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Lea Shamaa 🇺🇸🇱🇧
Lea has a passion for writing and sharing new ideas with the world. She enjoys film photography, Wes Anderson movies, fictional books and jazz music. She came to the Netherlands in 2019 for her media studies and has fallen in love with the country and its culture ever since. She loves to ride her bicycle in the city but also feels the need to overtake everyone on the bike lane (she's working on it).
Dutch Quirk #99: Drink beer like it’s a national sport
The Netherlands is home to many big beer brands like Heineken, Hertog Jan, and Bavaria, but the...
Dutch Quirk #44: Wear way, way, way too much orange
POV: you wake up on the morning of King's Day. You think you see an army of...
Dutch Quirk #95: Not have any stray dogs
If you're roaming through the streets of any city in the Netherlands, it is rare that you...
Dutch Quirk #5: Eat cheese every day for lunch
Gouda, Edam, Leidse Kaas, Beemster… the list goes on. The Dutch know their cheeses pretty well —...
11 iconic things to do in Volendam in 2024
Volendam is packed full of things to do to channel your inner, traditional Dutchie.
The historical fishing...
Dutch Quirk #116: Have a great work-life balance
You can call the Dutch out on many things, but you have to admit that they really...
What’s an eSIM? (and why get one to travel to the Netherlands)
Ah, cruising the canals of Amsterdam, sipping on a biertje on an Amsterdam terrace, and tiptoeing among...
11 movies about Dutch culture to watch
If there’s one way to acquaint yourself with Dutch culture, it’s by grabbing a bucket of popcorn...