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Alpacas make their mark

Alpacas make their mark. Alpacas are curious, fluffy animals with large eyes. Although native to South America, Alpacas have been living in the Netherlands for 25 years and their general cuteness and calming manner have made ‘walking with an alpaca’ a popular activity here. Let’s...

Daycare or school: Building strong foundations for the future

Children develop more rapidly during their first five years– the Foundation Years–than at any other time. From the age of three children can attend an international school. The Early Years Foundation Stage at the British School in the Netherlands (BSN) provides education for children aged...

Oerol – a festival in the heart of nature

One of Europe’s foremost performing arts festivals, Oerol is as unique as its UNESCO World Heritage Site location. For ten days every summer, the festival transforms the island of Terschelling into an alternate world that pushes visitors’ senses into overdrive.  Oerol–meaning everywhere in the Terschellinger...

Scam via Marktplaats and WhatsApp

Internet scammers have found a new form of fraud: getting login details from your bank account via Marktplaats and WhatsApp. When offering something on Marktplaats, a potential buyer contacts you directly via WhatsApp instead of via Marktplaats. Wanting to ensure he can trust you, he...

It started with a dog named Sunny

In 1935, Sunny began accompanying a blind brush maker in Amsterdam to and from the factory where he worked. The 10-month-old Malinois mix was the first graduate of what would become the Koninklijk Nederlands Geleidehonden Fonds – KNGF (Royal Dutch Guide Dog Fund), the first...