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Classroom, curriculum and countryside

Classroom, curriculum and countryside. At Eerde International Boarding School students develop their full potential by interacting with nature.

Expat mums relaunching their career

Raising a family and pursuing a career can be a real challenge for expat mums. Relocation with children to a new country needs time and energy, while often your career aspirations pause during the transition. Yet once everyone in the family is happy and settled...

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...

For the greater good

Working is not always what it’s cracked up to be. There are deadlines to meet, bosses to please, and petty office drama. This doesn’t necessarily go away when you decide to volunteer, but doing something because you want to, not because it is paid, feels...

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...