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Walraven van Hall: The Resistance Banker

Joram Lürsen’s movie tells the incredible story of World War Two resistance banker Walraven van Hall, one of the greatest Dutch resistance fighters.

Towards a greener orange 

      While the Netherlands is home to many innovations in sustainability, which make great headlines nationally and internationally, can their incremental effect bring about a real transition? The Netherlands has more bikes than people, and the wide flat countryside is crisscrossed by a...

Healthcare Awareness for Expats

Knowing how things work is half the battle Healthcare is always a ‘sensitive’ subject when one travels to another country. Often there is a balance between what ‘is’ and what one ‘expects’, which when mediated by different cultural backgrounds can add to misunderstandings. This story...

A home of your own? Here’s how to start!

If you’ve decided to stay put in the Netherlands, you are probably starting to think about buying a home of your own. Here’s a list of nine things to consider before you take the plunge and become part of the home-owning community.