New Year’s dive, a Dutch welcome to 2019
Edition 28 December, by Bárbara Luque How crazy do you need to be to enjoy a dive into the freezing North Sea waters in…
29 November 2018
The Netherlands aims for gold at the European Women’s Handball Championship
Edition 29 November 2018, by Seringe Touquet “We are working hard to get this team to the highest possible level,” said Dutch Handball Federation…
Par Hasard, Almere (Restaurant)
Edition 29 November 2018, by Paola Westbeek Smack in the middle of the country, Almere boasts impressive architecture and a city centre replete with…
Stan & Ollie (movie)
Edition 29 November, by James Luxford While the story of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s latter days as a duo are worth exploring, Stan…
Murder in Delft (exhibition)
Edition 29 November 2018, by Benjamin Roberts In 1584, Delft’s magistrates ordered a brutal execution. They decreed that the 26-year old murderer of William…
Climate Change in the seventeenth century (book)
Edition 29 November 2018, by Benjamin Roberts When climate change is mentioned, we often believe it is a modern phenomenon. However, during the late…
Hals meets Manet, Singer Sargent and van Gogh
The sensational major exhibition Frans Hals and the Moderns in the Frans Hals Museum will be the first time that Frans Hals’ paintings have…
ROMANIA100 – #RO2019EU – from great opportunity to great responsibility
Edition 29 November 2019, by Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro interviews the Ambassador of Romania, H.E. Mrs. Brândusa Predescu Former positions of Mrs Predescu include…
The government’s new tax plan for 2019: what does it mean for expats and in general?
Edition 29 November 2019, by Jeroen Spangenberg Expats that fulfill certain criteria are entitled to a 30% reduction in their taxable income, as well…
Dutch Design Week Eindhoven
Edition 29 November 2019, by Phoebe Potter To add to Eindhoven’s already illustrious record as a city close to the centre of the design…
Birds killed by wind turbines: time to act?
Edition 29 November 2018, by Femke van Iperen Dutch researchers are gathering data on the migratory routes of birds in order to help mitigate…
Expat Ruminations
Rajeev Poduval is an Indian American journalist currently based in Amsterdam. He most recently reported for The Washington Times, The Christian Science Monitor and…
Opening of IT Campus Rotterdam
Edition 29 November 2018, by Marla Thomson On Monday, October 29, 2019, the IT Campus at Rotterdam’s RDM (Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij or Rotterdam Dry…
Will the Netherlands become Europe’s new financial centre after Brexit?
Edition 29 November 2018, by Sagar Harinarayan At the moment, Brexit is the biggest source of uncertainty in the European financial sector. In case…
A Dutch Christmas: 2018 winter events
Edition 29 November, by Bárbara Luque There’s no question the Dutch know how to keep their spirits warm in the cold winter days. In…
Two hospitals declared bankrupt in one week
Written by Stephen Swai It is the end of the road for two hospitals, MC Slotervaart and IJsselmeer Hospitals, after both were declared bankrupt…