Improve how you feel, every day

The world is a complex place, with myriad problems that can sometimes feel insurmountable. It’s easy to shake your head and feel overwhelmed. However, one of the best ways to easily improve how you feel every day is by tweaking how you approach one thing...

Sending children to Dutch schools

When moving to a new country with children, the priority for most is finding a suitable school. Very mobile families tend to prefer international schools, where curricula may promise a smoother international transition. Families expecting to stay longer tend to send their children to local...

Expatkamp: Learn Dutch while having fun this summer! (6-16 years)

Expatkamp, an initiative of YES (Young Expat Services) one of ACCESS’ new partners, is an activity planned for Dutch children living abroad (and back in NL for the summer) and expat children living in the Netherlands who attend an international or local Dutch school and...

Seeking Advice About Housing and More

When searching for a home things can be seen, anticipated, on one’s own. However, there are other aspects of living in a new country–unfamiliar habits or cultural customs–that do require you to ask questions, talk to people. Seasoned internationals will know this from experience. Consequently,...

ACCESS with AI: New tech, new steps

Artificial Intelligence has an acronym we are learning is increasingly used, worldwide, in its English form – with an A and an I – even when other local languages actually have words for each. This curiosity started a discussion, but, we realised, was deviating us...