Living in Netherlands: Family networks

Every person who has landed in a foreign country, with high expectations of their new life, knows how difficult it can be to find your feet and adjust. This article shares some tips to kickstart your life as a new expat here in The Netherlands.

The Penguin Book of Dutch Short Stories

If you’re looking for brief but intense stories to enjoy with a cup of coffee or tea, then this collection from Dutch writers is for you. The Penguin Book of Dutch Short Stories is a compilation of 36 different short stories from a range of...

The artbook as cookbook

While the Rijksmuseum’s galleries and cookbook’s images captivate us with the mystery and eloquence of the Dutch Masters, they also stimulate our culinary appetites. The modest simplicity of Vermeer’s Woman Reading a Letter and the domestic warmth of Jan Steen’s The Feast of Saint Nicholas...

The opportunities of saying ‘farewell’

Many companies, organisations and institutions also go through changes that require a few farewells… just as painful in some cases, necessary in others, but likewise not easy. For ACCESS this year, 12 months short of our 40th Anniversary, we are bidding farewell to the ACCESS...

Volunteering: People helping people

This article provides some information about volunteering in the Netherlands, especially for expats who does not speak Dutch. If you currently looking for some information about how to volunteer, you should read more here.