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!).

An extra €500 euro in your pocket? Maybe, says PM Rutte

Say doei to one-minute showers, surviving off 80c ramen noodles, and start planning a luxurious yacht holiday — the Dutch government is potentially scheming...

The Netherlands’ most notorious gangster: Willem Holleeder

Willem Holleeder is a convicted Amsterdam gangster, whose rap sheet runs from a high-profile kidnapping, extortion, and at least 25 murders. Holleeder, nicknamed De Neus...

Dutch trains (almost) back on track after major outage

A technical fault that caused the entire NS train network to literally grind to a halt on Sunday has been fixed — just in...

Trains grind to a halt, flights grounded in anticipation of mega-storm

Hold on to your hats, kids: Storm Eunice is dropping by the Netherlands today with a plan to wreak havoc. The KNMI has issued...

Dutchies keep going to Belgium despite pleas to stop; trains full

Belgium is pleading with Dutchies to stop coming to Belgium, and the Dutch train service NS has chimed in. Sick of coronavirus restrictions in...

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