Without your family: interview with a French expat
As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and its enormous fallout, expats experience an added layer of difficulty, living away from their home…
Columns
The art of pivoting: how to survive a pandemic
These are unprecedented times. The Coronavirus pandemic appeared seemingly out of nowhere, putting a halt to our easy-going way of life, and the freedom…
Introducing CBD: weed’s cooler and legal younger sister
Edition 31 January, by Phoebe Dodds Amsterdam is infamous for its liberal attitude to marijuana, drawing bachelor parties and groups of interrailing teenagers since…
New Year’s 2020 in the Netherlands
Edition 31 January, by Marla Thomson “Relatively quiet” is what the headlines of the local newspaper’s weekend edition said. And though this would lead…
‘Fijne Feestdagen’
Edition 27 December, by Marla Thomson Fijne feestdagen! It’s that time of year again – lights strung outside of homes and on busy…
S.M.A.R.T. goals: the entrepreneurial New Year’s resolutions
Edition 27 December, by Phoebe Dodds New year, new you. Every year as 1 January approaches, we set ambitious resolutions, ready for the following…
Ahhh, moving to a new country.
Edition 31 October 2019, by Marla Thomson You’ve got your housing, your job and you’re getting settled in at both. You’re done with your…
Creative entrepreneurs – the unstoppable Dutch tribe
Edition 31 October 2019, by Phoebe Dodds For some reason, art and business are usually – and incorrectly – considered polar opposites. Either you…
An American expat’s journey
Column by Marla Thomson, edition 28 June 2019 I have been living in the Netherlands for almost three months now and my experience has…
An American expat’s journey
Column by Marla Thomson, edition 19 April 2019 Bags are packed, bank and credit cards have been notified, place to stay while abroad has…
Meet the disruptors
Edition 19 April 2019, by Phoebe Dodds The female entrepeneurs making waves in 2019 With the #MeToo movement sweeping Hollywood last year, the rising…
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…
Expat Ruminations by Rajeev Poduval
Rajeev Poduval is an Indian American journalist currently based in Amsterdam. He most recently reported for The Washington Times, The Christian Science Monitor and…
Expat Ruminations by Rajeev Poduval
Edition 30 October 2018 Rajeev Poduval is an Indian American journalist currently based in Amsterdam. He most recently reported for The Washington Times, The…