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3 years, 8 months ago

Blogwatching: Delft MaMa on the transition to Dutch secondary school

The Delft Maternity And Motherhood Assistance is a non-profit organisation promoting the well-being and integration of international mothers-to-be and mothers of young children in and around Delft, The Netherlands. Andrea, whose daughter is now in middelbare school told Delft MaMa about her family’s experience. I would like to point out one thing about the school system in the Netherlands: Some …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Blogwatching: The BBC and other things I miss about British culture

Dutch News

On Rachel’s Round-Up, Rachel Arts talks about her start-up life in the Netherlands, assimilating a new culture, celebrating her British-ness, and some life lessons along the way. We found ourselves watching loads of the Glastonbury re-runs, and made my Dutch husband, who loves classical music, sit through the entire Stormzy set of 2019, as we felt this was an appropriate …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Blogwatching: You are not ready for the real Dutch coronavirus facts

Dutch News

Amanda van Mulligen is British born but calls the Netherlands home. The flyer contains Dutch coronavirus ‘facts’ and counterarguments for measures taken against the spread of the virus. Here are some of the claims on the flyer put in our mailbox : the virus can be treated with medicines and supplements, but instead a vaccine will be forced upon us …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Blogwatching: The story behind a Brazilian expat

Dutch News

Laura Alvarado is a Mexican woman who moved to the Netherlands for love. Like for many expats and situations in life, this is the honeymoon phase: Brainport Eindhoven, Europe’s innovative region, first world, a bright future on the horizon, add newly married to it. Grin and bear, adapt, do what’s necessary in order to have a better future, a good …

Dutch English Brazil Going Good Her Husband Better

4 years, 7 months ago

Blogwatching: white asparagus – A Dutch ritual

Dutch News

Canadian chef Devan Cameron has been cooking since he was a teenager and has worked in kitchens in Canada, Italy and France. Nicknamed ‘white gold’, the asparagus has a slightly sweeter taste and is less bitter than its green cousin making these highly prized possessions. In Maastricht, there’s a very simple tradition of serving blanched white asparagus with rolled ham, …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Blogwatching: white asparagus – A Dutch ritual

Dutch News

Canadian chef Devan Cameron has been cooking since he was a teenager and has worked in kitchens in Canada, Italy and France. Nicknamed ‘white gold’, the asparagus has a slightly sweeter taste and is less bitter than its green cousin making these highly prized possessions. In Maastricht, there’s a very simple tradition of serving blanched white asparagus with rolled ham, …

White Butter Eggs Water Add Asparagus Maastricht White Asparagus

4 years, 11 months ago

Blogwatching: Where are all the meesters in our schools?

Dutch News

Amanda van Mulligen is British born but calls the Netherlands home. That’s certainly not to take anything away from his female teachers, but he felt a male standing before his class would be wonderful. Male teachers are a dying species The number of meesters in the Dutch primary system falls as each school year goes by. My eldest son had …

Teaching Dutch Netherlands School Teachers Male Female

5 years, 3 months ago

Blogwatching: The Dutch Drop Ice Cream Taste Test Experience

Dutch News

Invading Holland documents the adventures of an accident-prone Englishman as he continues to explore life in Holland. ‘I’m not sure ice cream is supposed to be this colour,’ I commented to my wife as I held the completely matte black ice cream by its little wooden stick. After all, she’d been the one who’d made the discovery of liquorice flavoured …

Dutch Ice Drop Bin Cream Thing Holland

5 years, 4 months ago

Blogwatching: How Rebekah survived the school trip

Dutch News

Rebekah was born in Ireland, grew up in England and met her Cornish husband in Catalonia. One afternoon, at school pick up, my son’s teacher asked me, ‘Can you come on the school trip? As we stood in the driving rain outside the bird park, I smiled my best ‘fun mum smile’ at my gang. ‘Don’t worry mama, I’ll be …

Kids Dutch School My Son Ghost Train

5 years, 5 months ago

Blogwatching: Don’t Forget Your Vakantiekaas

Dutch News

On Turning Dutch, Amanda van Mulligen writes about life as an expat mother, expat wife and an expat writer. Vacation plans outside of the Netherlands really gets in the way of the usual Dutch cheese consumption. How on earth do you survive when you holiday abroad and there is no Dutch cheese to be found in the supermarkets? And don’t …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Blogwatching: With my feet in two boats

Dutch News

Dana is a Romanian, living in Amsterdam since 2010. There is a Romanian expression: “Cu fundul în două luntri“, which means ‘sitting with your bum in two boats’, or in other words not being able to make up your mind about something. During the eight years I’ve been living away from my home country, I went through all sorts of …

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5 years, 7 months ago

Blogwatching: Stepping out of the bubble

Dutch News

Kristen in Clogland is a blog about an Aussie discovering the Netherlands, travel and adjusting to life in another country. Our two kids will be moving from the international school system to the Dutch education system. Our two children have been ‘under my wing’ so to say, for the past six years, attending the international school where I work. Growing …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Blogwatching: When living in Amsterdam is the opposite of cool

Dutch News

Ana V. Martins is a Portuguese actress turned content creative & social media wizard. Peace and quiet at last, and another promise that I am never going back to De Hallen which, I know all too well, I’ll be breaking next year. I used to work at the former ‘In de Olofspoort’ in the city centre and had to follow …

Amsterdam Dutch City Know Living Ive Speak

5 years, 9 months ago

Blogwatching: Keukenhof, the Netherlands

Dutch News

Melissa Birdwell is behind the blog Mommy on a Mission. For more than one person it is, unfortunately, probably cheaper to go by car although I did see a special on the NS app for public transport and entrance for something like €35 and that’s a good deal. It shouldn’t be cheaper for two people to drive than to take …

Kids Transport Netherlands Public Transport My Kids Keukenhof

5 years, 10 months ago

Blogwatching: The worst place on earth

Dutch News

The blog Amsterfam is the creation of Lauren Collett. ‘What shall I bring back?’ ‘Bath bombs,’ says the seven year old without hesitation. ‘If you get worse, school can ring me.’ ‘We are going to the zoo!’ says the four year old. ‘You’re going to the zoo,’ says the nine year old, processing the information. ‘No, he’s still on the …

Zoo School Lawyer Old Going Seven Dubai

5 years, 10 months ago

Blogwatching: The worst place on earth

Dutch News

The blog Amsterfam is the creation of Lauren Collett. ‘What shall I bring back?’ ‘Bath bombs,’ says the seven year old without hesitation. ‘If you get worse, school can ring me.’ ‘We are going to the zoo!’ says the four year old. ‘You’re going to the zoo,’ says the nine year old, processing the information. ‘No, he’s still on the …

Zoo School Lawyer Old Going Seven Dubai

5 years, 11 months ago

Blogwatching: Amsterdam's unique boutiques

Dutch News

There are dozens of boutique places to shop in Amsterdam and lots of independent stores. Confectionary Amsterdammers love sugary stuff and and there are some fabulous boutiques offering world class chocolates and tempting sweets or ‘snoep’ on offer. Whilst there are spiced flavours like ginger and coriander, rosemary and flower tea on offer, my favourites are the classics – the …

Amsterdam Dutch Coffee Chocolate

6 years ago

Blogwatching: 10 best restaurants in Amsterdam

Dutch News

British by birth and Dutch by choice, Vicky Hampton, aka the Amsterdam Foodie, is a writer, cook and avid foodie who has lived and worked in Amsterdam since 2006. So for my 2018 list of best restaurants in Amsterdam, around half came from this year’s Restaurants of the Month, while the other half I discovered before or since. Best Indonesian …

Food Amsterdam Dutch Restaurants Restaurant This Year Favourite

6 years, 1 month ago

Blogwatching: bunkers and naked volleyball

Dutch News

What do you do if you have been sent to live in the Netherlands as a trailing husband for six months, while your wife works in a high powered job? Jacques Hogendoorn and his brother Piet have been studying and teaching and collecting paraphernalia on German bunkers along the Atlantic Coast for years. The estimated total of bunkers that made …

Way German World War Ii Des Moines Jacques Bunkers Scheveningen

6 years, 2 months ago

Blogwatching: Opening night (a play about women, sex and porn)

Dutch News

The writer of Amsterfam moved from London to Amsterdam nearly two years ago with three kids. In my privileged capacity as Tulse Hill’s greatest export to Amsterdam, twice Mumsnet’s blog of the day, guardian of #stevethebakfiets, fair-weather Instagrammer, diarist, documenter of disaster, dealer in schadenfreude – ALL my stock is in schadenfreude, that’s my only horse in the race, if …

Amsterdam London Women Sex Play Think Know

6 years, 3 months ago

Blogwatching: The best flexible work spots in Hilversum for freelancers

Dutch News

The Bitterballenbruid moved to Hilversum in 2014 and has been living there with her Dutch husband and her cat ever since. Freelancers need a good cafe where they can hang out and work… somewhere with strong wifi and equally strong coffee… I’ve visited A LOT of cafes in Hilversum over my 4 years of working from home, so let me …

Food Dutch Work Free Good Lot This Place

6 years, 5 months ago

Blogwatching: Zombie Town

Dutch News

Rebekah was born in Ireland, grew up in England and met her Cornish husband in Catalonia. They now live in the Netherlands, in Dutch suburbia, with their two differently wired, small kids. In desperation I decided to go to our local Dutch mum and toddler group. Let alone a toddler group in another country, so it was with some trepidation …

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Blogwatching: Delft MaMa on the transition to Dutch secondary school

Blogwatching: The BBC and other things I miss about British culture

Blogwatching: You are not ready for the real Dutch coronavirus facts

Blogwatching: The story behind a Brazilian expat

Blogwatching: white asparagus – A Dutch ritual

Blogwatching: white asparagus – A Dutch ritual

Blogwatching: Where are all the meesters in our schools?

Blogwatching: The Dutch Drop Ice Cream Taste Test Experience

Blogwatching: How Rebekah survived the school trip

Blogwatching: Don’t Forget Your Vakantiekaas

Blogwatching: With my feet in two boats

Blogwatching: Stepping out of the bubble

Blogwatching: When living in Amsterdam is the opposite of cool

Blogwatching: Keukenhof, the Netherlands

Blogwatching: The worst place on earth

Blogwatching: The worst place on earth

Blogwatching: Amsterdam's unique boutiques

Blogwatching: 10 best restaurants in Amsterdam

Blogwatching: bunkers and naked volleyball

Blogwatching: Opening night (a play about women, sex and porn)

Blogwatching: The best flexible work spots in Hilversum for freelancers

Blogwatching: Zombie Town