Indoors, you probably often walk around in socks, slippers, or barefoot. But do you also ask your visitors if they want to enter your house without shoes? Dutch people are not used to immediately taking off their shoes when they visit someone. So if you want that, you have to be direct, says etiquette expert […]
Een volle baard: het kan heel veel voor je gezicht doen. Maar waarom lukt het niet elke man om een flinke baard te laten groeien? Een slappe sik, een kin vol stoppels, of een goed geoliede volle baard: het is eind 2024 en niemand kijkt raar op van een man met een baard. Maar het
If your eyes are damaged by frequently scrolling on your phone, can you reverse that with a digital detox, lots of carrots, or screen glasses? Just put your phone away for three weeks and hope things get better? No, that’s not how it works, according to Marianne Resoort of the Dutch Eye Association. Nearsightedness can
If you have a desire to have children but do not have the opportunity to start a family now, it can be a nice feeling to have your cells in the freezer. Ready to be fertilized when you want. Are you thinking about having your cells frozen? Here’s what you need to know about the
Occasionally, gruesome stories emerge of children getting their hair stuck in swimming pool grates and drowning. Can you just plunge into any swimming pool? ‘Suction entrapment’ is a well-known term among swimming pool operators. Publicly accessible swimming pools in municipalities are subject to annual inspections, as stipulated in the Dutch Law on Hygiene and Safety
Cheap, no big plastic bottles on the washing machine, your favorite scent included: making your own laundry detergent is popular. It fits in the trend of zero waste and sustainability. But what do your clothes and washing machine actually think of your homemade concoction? Soda with soap, borax with pine needles, soap flakes with baking
The one can effortlessly walk around in virtual reality, while the other seems to get motion sick at the slightest movement. What can you do against motion sickness in virtual reality? Our brains can get confused by unnatural movements. If your eyes see something different from what your body feels, it can lead to you
It is understandable that people do not know what to say when they hear the diagnosis. According to medical social worker Judith Kunst, this is because when you hear ‘cancer,’ you can imagine all sorts of things. Kunst works at the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital and research institute and supports patients and their loved ones.
It is time for a new phone subscription. Then you come across all kinds of stunts with large data bundles, but how do you know which amount of data suits you best? Because not everyone uses the same amount of gigabytes in a month. See how much you are currently consuming On both iPhones and
Pinnen in vreemde valuta, geld opnemen met je creditcard of een gang naar het wisselkantoor kunnen meer geld kosten dan nodig. Tenzij je goed oplet. Pin dus niet direct naast het Louvre en let op waarvoor je je creditcard gebruikt. “Veel mensen hebben weleens gehoord hoe je bijkomende kosten van pinnen of betalen voorkomt. Maar