Almost €100,000 of income per year is needed to purchase the average home
Recent research shows in 2023, the average sale price of a home in the Netherlands was €452,000. To get a mortgage of this value,…
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Don’t be gloomy; it is not all bad
Humans have a natural tendency to be drawn toward negative news, a phenomenon deeply rooted in our evolutionary history. This predisposition, known as “negativity…
Suicide peaks in young people: A crisis that needs to be acknowledged
According to the Current Dutch Suicide Registration Committee (CANS) 2023 report, around 1885 people in the country died by suicide last year. What’s more…
Gender pay gap also exists among self-employed people
Freelancers are impacted by a gender salary gap, with a 16 percent hourly wage disparity for self-employed womenwho have the same education and experience…
Paying in cash remains popular
According to De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the use of cash in the Netherlands is at an all-time low. This has to do with the…
The waves of golf hitting Dutch shores
We’ve all seen it before, especially living here in the country of what seems like perpetual precipitation – some poor brave souls out facing…
A quarter of companies wants to leave the Netherlands
A large number of Dutch companies wish to leave the Netherlands, or at least invest their money abroad rather than in this country. That…
Standing the test of time: the Dutch Constitution
According to the Comparative Constitutions Project (CCP), there are few constitutions that last longer than a few decades, and the Dutch Constitution (1914) is…
Declining children’s vaccination rates are worrying doctors
Vaccination rates are declining in large cities and various Dutch regions, according to the public health service GGD. Religious, cultural and lifestyle beliefs about…
87 million assigned to build artificial intelligence research
ROBUST, a new project of the Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence at the University of Amsterdam, aims to develop trustworthy AI technology for the…
Airline tickets are getting more expensive due to environmental measures
The time of dirt-cheap tickets is behind us. Flying to Barcelona, Paris or other European cities for a few bucks will no longer be…
Rental prices posing a new inflation threat whilst home prices continue to drop
Netherlands house rental prices are set to accelerate this year to a pace not seen in many years. The soaring rentals are choking affordability…
New laws per 1 January 2023
As we enter a new year, changes will take place within various sectors in the Netherlands. From the beginning of 2023, several new regulations…
Baggage chaos continues at Schiphol Airport
The frightening scenes of four-hour long waits and queues that snaked around the cavernous halls of Amsterdam Schiphol from last summer may be over…
It’s not just those who live in Amsterdam – tourists hate crowds too
After a brief period of calm during the pandemic, Amsterdam will most likely host more than 20 million visitors in 2023, according to the…
Cinema attendance is increasing, but not yet at pre-Covid levels
During 2022, people in the Netherlands went to the cinema on average 1.4 times per person, a figure almost doubling the per capita attendance…
Treasure Hunting – De Kringloopwinkel
Early this month on the Dutch TV dating program “Blind Dates” on NPO3, a young woman complimented her ‘blind date’ from Friesland for how…
Science on Stage 2022
Wednesday 23 March 2022 “How to teach the idea of ‘motion’ to my students?” Every dedicated teacher of science and physics grapples with this…
Post-Covid: employees wish to continue working from home
It’s official: on 15 February the government’s advice to mainly work from home was withdrawn. The new recommendation is going back to the office…
The Netherlands scraps most Covid-19 restrictions as pandemic ‘passed its peak’
Just like its neighboring countries, The Netherlands has also moved to scrap most Covid-19 restrictions, as it is now clear that the virus has…
Extreme rise in energy costs hits the Netherlands
In the autumn of 2021, energy prices in the Netherlands reached a historically high level. As Statistics Netherlands (CBS) estimated, based on the energy…
Supermarkets complain about the escalating prices of premium brands
Negotiations between supermarkets and suppliers are hitting it up, once again. The Financieele Dagbladreports that due to the rising inflation, the bargaining game between…
Current student loan system set to be abolished
The student loan system in Dutch higher education will be phased out from September 2024. This decision was taken in the run-up to the…
Spring now starts 1 month earlier than 50 years ago
As the Netherlands and the planet warm up, spring is starting earlier than we were used to, and these changes are observable and measurable…
Distance learning: 5 tips to help my child learn and concentrate online?
48% of children say they have difficulty concentrating in an online classroom environment and 38% have difficulty understanding a subject, according to a recent…
Living in Amsterdam is becoming more difficult
The scarcity of owner-occupied homes in Amsterdam is high, with only about 979 homes up for sale in the municipality in the last quarter…
New law set to improve gender equality at top levels of Dutch businesses
A change in the law in the Netherlands is set to improve gender equality at the top levels of businesses. The new bill aims…
Structural shortage of police for the next three years
House robbed or bike stolen? Don’t expect a calvary of blue-uniformed police officers in screeching car wheels and blaring sirens to come to the…
Rutte IV Cabinet installed
After the longest formation in Dutch history (271 days to be exact), the new Dutch government was sworn into office on 10 January 2022….
House prices skyrocketing in many places
The housing market in the Netherlands is experiencing its highest price surge in over 20 years. The Dutch Association of Real Estate Agents (NVM)…
Problems with electricity supply expected to rise after 2025
Amidst an unprecedented growth in renewable energy production and the phasing out of carbon and gas to achieve climate goals, problems in the electricity…
University of Amsterdam struggles with growing numbers of international students
This year, for the first time in its history, the University of Amsterdam (UVA) enrolled more than 40,000 students. According to university numbers, there…
Shocking increase in mental health problems among students
Many college and university students have suffered from mental issues in the past year, according to the joint study between Trimbos Institute, RIVM and…
Anger and unrest sweep across the Netherlands over new corona restrictions
Hundreds took to the streets in various cities in the Netherlands as anger mounted over new Covid restrictions imposed by the government to tackle…
Healthcare collapsing under Covid pressure?
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, the healthcare sector is facing challenges in meeting the rising demand in patient. The healthcare industry is experiencing extreme…