Join the first Housing & Career Event in the Haarlem Area!
On Saturday, 21 May 2022, the Housing & Career Event will open its door for the first time in the recently renewed, monumental Koepel…
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Whitsun weekend at Paleis Het Loo: Mary’s market
For the first time, Mary’s Market will be held at Paleis Het Loo, from 4-6 June. The event is named after Princess Mary Stuart,…
Fruitpark Hotel & Spa: 4-star superior hotel
Dazzlingly beautiful hotel rooms in a homely style in the middle of blossoming fruit trees. A unique countryside hotel in the Betuwe, with more…
Anton de Kom – author, activist, pioneer
Ideals De Kom; freedom, equal treatment and a dignified existence for everyone still relevant From March 26, 2022, the exhibition Anton de Kom –…
Gelderlandplein – For a truly gezellig time
Looking for the perfect outfit or gift? Or just want to go for lunch or grab a coffee? Check out Gelderlandplein near Amsterdam’s Zuidas…
Exhibition “Korda, Cuba, Che Glamour” in Museum Cobra
On Thursday, 17 March an exhibition called Korda: Cuba, Che Glamour was opened by the Ambassador of Cuba, Mrs. Anet Pino Rivero. Present were…
Interview with an expat
Name: Soph Where do you come from and where do you live in the Netherlands? I’m from Nepal, and I’ve lived in Leiden, Oegstgeest…
How to cope with fear of the future
I was in Los Angeles when I learned that Russia had invaded Ukraine. Specifically, I was sitting in my friend’s car, all hot and…
King’s Day! Enjoy and have fun!
Take your orange outfit out of the closet because tomorrow it’s King’s Day! The Netherlands is going to celebrate that en masse! Tomorrow the…
Introduction of basic grant for all students in higher education
The national government of the Netherlands wants to reintroduce the basic student grant for higher education for all students in the 2023-24 academic year,…
Majority of Dutch people are now agnostic or atheist
In 1648, after 80 years of fighting for religious independence from the Catholic king of Spain, the Dutch Republic became the first Protestant nation…
Teenagers need permission to feel
Each parent has a universal wish to see their child healthy and happy. These wishes seem reasonably attainable, but it feels less straightforward once…
Ukrainians are welcome in the tight Dutch labour market
Ukrainian refugees may be able to fill some of the 387,000 vacancies in the Dutch labour market. Due to big staff shortages both blue-…
The African Authors Book Launch and Book Market
The African Authors Book Launch and Book Market – Saturday 23th April 2022. Organised by Africa Cultural Promotion Center BV and International African School…
King Willem-Alexander opened Floriade Expo 2022 in Almere
On the 13th of April king Willem-Alexander opened the World Horticultural Exhibition Floriade Expo 2022 in Almere. The Dutch horticultural sector shows,…
Interview with an expat
Name: Soph Where do you come from and where do you live in the Netherlands? I’m from Nepal, and I’ve lived in Leiden, Oegstgeest…
Municipal elections in the Netherlands
On 16 March of this year, people in the Netherlands went to the polls to vote, this time to elect local councillors in 332…
Energy crisis causing problems for companies
It’s like the collective bad karma of the human species has finally come to haunt us all at the same time. Right when we…
High rents force daycares in Amsterdam to close
An after-school care centre (BSO) in the city centre of Amsterdam is closing, the second daycare to close in the city. According to newspaper…
Modern Dutch Heroes: Ireen Wüst
The Winter Olympics in Beijing ended on 20 February this year and, as with every Olympic, there were records broken, superstars born and those…
Waiting time for driving exam has risen to 20 weeks
Due to a number of complications caused by the Covid pandemic, students looking to get their driver’s license in the Netherlands currently have to…
E-commerce is here to stay
Over the past two years, online shopping has drastically increased in the Netherlands. According to numbers released by the Knowledge Institute for Mobility Policy…
“Milestone in sustainable transition”: Netherlands to double its production of offshore wind energy in the North Sea
The Netherlands’s aims to double its production of offshore wind energy by 2030. This was revealed by the Dutch Cabinet this spring, when it…