Through the eyes of…. Maria Fernández from Spain: Lanes ánd parking garages for bikes

Everyone somehow knows about how much they like to cycle in The Netherlands but you don’t really realise how serious this is until you experience it. I came to Leeuwarden by train and even before getting to the city where I would live, before actually standing for more than five minutes on Dutch ground, I was already surprised. On my way from the airport to the station, the train passed somewhere next to a three-floor bike parking garage. What a thing! It may sound like the most common thing for Dutch people, and I’ve seen a few more since then, but you need to know that’s really shocking at the beginning for foreigners. I had never seen such a thing before. More

YourPost Chief Editors interview: Aukje Mulder & Piet Prins

Piet Prins and Aukje Mulder are a married couple of experienced journalists and nowadays they are the editors-in-chief of YourPost. They are volunteering for the work and they make me realise nothing else matters when you love what you are doing. I had the chance to interview them at the Blokhuispoort. When they arrive, they are as nice as the last and only time I met them and after a few minutes we start the interview. More