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It’s welcome news for chocoholics everywhere! A new study has found that drinking hot chocolate could temporarily boost a person’s intelligence. Researchers at The University of Birmingham in the UK have con...
90-year-old Margaret Keenan became the first person to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at 6.30 am yesterday. Last week, the UK was the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. In other word...
The UK has just approved the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine—and it will be made available across the country in a matter of days. News of a vaccine has given many people hope over the last few weeks, and just this morning (Dec...
The cabinet says it is too early to decide on Christmas measures. The Outbreak Management Team (OMT), which advises the government on pandemic measures, has said that the current restrictions need to stay in place durin...
What will Christmas look like this year? The current lockdown restrictions are due to expire on November 18, at which point the government will decide which measures need to stay in place and which can be forgotten abou...
Singing to your own parents for sprouts might just be the in-thing this year, kids! Once a year, on 11 November, Amsterdammers celebrate the tradition of Sint-Maarten, or Saint Martins’ Day, in English. Children c...
Amsterdam is tackling the problem of public peeing with clever new urinals that double up as plant pots. With a total of 12 so-called GreenPees appearing across Leidseplein, Rembrandtplein and the Red Light District, th...
You could soon* travel between Paris and Amsterdam in just 90 minutes. According to a report by Dutch company Hardt Hyperloop, their futuristic train systems could cut journey times between these two major European citi...
A real life chocolate factory is coming to the Netherlands, and no golden tickets are necessary. Every child dreams of visiting Willy Wonka’s famous chocolate factory, a fictional paradise created by author Roald...