Trying to Heal the Burnout: One Month of Holiday
Can one rest after years of overworking? Can one really take a break from it all? Maybe — if...
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Author: Dana Marin
Lonely Amsterdam
The Netherlands is now in the second hard lockdown. Everything is closed, except the essential...
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Stay Sane in the Cold Season: How to Beat the Winter Blues
Every year, since I moved to the Netherlands, I had a problem with winter: starting November, and...
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The Healing Power of the Forest
A forest walk One step after the other. My hiking shoes are playing with the rusty leaves,...
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Autumn Colours As Therapy: Amsterdam Streets Covered in Yellow
With the anxiety of the second lockdown already building up, I try to start the fight against it...
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Moody Autumn Day in Amsterdam
Autumn has arrived, and the weather is as moody as it gets here in the Netherlands. All we can do...
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Visiting Schoorl Dunes and the Story of the Dried Heather
Schoorl Dunes (Schoorlse Duinen) area is a nature reserve in Noord-Holland, one of the widest and...
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Reflections on My Move to Alkmaar, Nine Months On
The trees on the Oudegracht are turning yellow. This view reminds me of the first time I came to...
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Misty Summer Morning
One summer morning, right at the end of the heatwave that melted us in our homes, I woke up and...
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Green Netherlands: Oudorperhout
The Netherlands is a green country, with many parks, and I’m not talking only about the...
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