Articles by

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 (almost) 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!).

Unidentified Flying Pizzas: Dutch drone test proves pizza from the sky is a possibility

Pizza falling out of the sky (a la the cinematic epic Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs)...

US embassy apologizes, backtracks, after stating European tourists won’t be allowed in US before end of year

The US embassy in the Netherlands has done an about-turn, after telling radio station BNR that Trump's...

Coronavirus update: 42,000 tests in the past four days, 116 new cases in past 24-hours

The latest release of coronavirus figures from RIVM shows that a further 116 people have tested positive...

Utrecht and Eindhoven party hard in the pandemic, but Amsterdam drug use dives

Turns out coronavirus is a real party-pooper — judging by the remnants of drug use in sewers,...

The tunnel under the River IJ: will this giant spiral get cyclists in Amsterdam across the river?

A proposal to build a tunnel with a giant spiral entrance connecting Amsterdam Central Station and Amsterdam...

Coronavirus update: new daily cases at lowest in two weeks, with 116 new infections

The RIVM has released the latest coronavirus figures for the Netherlands, showing the lowest daily case increase...

The end of HEMA? Dutch retail chain could face bankruptcy after Monday

We all love HEMA — but we could be seeing its final days. A loan of 50...

The Dutch could face a surge in coronavirus cases — because they don’t follow the rules

The reproduction rate, which indicates how many people an infected person transmits the virus to, is on...