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!).

Happy Dutch New Year: fires, 15M in damages, and 58,000 kilos of illegal fireworks

The annual chaos of the Dutch New Year was as much as you could expect. New Years Eve is a purge of the regularity...

Thirteen people injured after multiple cars found on fire at apartment complex

What a way to start the new year - thirteen people, including some children, have been hospitalised after being injured in a fire at...

Fireworks potentially invisible, drivers warned to stay home: rare fog descends over Netherlands

Buienradar has warned that a thick fog settling over the Netherlands means a view of dazzling fireworks to welcome the new decade could be...

Looking back: events of 2019 that shaped the Netherlands

Another year has come and gone, and it's been a shocker. From shootings, stabbings, and more protests than you can shake a stick at...

Unbeatable, unmissable: these were the articles you liked the most from 2019

It's been a hell of a year in the DutchReview office: we've been covering some of the weirdest news, and deep-diving into some of...

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