Dutch Childcare Options Decoded: Daycare, Preschool & After-School Care
Someone tells you to register for a kinderdagverblijf while you’re still pregnant, someo…
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Someone tells you to register for a kinderdagverblijf while you’re still pregnant, someo…
Somewhere between finding a house and figuring out the bin schedule, you’ll need to work…
Your kid’s birthday is coming up and the teacher mentions, almost in passing, that they’…
Cycling with kids isn’t optional here, it’s how you get to daycare, the supermarket, and…
Sooner or later, another parent at pickup will ask whether your child “has their diploma…
Somewhere around late October, you’ll notice speculaas biscuits stacking up in the super…
Every year or so, a headline does the rounds: Dutch kids are officially the happiest in…
Your kid gets invited to a Dutch classmate’s birthday party and you show up with a wrapp…
At Amsterdam Kids, we spend most of our time on life with children, where to take them…
Finding out you’re pregnant in a country that isn’t yours comes with its own particular…
Short, honest, practical — written by parents who live here.
October brings the autumn break, pumpkins and Halloween, plus plenty of indoor culture for rainy days. Cinekid turns…
September is packed with brilliant family days across the Netherlands. Climb aboard ships during Rotterdam’s Wereldhavendagen, see enormous…
The parents' checklist for Dutch holiday camps: the school-break calendar, day camp versus sleepover by age, twelve things…
Forty family days out across the Netherlands: Amsterdam and surroundings, Utrecht and Flevoland, the North Holland coast, and…
