Naomi Lamaury

Naomi came to the Netherlands four years ago for her studies with two suitcases and without ever having been to the country or knowing much about it. Now, you can find her eating ‘bitterballen’ and fighting against the Dutch wind on her bike every day like a local. Naomi enjoys writing about what is going on around her alongside a warm cup of coffee.

Same route, different price: Dutch train fares up to twice as expensive as those in neighbouring countries

It was revealed that while you’re sitting on a train with a Dutch destination, there’s a good chance your neighbour paid far less than...

Wait, what?! US military accidentally sends Dutchman over 100,000 classified emails

Have you ever made a typo in a work email and panicked? Well, this one’s way worse. Over the past decade, the US military...

Watch out: ‘Albert Heijn delivery’ in The Hague ends in a robbery

As if straight out of a movie, a robbery in The Hague ended in hostage-taking, €130,000 worth of stolen objects, a country-wide hunt for...

It’s (finally!) official: denying the Holocaust in the Netherlands will now land you in jail

Under a new law, it’s now forbidden to deny, trivialise, or otherwise justify the Holocaust in the Netherlands. The punishment? Up to ONE YEAR...

Creator of the beloved Dutch dish ‘kapsalon’ dies aged 47

The creator of the mouth-wateringly delicious Dutch dish kapsalon has passed away at the age of 47. Although many of us don’t know his...

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