April 2024 | Written by – Willem Van Hoorn One particular mirror in which you can closely observe a country’s culture and its do’s and don’ts, is how it celebrates its festivities. And a major yearly festivity in the Netherlands is ‘Koningsdag’ [pronounced koːnɪŋzdɑx,...
8 April 2024 | Collaboration News The aim of the collaboration between STE Languages and Expat Spouses Initiative is to jointly advance initiatives to develop international talent, and in particular its partners/spouses, with a view to them entering the labour...
March 2024 | Written by – Willem Van Hoorn Recently an international friend suggested ‘Trains in the Netherlands’ as a topic for a new blog post. As a frequent commuter by train, she’d be interested to learn more about Dutch trains. Being a frequent train...
November 2023 | Written by – Willem Van Hoorn Eindhoven: Its history as the ‘City of Light’ Chances are that you have recently seen announcements for the so-called ‘Glow Festival´. The upcoming edition of this Eindhoven festival will take place from...
June 2023 | Written by – Willem Van Hoorn In a previous blog post, we discussed the concept of ‘rituals’. At the time it was about the Dutch rituals that have to do with a birthday party. And we found out: a ritual is ‘a procedure in which the actions and wording...
May 2023 | Written by – Willem Van Hoorn In this edition of the blog I´d like to take a look with you at the inner workings of Dutch birthday parties. You stand a fair chance of occasionally skimming past such an event at work or study. And you may even one day find...
