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Living in the Netherlands

A tale of survival: living in a tiny apartment in Amsterdam

Allow me to tell the tale of how I managed to move from a 130 acre rural...

The struggles of learning Dutch

Learning the Dutch language can be a challenge and like all languages, it has its own very...

Pimping your Dutch apartment: creating a gallery wall

Welcome to autumn 2020! It doesn't feel too welcoming though — it's cold, dark, wet and you're...

There are more Dutch CEOs called “Peter” than female CEOs, survey finds

It seems that the Netherlands suffers from either an abundance of Peters, or an abundance of glass...

Living with a mental illness in the Netherlands: is this where the healthcare system fails?

The Netherlands is generous to its citizens and inhabitants with a welfare system I myself have benefited...

C’est la corona: the positive side of the pandemic

Going through a pandemic has changed life as we know it — but perhaps the realisations we've...

Coronavirus update: Dutch weekly deaths triple as country braces for new measures

As the Netherlands prepares to implement a new round of coronavirus measures, the second wave of coronavirus...

What’s in a (Dutch male) name?

Learning and pronouncing Dutch names can be a struggle. "What’s in a name? That which we call...