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!).

Traditional New Year’s Eve beach bonfires cancelled due to coronavirus

The Dutch tradition of huge bonfires on beaches in The Hague will not go ahead. Is it because of that time the bonfires turned...

The Netherlands is a top-three tax haven for multinationals and the super-rich

The Netherlands is one of the world's biggest tax havens, third only to the Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom.  The findings come from a...

Lekker weertje, he? 7 Dutch words you need to know for rain (seriously)

“Mooie dag!” Lotte said, stretching in front of a window bathed with sunshine. She ate her breakfast of brood met hagelslag, and hopped effortlessly...

The Dutch are the best non-native English speakers in the world (again!)

The Netherlands has topped the charts for English proficiency in a new study released by EF Education First.  The EF English Proficiency Index (EF EFI)...

Netherlands ramps up testing: new XL test streets announced in multiple cities

The Netherlands is taking a big approach to testing, with even more XL test lanes with rapid and PCR tests being developed around the...

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