Places that impress: Christchurch 8 years after the earthquakes
Eight years after the Canterbury and Christchurch earthquakes Christchurch is far from being rebuilt. It’s not a big, busy, buzzling city like Singapore or Melbourne either, quite the contrary. It’s calm and relaxed. Some might even call it boring. Why would you want to visit…
Fascination down under – Australia’s migration history
When the first Europeans arrived in Australia in the beginning of the 17th century, the indigenous population counted approximately 750,000 people. Four hundred years later more than 25 million people live in Australia. I was wondering what has fascinated people so much about this big,…
What the Catalan Referendum really was about
Since I spent one year of my life living in Spain, of which 6 months in a village close to Barcelona, the videos and images of the violence during the Catalan Referendum last Sunday shocked me. While I have been following the development and, unfortunately,…
A beginner’s guide to Carnival
If you didn’t grow up in a region where Carnival is celebrated, it is probably hard to understand why strong, manly man dress in tights and suddenly everyone has a terrible taste of music. But Carnival is more than just getting drunk in a funny…
Understanding Dutch tolerance: A hetero couple at the EuroPride
A few weeks ago my boyfriend and I packed some food and drinks and drove to Amsterdam. The weather forecast promised a (I’m afraid the only) sunny and warm weekend this August and there was something big going on in our little country’s capital: the…
The Brexit through the eyes of a young European
This was my very first blog post, which I first published on my LinkedIn-Profile. And there it was: the Brexit. It hit me unexpected. I didn’t expect Great Britain to vote against the EU. Why not? Because I didn’t think they would take this risk….
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