Lyna Meyrer 🇱🇺

Fueled by a love for writing, social media, and all things Dutch, Lyna joined the DR family in 2022. Since making the Netherlands her home in 2018, she has collected a BA in English Literature & Society (Hons.) and an RMA in Arts, Literature and Media (Hons.). Even though she grew up just a few hours away from the Netherlands, Lyna remains captivated by the guttural language, quirky culture, and questionable foods that make the Netherlands so wonderfully Dutch.

Netflix is making a film about that time someone was held hostage at the Apple Store in Amsterdam

It was like a scene right out of an action movie when, on February 22, 2022, an armed robbery at the Apple Store in...

This popular Pokémon x Van Gogh card will soon be available at select Dutch stores

Few collector's items have wreaked as much havoc as the Pokémon card depicting Pikachu's Van Gogh-style "Self-portrait". The good news: it will be available...

Unrest at Rotterdam explosion site after family finds body of missing man

After a devastating explosion in Rotterdam on Monday, 29 January, which left three missing and presumed dead, the authorities had to be deployed last...

This is how often Dutch people steal from self-checkouts (yes, they do it)

Self-checkouts are popping up at more and more stores around the Netherlands nowadays — but is that a good idea from a business perspective? As...

Prepare for a bad year on the train tracks, warns the NS

It turns out that "new year, new me" does not apply to the Dutch national rail service, NS. Instead, they're now coming to us...

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