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Getting fired is stressful. But in the Netherlands, you can’t usually just be shown the door. Firing someone in the Netherlands is a formal affair involving a pile of rules, paperwork, and sometimes a judge. So, for your benefit, let’s go through what’s meant by an “unfair dismissal,” when an employer in the Netherlands can bring things to a close, ...

We often talk about learning Dutch from the perspective of the new arrivals. Expats fresh off the plane/train/automobile, who are looking to hit the ground running in their new home. But the truth is that isn’t always necessary.

In the major cities, many offices are multi-national. There, English often becomes a def...

If you live in the north and woke up before your alarm on Friday, this may be why. A 2.8 magnitude earthquake occurred near the village of Zandeweer, in the Het Hogeland area of Groningen, at 5:50 in the morning on Friday, Augus...

The Netherlands moved into second place among Europe’s AI equipment exporters this week, trailing only Germany, according to a new report from credit insurer Atradius. T...

A resident protest campaign in Amsterdam-Zuidoost has gathered more than 500 supporters opposing a large data center planned for Amstel III, an office district between the Johan Cruijff ArenA and IKEA that the city is in the process of converting into housing. The group, Stop Datacenter Zuidoost, argues the project offers little to the surrounding n...