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The New NS Timetable Starts on 13 December, Here Is What Is Changing

The new NS timetable starts on 13 December with more trains on many routes, fixed line numbers on every train, and the return of a direct Groningen to…

Nov 10 • Lisa Vinogradova

Dutch Supermarkets Draw Up Plans for ‘Emergency Shops’ to Stay Open in a Long Power Cut

Dutch supermarket chains including Albert Heijn, Jumbo and Aldi are drawing up plans to keep at least one “emergency shop” open in every region during a…

Oct 31 • Dutch Brief

Dutch Households Hold €3.2 Billion in Crypto With Local Providers

Dutch households held 3.2 billion euros in crypto via Dutch providers at the end of June, with bitcoin by far the most popular at 1.5 billion, according…

Oct 27 • Lisa Vinogradova

NS Train Tickets to Get More Expensive Again, Up an Average of 4.7% in 2027

NS train tickets and most season tickets will rise by an average of 4.7% from 1 January 2027, faster than inflation. But off-peak travel gets cheaper…

Oct 20 • Lisa Vinogradova

Hundreds Miss Flights at Schiphol After Passport-Control Systems Fail

Several hundred travellers missed their flights at Schiphol on Sunday when all 78 automated passport gates stopped working for about ten hours. Staff…

Oct 19 • Lisa Vinogradova

Why the Dutch Regulator Wants More Openness About Computer-Set Prices

Computer-set prices leave consumers stressed and uncertain as it’s unclear how they are calculated, regulator ACM warns. On one flight, seats can carry…

Sep 28 • Lisa Vinogradova

A Record Number of Businesses Closed Over Mice, and the Problem Is Growing

A record 75 businesses were forced to close last year over hygiene risks, most because of mice. Experts say prevention, not poison, is now the key, as…

Sep 17 • Lisa Vinogradova

Beyond the Megadeals: Where Dutch Seed Capital Is Going

Three outsized rounds drove the Q2 2026 headline numbers, but founders across Amsterdam, Delft, Eindhoven and Utrecht kept raising meaningful seed…

Aug 31 • Coen van den Heuvel

NS Will Offer Discounts to Travellers Who Pick a Quieter Train in Busy September

NS will give discounts to rush-hour travellers who let a busy train go and take a quieter one at the edges of the peak, as it tries to spread out the…

Aug 25 • Lisa Vinogradova

More Than Half of Dutch Eateries Are Now Fast-Food Spots

The Netherlands now has more than 19,000 fast-food outlets, nearly double the number in 2007, and for the first time they outnumber regular restaurants…

Aug 5 • Lisa Vinogradova

Amsterdam Claims a Quarter of the Netherlands' 2,000 AI Companies

The country's AI sector is concentrating hard around the capital, new RankmyAI research shows, even as a companion study finds it still trails European…

Jul 27 • Coen van den Heuvel

EU Agrees to Ban Airlines from Charging for Hand Luggage from 2027

A new EU deal will give every passenger the right to one free personal item and a small wheeled cabin bag, and keeps the existing rules on compensation…

Jun 16 • Lisa Vinogradova

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