Our Biggest Loss
Slowly but surely, we’ve been able to return to our sports. Our gyms have reopened, our sports clubs can receive their members once again…
2021 – Edition 8 October
The Golden Carriage in the Amsterdam Museum
After a restoration of more than five years, the Dutch Royal Golden Carriage is on show for the first time in the Amsterdam Museum….
Betweenness – neither here nor there
With his use of multimedia and the internet, Oliver Laric is a modern artist par excellence. Recently Modern Forms of London, a private organization…
World Premiere: Frida Kahlo exhibition at the Drents Museum
From 8 October 2021 to 27 March 2022, the Drents Museum is proudly presenting a world premiere with a major exhibition devoted to the…
Visit the Hilton hotels in Amsterdam and The Hague
Hilton The Hague For a weekend at the beach with a city feeling and a beautiful spa nextdoor, Hilton The Hague is the right…
Friesland’s best-kept secret: Landgoed Lauswolt
Hidden in the beautiful forests of Beetsterzwaag, Friesland’s best-kept secret: five-star hotel Landgoed Lauswolt. You will not lack anything in this breathtaking environment. The…
Spotlight on a contributor
What is your name and where are you from? Priyanka Sharma from Delhi, India. Although I lived in China for 5 years before moving…
Surviving the Dutch school, traditions and habits
You have chosen a Dutch primary school for your child; how exciting to start this Dutch adventure! Being in a Dutch school means dealing…
Prinsjesdag 2021: No royal carriage, no horses, no audience, no frills. But the show must go on
For a second year running, there was a no-frills policy at this year’s Prinsjesdag (‘Little Princes Day’). With its adjusted corona programme, members of…
Loeki de Leeuw is back!
The lovable stop-motion character from the 1970s and 80s is back! Who is Loeki de Leeuw? Loeki the Lion is the mascot created by…
Tata Steel: environmental threat or essential industry?
In the history of mankind, the battle between environment and jobs, the latter have always won. But that is changing – people are no…
Politicians’ proposals over ever-rising house prices
The current housing crisis in the Netherlands is so big that people have taken to the streets to express their anger and frustration that…
Buyers’ nightmare leads to housing protest in Amsterdam
Imagine house-hunting and seeing a place that you like, and then demanding the walls be painted in your favorite colour, bathroom tiles changed, kitchen…
Hazing under fire after excessive violence at student associations
The phenomenon of hazing is once again under fire. Soon-to-be members of six fraternities in Amsterdam were mistreated and humiliated during the traditional hazing…
Princess Laurentien opens European School The Hague
Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands will open the high school building of the European School in The Hague on Friday 1…
Foreign students coming back to the Netherlands
Busy hallways, full libraries, lively discussions about group assignments and what to do next weekend – student life is flourishing again in the Netherlands….
After 13 years, a President of Suriname visits the Netherlands
Last September, Suriname’s president Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi paid an official visit to the Netherlands, the first in more than a decade of tense relations…
Does flex work law cost jobs?
New law shakes things up The Balanced Labour Market Act (WAB) was established in 2020 and was intended to increase the position of flex…
Dutch government formation talks … take three
Already six months have passed the Dutch national elections in March 2021, and there is still no majority coalition and thus no new cabinet….