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!).

LIVE BLOG: Dutch government announce new coronavirus measures for the Netherlands

Coronavirus: today's news The latest headlines: RIVM's weekly figures show hospitalisations are on the rise What to expect from tonight's press conference Hospitals under pressure,...

Dutch metro misses end of the line, balances on sculpture 10 metres high

In a whale of a tale, a Dutch metro driver has narrowly avoided catastrophe after the metro ran through a buffer stop at the...

Former healthcare professionals urged to come out of retirement, again

Healthcare organizations in the Netherlands are making an urgent call for extra hands to ease the pressure on the health system.  "The situation is not...

Push for fireworks ban after hospitals become crammed with corona patients

Dutch political parties GroenLinks and the Party for the Animals (PvdD) have made a renewed push for a temporary fireworks ban this year. Party...

Fifteen-year-old girl missing since Friday found after AMBER Alert; man arrested

A fifteen-year-old girl who was the subject of an AMBER Alert issued yesterday has been found unharmed. Police have arrested a man in connection...

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