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Real estate transfer tax in the Netherlands

Have you found your Dutch dream home? Apart from having the buying process concluded properly, it is of particular importance to also comprehend all aspects relating to acquiring the ownership of your new abode. A part of this acquisition process is the payment of transfer...

Bright Future Foundation: Make learning fun!

Make learning fun! Innovative volunteers at Bright Future Foundation have worked together to create a bilingual interactive book for Dutch and international children. With a non-formal teaching methodology, the book introduces young children to the basics of science… From the structure of the human body...

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...

Towards a greener orange 

      While the Netherlands is home to many innovations in sustainability, which make great headlines nationally and internationally, can their incremental effect bring about a real transition? The Netherlands has more bikes than people, and the wide flat countryside is crisscrossed by a...

A good time to buy art

It is a great time to buy art, especially with lavish art fairs approaching such as BRAFA Art Fair and TEFAF Maastricht. Buying in today’s art market could be a good invest­ment as several reports have confirmed positive health indicators in the art market in...