may hit 35 degrees next week: here’s where and when

The south and southeast of the country could see temperatures climb past 30 degrees Celsius from Wednesday, with possible highs of 35 degrees by...

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