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!).

The last hurrah: Dutch bars full before new lockdown measures begin, others infuriated

Staggeringly high coronavirus infection numbers did little to dampen the spirits of bar and restaurant lovers last night before the new measures came into...

Dutch government updates travel alerts for Belgium, France, Poland and UK

Batten down the hatches, because on top of the Dutch government urging people to stay at home, closing bars and restaurants, and cancelling team...

Amateur sports cancelled as government warns public to brace for new measures

Amateur sport will be the next casualty of the government's measures to tackle coronavirus. Team sports with participants over the age of 18 will...

Dutch tourists steal Greek bus for joyride, hold naked dance party

What did you do with your weekend? If it was anything other than drunkenly stealing a bus for a wild joyride on a Greek...

€10,000 for every 18-year-old: that’s what this Dutch party wants

Dutch political party Groenlinks wants every person who turns 18 to receive "starting capital" from the government. An appropriate amount, thought Groenlinks, would be...

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