Feel at Home International Community Fair – online
Sunday 14 March 2021, 11am-5pm Keeping Internationals Connected For more than a decade, the Feel at Home International Community Fair has been an annual…
2021 – Edition 1 February
The good doctor’s sports prescription
The importance of sport in modern society is already well-documented, but its role has been greatly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. When we consider…
We Are Animals in the Kunsthal Rotterdam
This coming spring, the Kunsthal is inviting its visitors to enter the realm of animal art. The exhibition ‘We Are Animals’ brings together a…
Tips on how to cultivate good feelings over the lockdown by practicing gratitude
Most of us are fed up with the pandemic. The new year has arrived and it’s still here. Blue Monday has passed, but we…
Surinamese School in het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The exhibition Surinamese School, which opens on 12 December at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, is a celebration of Surinamese painting in all its diversity and…
The closing of schools leads to major problems
Thinking back to when many of us were adolescents, the news of school closing would have been music to most of our ears. Not…
And the winner is: takeaway and grocery deliveries
Each crisis has its winners and losers and, during this pandemic one clear winner has particularly stood out, as a recent survey has shown:…
Millennials are getting richer quickly, thanks to the baby boomers
In 1992, the Dutch sociologist Henk Becker pigeon-holed four distinctive generations in Dutch society in the late twentieth century: the Pre-War generation (born 1910-1930);…
Dutch multinationals: government intervention required in recycling plastic
If a survey was conducted today asking people to choose just one thing that in their opinion is harming our planet the most, it…
Second lockdown threatens many sectors of the Dutch economy
With the introduction of the second lockdown in December 2020, several Dutch industries are facing the looming spectre of bankruptcy. Two industries have been…
2020: a record year for the mortgage market
The year 2020 is one for the history books as it changed many aspects of our lives; the mortgage market was no exception. Never…
No more weed for tourists, Amsterdam mayor says
A trip to Amsterdam may be a post-COVID dream plan for many visitors, but if they are expecting to engage in some recreational weed…
Lilianne Ploumen becomes the new PvdA party leader
On 18 January, Lilianne Ploumen became the new leader of the Dutch Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid), following the resignation of her predecessor…
Scandal unveils lack of government transparency and forces cabinet to resign
On 15 January, two months before the March elections, Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the resignation of his cabinet in response to the fallout…
The Hague, City of Peace and Justice
Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro interviews Mr. Jan van Zanen, Mayor of The Hague Former posts: Deputy Mayor of Utrecht (1998-2005); Mayor of Amstelveen (2005-2013); Mayor of…