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!).

Once a Dutchie, always a Dutchie: study finds Dutch emigrants keep their roots

You can take a Dutchie out of the Netherlands, but you can't take the Netherlands out of a Dutchie. A brand spankin' new study...

Dutch government puts brakes on highway speeds, drops limit to 100km/h

The Dutch government has announced a plan to reduce speed limits on highways to 100 kilometres per hour during the daytime in an effort...

Man threatens to blow himself up to protect the Zwarte Piet tradition

A Dutch man has been arrested after threatening to blow himself up. His cause? Protecting the Zwarte Piet tradition. It's just the latest in...

The Dutch are roasting their new international tourism logo (and it’s hilarious)

The Dutch government unveiled their new international tourism logo last Friday. In one key difference, they're now branding as 'the Netherlands' instead of 'Holland'....

SABOTAGE: First amplified call to prayer in Amsterdam left unheard

Crowds gathered around Amsterdam's Blue Mosque this afternoon, the mosque attendees thrilled that the afternoon call to prayer would be broadcast over the loudspeakers...

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