Are you an Engineer ? an Ing, Ir or CEng .. confused ?
If you are from The Netherlands, you will automatically recognize the engineering titles “Ing” or “Ir”. These are both very respectable engineering titles, from...
Inburgeringsexam: Tackling the Writing paper (Schrijven)
By now, if you’re following my series on the Civic integration exams (Inburgeringsexam), you already know that to be qualified for Dutch citizenship or...
Inburgering exam: General questions and tackling the Reading paper
The Netherlands is famous for being the most English-speaking country in mainland Europe. This is a country where it is fabled that one can...
Inburgeringsexam: Tackling the Speaking paper
Today I’ll share some tips regarding the Spreken (Speaking) exam. In my last four articles of the series, I’ve talked about how to prepare...
Inburgeringsexam: Tackling Listening paper
As we discussed in our last article on tackling Inburgering exams, people coming from non-EU countries require taking the Inburgeringsexam (Civic Integration Exam), if...
MBO studies in English: educational flagship Initiative by Eindhoven Municipality and Brainport
The Netherlands is a top study destination in Europe for international students. The reasons are many. One of the most talked about is it's...
Know your Eindhoven : What’s in a name? : Stratumseind
In this series, 'What's in a name?', we will try to explore some Eindhoven street/square names. We will find out if they have been...
Know your Eindhoven : What’s in a name? : 18 Septemberplein
In Romeo and Juliet, there's a famous quote "What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as...
Inburgeringsexam: Tackling KNM paper
In the last two posts of the series, I’ve talked about the two papers Reading and Listening, that are part of your Civic integration...
Raising trilingual children
Are you raising trilingual children? Do you worry that three languages are too many, and children might have trouble keeping the languages apart? "...
Car-free school days in Son en Breugel
Parents who took their children to school by car were not welcome at De Ruimte primary school in Son yesterday. A car-free school day...
