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!).

Butt out: cigarette packs will start to switch to plain packaging from today

Iconic logos like Marlboro and Camel will struggle to gain familiarity among youth, with new neutral packaging laws coming into effect from today.  A push...

Breaking: Dutch government issues urgent advice to wear face masks in public spaces countrywide

The Dutch government has taken a hasty backtrack on its initial avoidance of a face mask rule. This afternoon, Prime Minister Mark Rutte issued...

Corona patients in the second wave are becoming less ill, say Dutch internists

Dutch coronavirus patients are now becoming less ill than patients in the first wave, according to new research from the Nederlandse Internisten Vereniging (NIV)...

Roundup: the complete list of new national coronavirus measures now in the Netherlands

New national measures have begun to be enforced across the Netherlands in an attempt to combat the alarming rise in coronavirus cases.  The latest measures...

US Doctor Fauci criticises Dutch approach, majority of Dutch OMT team pushed for stricter measures

The measures announced in a press conference last night were not entirely supported by the Outbreak Management Team (OMT). Instead, the majority of the...

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