Delft Mama of the week: Masha
If you aren’t a native English speaker like myself, when you first start talking to Masha you’ll most likely think you’re talking with someone from… Read More »Delft Mama of the week: Masha
Newly arrived
Delft MaMa takes The Hague
Delft MaMa, represented by a group of kind-hearted volunteers, was one of the 140 institutions present at the largest expat fair in the Netherlands. This annual event… Read More »Delft MaMa takes The Hague
Living in an ex-pat bubble
Tis the season to be jolly…and for those that celebrate Christmas it is also the season of over-abundance, over-indulgence and rosy-cheeked children whining to the… Read More »Living in an ex-pat bubble
Bicycles and traffic for the newly arrived
It’s the time of the year a lot of people working in sync with the academic school year have just found themselves relocated in the Netherlands. A new wave of people arrives every summer and face similar challenges every autumn after the sparkling, upsetting, amazing period of settling in. One of the things that fascinates and often intimidates most newbies in the Netherlands is the bicycle culture and the unique traffic in general.
I have met a number of newly arrived parents in the last couple of months. They have been equally curious about many things, but especially about things to do with traffic. Can you keep your foreign driver’s license and if so, for how long? How different is it cycling between the cars than on a sidewalk? Where do you get your bike and more importantly how do you lock and store it? What are the general traffic rules?
You can always decorate your bike to make it easier to recognize when you need to spot it in a sea of bicycles.
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