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!).

Coronavirus update: grim milestone as Netherlands crosses 50,000 infections

The RIVM reports that 96 people have tested positive for coronavirus today, bringing the Netherlands past the milestone of 50,000 cases. As has been the...

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) has always been a dream of mine....

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 latest ban on entry visas also extends...

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 in the last 24-hours. The Dutch total...

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, at least. Water research institute KWR says...

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