This Thursday 13th May is ????????? ??? and (almost) everyone in the Netherlands will have a day off. But what do we celebrate with Ascension Day and why does this day always fall on a Thursday? Ascension Day is traditionally celebrated the 40th day after Easter...

May 4th and May 5th are two very important days in the Netherlands. On the 4th of May, the Dutch commemorate everyone who lost their lives in World War II. At 20:00 PM everyone in the Netherlands participates in a two-minute period of silence. If you are on the road,...

The rental prices for furnished apartments in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Eindhoven have decreased on average by 6.7% compared to 2020.  A big advantage for internationals is that there is less competition in the market during viewings and that there...

There are more airports and airfields in the Netherlands than you would expect. Not every airport offers the same options. Some airports are focused on only national flights or, for example, only recreational flying. Schiphol is by far the largest airport in the...

France has the Cote d’Azure, Spain has the Costa del Sol, Portugal has the Alvarve and Turkey has the Turkish Riviera. What about the Netherlands? The Netherlands is known as a water country and has a coastline of 523 kilometers. Yet the Dutch coast is only really...

Dutch summertime officially starts at 2 am on Sunday 28 March, when the clocks go forward 1 hour to 3 am. Many devices automatically switch to summertime. It’s called “Summertime” or Daylight Saving time (DST). CET is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)....