Order a pizza online via Thuisbezorgd? Then ROMPRO will automatically receive a small percentage of the order value, but at no cost to you. Large online shops such as Bol, Coolblue, Hema, Booking, Greetz and MediaMarkt also participate. A percentage of the purchase price goes to the ROMPRO Foundation. And again, it costs you nothing extra! Would you like to sponsor ROMPRO for FREE? Make sure you shop...
Looking for the equivalent of a dollar store, euro shop or pound shop in the Netherlands? Here's what we know about cheap shopping in the land of kortingen (discounts). The longer you live here and look around, the more you'll learn about the best places to shop. Sometimes we all just need some guidance on budgeting...
On 28 May, Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge gave us good news - the number of infections has fallen enough for the Netherlands to relax measures even further. Things are going so well that step three of five to reopen the Kingdom of the Netherlands will be put into action sooner than planned...
As predicted, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge has announced that there will be further relaxation of the Dutch coronavirus measures on Wednesday. Rutte hinted that these measures may be relaxed in last week's press conference, saying this would only be possible if hospitalisation figures fall by at least 20%. Compared...
At a press conference on Tuesday 20 April, Prime Minister Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge confirmed that a number of restrictions on the coronavirus pandemic will be lifted from next week. Terraces and shops will reopen from 28 April and Dutch higher education will partially reopen on 26 April. Coronavirus restrictions relaxed in the Netherlands After...
At a press conference on 13 April, Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge announced that the lockdown and night-time emergency will remain in force until (at least) 27 April. However, the Prime Minister revealed that after-school programmes would reopen on 19 April. Press conference for coronavirus measures in the Netherlands...
This article provides information to help you fill in the aangifte inkomstenbelasting or income tax return in the Netherlands. Who has to file an income tax return? Everyone who receives a declaration letter from the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration (Belastingdienst) must file an income tax return. If you have not received a declaration letter...
Elections for the House of Representatives/ Deputies - 17 March 2021 (Tweedekamer Verkiezingen 17 maart 2021) Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the upcoming parliamentary elections will be different than usual in the Netherlands. The Dutch government considers it important that the elections on 17 March 2021 take place, but in a different form. Normally there is only one day...
Looking back at the year just ended, it is almost hard to believe how much things have changed from the original plans, and how many projects we have managed to achieve under pandemic conditions. We started the year off strong with two physical meetings at OBA of the BiebRO Children's Book Club. Then, on the occasion of the Christmas event,...
We ended our fifth year of ROMPRO activity with a result we are proud of despite the pandemic we have been through. Below you can see some of our activities. We hope that this year we will be able to better integrate our team of volunteers and put at least as much energy into our community. Financial reports on...
Choosing a school and enrolling in school In this article we will go into more detail and share the steps you need to take to find the right school for your child in the Netherlands. The school enrolment process differs depending on the age your child is when they arrive in the Netherlands, which is why we will present...
We all had a lot of questions about school when we arrived in the Netherlands with our child: where do I enrol him in school? at what age does the child start school? Dutch or international school? what documents do I need to enrol my child? is it a good, suitable school for my child? how will the child adapt and integrate into the new school?
