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Dutch Business – Striving for balance

A fellow Canadian who works as a manager for an IT company with offices in Amsterdam warned that working with Dutch colleagues might be challenging. I could expect to spend my time negotiating every little change in plans and might find that colleagues expect to...

Liberation Day: Remembering and celebrating

For 75 years we have been free to live as we want to. That is something to cherish, to protect and to pass on to others. Throughout the past autumn and winter, many events remembering liberation and celebrating freedom took place across the Netherlands. Unfortunately,...

An incredible connection

“Like many internationals who move around, I felt somehow misplaced,” says Janine Beukes-Almeida, a volunteer at ACCESS. “Like I had forgotten where I belonged. That was until I moved to the Netherlands and began researching my family history.” Beginning the search “Growing up I heard...

Health: If life were a train journey

Like a train journey, life offers new horizons and new destinations, sometimes challenging us to drop old baggage, while at other times encouraging us to relax and enjoy the surroundings. Read more about this article by Jacinta Noonan.

Golden brown

Autumnal fruit and vegetable dishes that warm the heart and easily impress As autumn steals sunny hours from our days, it blows in a cooler, more pensive mood, wearing a kaleidoscope of amber colours. With the shorter days comes more time to be inside without...