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Dutch Dads and Their ‘Papadag’
About half of new Dutch fathers regularly take a (half) day every week or two off work to care for their children. In Dutch this is a ‘papadag’. It literally means papa day.Leave Provided by...
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Autism and Eating Disorders
— People on the spectrum have a lot of other things they deal with. For some, like me, it’s depression and anxiety. For others, it could be a number of other things, both social and physical. Never...
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Education Across Fields: Three of the Top Universities in Rotterdam
— Many travel abroad to study. It is a common trend nowadays among youth. Some do it for the sake of having a change of scenery, to experience what it was like living in another country, at least for a...
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How the Dutch Came Up With a Simple Solution to Unwanted Advertising in their...
— I have been in Utrecht for a few days, the fourth largest city in the Netherlands and a very pleasant place to spend some time, given that the majority of its beautiful historic center is closed or...
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Dutch Literature Takes Centre Stage at the British Library
— The New Dutch Writing campaign came to the British Library on Saturday 12 October. Martin Colthorpe from Modern Culture and the Library’s Events team had organised a day packed full of great names...
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Best European Cities To Visit With Your New Girlfriend
— One way to truly bond with a new girlfriend is to travel together. You get to share experiences that you don’t have with anyone else. You also get a chance to learn more about each other at this...
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What Would Anne Frank Do During the Virus Pandemic?
— When you hear the name, “Anne Frank,” do you think about a resilient, hopeful young lady? I do, and her name warms my heart. Anne Frank, who was Jewish, hid from the Nazis during the occupation of...
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The Netherlands Shows the Way in Tackling the Climate Emergency
The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday ordered the country’s government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% from 1990 levels, in what is already the toughest and most stringent ruling handed down to...
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Perks Of Business Registration In Netherlands
— The Netherlands, A Heaven For Your Business Expansion In Europe Have you ever planned your business expansion in Europe? The best thing about Europe is you can have so many countries as an option to...
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Civilians at the Sharp End
By Sean Graham Every May, the City of Ottawa hosts the annual Tulip Festival to celebrate the relationships built between Canada and the Netherlands during the Second World War. Following the war,...
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Critically Acclaimed Bosnian Film Stirs up the Barely Buried Ghosts of...
By Mirza Hota Danish director Tomas Vinterberg’s film Another Round won Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy Awards, but it was not the one most talked about online. Not in the Balkans,...
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Two Women, a Lawyer and a Book Chest
By European Studies Today, 19 April, is the anniversary of the death of Maria van Reigersberch, or Reigersbergen the wife of Hugo de Groot a.k.a. Grotius. Her husband is well known for his legal...
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Connie Palmen’s Laws, Loves, and Stories
By European Studies There is only one author in the Netherlands who is laying down the law about how to write biographies as fiction and that is Connie Palmen. 30 years ago she burst onto the...
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Netherlands to Tax Excess Profits to Finance Energy Price Cap
The Netherlands wants to raise 3.2 billion euros with a tax on the usurious profits of energy companies. They want to use the money to finance price caps for households. The Netherlands wants to raise...
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A City to Visit per Country: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Netherlands Another name for Holland, is a tiny nation in Western Europe. The North Sea, Germany, and Belgium all encircle it on its western and northern edges. Amsterdam is the nation’s capital and...
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Less Hustle and Loneliness: Supermarket in the Netherlands Has “Chatting...
By Kontrast.at The Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo has introduced slower checkouts for the first time in 2019. The idea is to give customers more time not only to pay and pack, but also to talk to the...
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Dutch Startup Uses Air Bubbles to Remove Plastic from Rivers
By neuezeit.at Dutch startup “The Great Bubble Barrier” has been building “air curtains” and removing tons of plastic from rivers since 2017. The technology is simple and promising. With the help of...
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More Than Intention: Towards Better Collaboration Within Mental Healthcare
By Anneloes van den Broek and Margot Metz and Inge Bongers The Netherlands prides itself on its commitment to caring for citizens with mental health issues, as well as having a first-rate healthcare...
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The Future of Lab-Grown Meat? In the Netherlands, It’s Locally Grown.
By Francesco deAugustinis, Sentient Media The lab grown meat industry seems to be floundering, at least if you go by the news coverage. Even as Good Meat and Upside Foods earned regulatory approval...
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What Is Behind the Suicides of LGBTQ+ People in Refugee Camps in the...
By Holod Media, Anastasia Pestova This article originally appeared in Holod magazine. An edited version has been republished on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement. In mid-January, it...
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