Housing: Why We Chose the Slow Life Down South

Nastaran tells her family’s story about how and why they chose to live in Heerlen (southern Dutch province bordering Germany and Belgium). Among the family’s many considerations were: housing prices; the serene aspects of suburban living; desiring a spacious house with a garden and close...

Tolerance, Pain, Paracetamol, and other Marvels of Modern Medicine

This humouristic article takes on the serious subjects of Dutch healthcare and medicine. Author Greg Shapiro cites his own daughter’s earache diagnosis and medical prescription (sort of like a salad dressing) as well as the doctor asking him,”And what do you think I should do?”...

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...

The language of love at IWSTH

In my Kindergarten class at the International Waldorf School The Hague, there are 17 children of 19 different nationalities. Some children have two or three nationalities, speak multiple languages, and have several countries they call home. Read more about this article about the language of...

My Journey to Belonging in Amsterdam

Two years before my family moved from the United States to Amsterdam, we relocated from Seattle to Boston. Seattle was where I became an adult—where I went to graduate school, got married, had a baby, and built the foundation of my career as a clinical...