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Do you feel at home in the Netherlands?

Do you feel at home in the Netherlands? Are you settled and cannot ever imagine leaving? Is...

The ‘nieuwe normaal:’ 8 things about living in the Netherlands during coronavirus

The past few months (or has it already been years?) were spent commuting from my bed to...

The tunnel under the River IJ: will this giant spiral get cyclists in Amsterdam across the river?

A proposal to build a tunnel with a giant spiral entrance connecting Amsterdam Central Station and Amsterdam...

Amsterdam UMC makes major progress with coronavirus antibodies

Two effective antibodies for the coronavirus have been discovered by the Amsterdam UMC. Although their use on humans...

Adopting a child in the Netherlands

Since 1956, when adoption became a legal family form, 60,000 children have been adopted in the Netherlands....

Hyperloop shows major promise for Schiphol airport

From Amsterdam to Berlin in just over an hour? That could seriously be a possibility by 2030, following...

Social policing in corona times: virtue or vice?

The Dutch are an odd mix of rebelling against authority, and pressure to conform to the norm....

Mark Rutte, sociological jargon isn’t real, but institutional racism is

Mark Rutte says institutional racism is sociological jargon.  First, let’s take a brief moment to celebrate the progress...