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I was walking through the city centre today, outside Binnenhof, when a bunch of boys (hardly teenagers) started walking behind me. One of them shoved the other towards me. I was a bit confused, but I ignored it and kept walking.

They kept doing it over and over, and eventually the boy shoved the other one at me again intentionally. This time I turned around and looked at them, and this one kid just stared at me angrily. (For context, they were all way taller than me)

I didn’t want to escalate the situation, so I just walked away really quickly. I was alone and honestly pretty scared.

I’m not really sure what else I could have done differently or whether there was a better way to handle it.

I was wondering if there is this kind of music scene around here as I struggle to find people who share this music taste of like acid/tribe/tekno/psytrance and the commercial events don’t really have this kind of music either. Is it just bc I don’t have the right connects or is the scene just quite small here, and if so how can I like work my way in.

Posting on behalf of my wife who is simply too exhausted after 8 months of trying her best to find work.

I understand there is a sudden shift to prioritise Dutch speaking individuals for employment across all sectors, and I understand the rationale.

My wife moved from the UK to live with me after our marriage. She has an EU citizenship, and a good CV, with a degree in fashion design, work experience, and I personally curate her CV and motivation letters that differs in information depending on where she replies. relevant for minimum wage jobs such as retail (she can't do HORECA due to her health issues), to admin work in offices, to fashion companies. It is very strange to me for her to not even get acknowledged, despite following up. The prime focus is of course to apply for any new vacancies in fashion companies, but it might seem that we have broaden our search, but it is getting quite desperate now as she has never been unemployed for this long before in the UK, the savings are running out, and she would very much like to be employed again as soon as possible.

Having lived for 9 years, and employed for more than 4 years, I thought I was adept to understand the way of communication, CV style, motivation letter style, and communication and follow up. Numerous times during my job search, I would get response from contact persons of the places I wanted to work for if Dutch is a hard requirement, for example. I have had quite stable work too. I am not even in IT or other in-demand jobs. So, has something changed in the current job market?

From job boards, retail, hotels night shifts, The Hague International center and LinkedIn. We have knocked on every door only for her to see let down. Then my question is if anyone can tell us what are we doing wrong? And where could she find word where she not being fluent in Dutch can be excused for the time being.

Thank you in advance for any help.
Writing in italics to be noticed that she is enrolled in Taal+ institute and is at the moment at A1 which is not enough, but it is to relax those people who might want to say, "learn dutch, this is the Netherlands". It was the first thing she did. She is learning and already know how the vocabulary at A1 level, it takes time to learn a new language.

Hi, I hope you are all doing well! I am considering getting a jumping spider for myself as pet. I was wondering if there any owners of this spiders here in The Hague (kan ook in nederlands).
I also will need petsitting during Christmas since I am not sure if I can being her/him to Spain when I go on holidays.

So basically I wanna make friends that own jumping spiders and/or find anyone who would like to take care of one when I am not here (if I end up not being able to travel with it)

Thank you all, have a good day!

Huge event at De Broodfabriek. Music stage. Dance floor. Merch booths. Club recruitments. Swordfighting both demo and hands-on. Bow and arrow shooting range. Video game floor. And just about everyone attending are in full force cosplay.

Hello mothers (to be), both Dutch and English speaking! I'm a mom of a 2yo and expecting another child in December . Any pregnant ladies around looking for a chill hangout and exchanging tips&tricks, or moms with young kids up for a coffee and playdate? Bonus points for those who fit in both categories!! <3

Preferably in The Hague city center