Samantha Dixon 🇦🇺

Sam has over six years experience writing about life in the Netherlands and leads the content team at DutchReview. She originally came to the Netherlands to study in 2016 and now holds a BA (Hons.) in Arts, a BA (Hons) in Journalism, and a Masters in Teaching. She loves to write about settling into life in the Netherlands, her city of Utrecht, learning Dutch, and jobs in the Netherlands — and she still can’t jump on the back of a moving bike (she's learning!).

Dutch e-bike brand VanMoof is officially BANKRUPT — but is it really the end?

Over 200,000 VanMoof e-bikes have been sold over the past 14 years, but today the owners of the €2000+ bikes received sad news: VanMoof...

Criminal with mile-long rap sheet stabs supermarket employee in Netherlands to death

A convicted criminal in multiple countries killed a 36-year-old supermarket employee in The Hague yesterday in a potentially random attack. According to the police,...

Did you learn Dutch (or not) to move to the Netherlands? It’s time to share your voice!

Apple = appel. Hello = hallo. Insurance = …verzekering?! Learning Dutch seems easy to start, but you’ve probably discovered that it’s not a piece...

Guys, the Dutch Eurovision song just dropped, and it might just be a winner

That's right, everyone, it's that time of year once again: EUROVISION — and the Dutch have just dropped what we reckon is a bonafide...

Dutch church and monument burns down overnight, likely from fireworks

A century-old church in Veghel, in the south of the Netherlands, is roofless after an overnight blaze. Police suspect fireworks are to blame. Well,...

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