The Jumbulance Trust is a British accessible travel charity that exists to make travel possible for adults and children who are disabled or have a serious or complex health condition. They offer groups and individuals the opportunity to take holidays, short breaks or a day… Read More

In the Netherlands there are six million more bicycles than inhabitants. Nevertheless, many cars clog the densely populated cities. As the problem is likely to worsen over the coming years, the Dutch government now wants employers to pay their employees a kilometre allowance if they… Read More

A reporter from the Japanese newspaper Shankei Shimbun plans to write an article about a former Dutch jurist that was one of the judges in the military tribunal trying Japanese war criminals in Tokyo after the Second World war. In deliberations with judges from ten… Read More

Reporter Mina Mitsui-Ikuma from the Japanese newspaper Shankei Shimbun visits the Netherlands for an article about euthanasia and dementia. She visits a Dutch couple for an interview about a family member that got euthanasia because he did not want to go through the dementia decaying… Read More

To fight extreme housing nuisance a Skaeve Huse (Strange Houses) complex, a concept originally developed in Denmark, was built in Rotterdam. The tiny houses are intended for people that cause too much residential nuisance. It is the last resort when no other approach to fight… Read More

The craft of being a Dutch miller has been added to a Unesco cultural heritage list because of the skills involved and the key role millers have in transmitting cultural history. Unesco also points out that the Netherlands has implemented various measures to safeguard the… Read More

The number of foreign and domestic tourists in the Netherlands rose above 42 million in 2017, an increase of 9% and the sharpest growth rate since 2006, the national statistics office CBS reported earlier this month. The figures are based on overnight stays but do… Read More

A Dutch supermarket chain has launched ‘the world’s first plastic free supermarket’ and the Plastic Whale offers boat tours to fish plastic out of the Amsterdam channels. Ekoplaza, a Dutch organic supermarket chain, opened its ‘Ekoplaza Lab’ just off a major shopping street in the… Read More

Buurtzorg (Neighbourhood care) is a Dutch pioneering healthcare organisation established 10 years ago with a nurse-led model of holistic care that revolutionised community care in the Netherlands. Client satisfaction rates are the highest of any health care organisation, staff commitment and contentedness is reflected in… Read More

Nowhere the Dutch local elections are as exciting as in Rotterdam. The late Pim fortuyn party Leefbaar Rotterdam (Livable Rotterdam) is fighting for the vote on the right side with both the PVV from Geert Wilders as the Forum for Democracy from the new populist… Read More

A bill to combat sexist and sexual violence will be presented to the French Council of Ministers on Wednesday 21 March 2018. The new text provides for a fine of ninety euros for ‘sexist contempt’, or street harassment. But what are our European neighbours doing… Read More

During the winter Olympics the Dutch female skaters missed out on victory in the team pursuit and had to acknowledge their superiority to the Japanese women’s team. The final was unusually exciting. After the first two laps, the Orange trio was about two tenths behind,… Read More