Interview Britta Schaffmeister by The Hague Business Agency
First interview is with Britta Schaffmeister. She is CEO of Dutch Marine Energy Centre. (DMEC) www.dutchmarineenergy.com The interview is conducted by The Hague Business…
2021 – Edition 3 April/May
Rutger Bregman’s “Humankind: A Hopeful History”
If Rutger Bregman were a normal historian, he would have perhaps contented himself with the praise for his 2016 international bestseller, ‘Utopia For Realists:…
The Father
The topic of dementia was once taboo for cinema, with the often-slow decline of the illness difficult to encapsulate, and perhaps too distressing to…
‘Youthquake’ in the Kunsthal Rotterdam
Kunsthal Rotterdam will be kicking off the new year with the multimedia exhibition ‘Youthquake. The Desire for Eternal Youth’. The exhibition reveals the strong…
Haute Bordure in the Fries Museum
In the Fries Museum you will discover that embroidery is of all times and for everyone; young and old, man and woman! Nearly 150…
Slavery in the Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum, the national museum of arts and history of the Netherlands, will stage its first ever major exhibition dedicated to the subject of slavery…
The global game – the foreign influence on Dutch football
When foreigners in the Netherlands unpack their things and take up residence, they often bring with them a piece of their own home countries…
Interview with an expat
Where do you come from and where do you live in the Netherlands? I grew up outside Chicago, and was living in Austin, Texas,…
Finally open: A look inside the Westfield Mall of the Netherlands
Westfield Mall of the Netherlands in Leidschendam finally opened its doors on 18 March. After twelve years and 630 million in investments, owner Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield…
ABN Amro still struggling with money laundering prevention
In the midst of the crackdown on money laundering, ABN Amro faces intense scrutiny and investigation over failure to combat risks of financial fraud,…
Coronablues and how to handle it
The earth has made its circle around the sun, yet it feels like we are at a standstill. We were in lockdown then; we…
Finding an Apartment – Take 2
As I’m writing this, I am celebrating my two-year anniversary of arriving in Europe – I spent the first week in Germany before heading…
A year in … how to improve your work from home life
It’s been over a year since we entered our first lockdown here in The Netherlands, and most of us are still working from home….
Oh rats!
While Homo sapiens is battling corona, the Rattus rattus is suffering an epidemic of its own. It’s not the first time in history that…
Boom in the number of residents moving away from city centers in the Netherlands
The latest survey by the Land Registry (Kadaster) shows that the large cities in the Netherlands are experiencing an exodus. In recent months, 38%…
China imposes sanctions on Dutch MP Sjoerd Sjoerdsma
Dutch MP Sjoerd Sjoerdsma is no longer allowed to travel to China after the country decided to impose sanctions due to the MP’s initiative…
No easement of lockdown until most people over 60 are vaccinated
Prime Minister Mark Rutte, at his press conference on 23 March, stated that the high number of new corona virus cases and the number…
Health gap between rich and poor visible in corona mortality rate
A recent report by the national statistical office, Statistics Netherlands (CBS), showed that, for the 10.000 Covid-19 deaths that occurred during the first wave…
A record number of entrepreneurs closed their doors in 2020
A recent report from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) revealed a record number of businesses closed its doors for good in 2020, especially…
House prices see the fastest rise in twenty years in February
As home owners, we have always been keen watchers of the house price movements in the Netherlands. More so being expats with a short-term…
30 percent of part-time self-employed people want to work more hours
The Netherlands is home to one and a half million self-employed people, or zzp’ers (zelfstandige zonder personeel, i.e. a self-employed person who works alone)….
Now that the election is over …
From 15-17 March 2021, Dutch citizens cast their votes for the person and party they wanted to see in the Dutch house of representatives:…