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!).

End of an era: level of threat for terror attack in NL has been lowered

Great news! The Dutch security threat level has been lowered for the first time in years (and we're all breathing a sigh of relief)....

Eurovision Rotterdam 2020: everything we know so far

All the bright lights, glittering colour, outrageous costumes of Eurovision 2020 will be dazzling the Netherlands when Rotterdam plays host to the song contest...

BREAKING: Three injured after stabbing in The Hague, offender on the run

Police have confirmed three people have been injured after a stabbing incident in the centre of The Hague earlier today.  UPDATE 23:48 - The three young...

Cooking class gone wrong: student poisons teacher after mobile phone ban

A cooking teacher from Wellant MBO Amsterdam has been poisoned by a student. In retaliation for a mobile phone ban, the student added detergent...

Best of the best: DutchReview’s most-read of November

What a month for the Netherlands! Sinterklaas arrived right on cue (and so did the Zwarte Piet debate), and started preparing for all of...

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