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.

Time for drinks on a ‘terras’: balmy Dutch weather forecasted

Bring out the ice coolers and sunglasses, because summer weather is officially back in the Netherlands! (At least for a little while.) While people in...

Man stabs several people in centre of Leiden, victims left seriously injured

The suspect of a stabbing in the centre of Leiden that left one person dead, and several people seriously injured this morning, is still...

No BSN needed! This Dutch bank just made opening an account much easier for internationals

What a relief! One of the biggest Dutch banks has made it possible to open a bank account without a BSN — and it’s...

It’s official: Dutch public transport is the second-most expensive in the world

Usually, we love it when the Netherlands tops the charts, but not this time… We’ve all been thinking it, but it's now on paper:...

The Dutch women’s soccer team just pissed off their host country — and the World Cup hasn’t even begun

The Oranje women’s football team were seen by thousands on social media, presumably, doing the haka, a traditional Māori dance of New Zealand —...

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