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Banking in the Netherlands International staff
Find the quickest and easiest way to arrange banking in the Netherlands depending on your situation.

Reimbursement of expenses for business trips in the Netherlands Business travel
If you want to travel on business in the Netherlands, you must request permission to do so from your manager. If you travel for work, you are entitled to an allowance for travel and subsistence expenses.

How vulnerable is the Netherlands to an energy crisis? News - 24 March 2026
The Iran war has pushed up fuel prices and raised concerns about a global energy shortage. How well prepared is the Netherlands? We asked two experts.

Maternal mortality in the Netherlands halved in recent years News - 6 March 2023
The number of women in the Netherlands dying before, during or after childbirth has halved.

How can the Netherlands form a stable government? News - 29 September 2025
Dutch politics is becoming increasingly polarised, and forming stable governments seems more difficult than ever. In the heat of the election race, a psychologist and a historian offer cool-headed advice.

Leiden Bio Science Park fastest growing of the larger campuses in the Netherlands News - 10 December 2024
Of the 900 new companies that have set up shop on the Netherlands’ largest campuses since 2018, 194 chose Leiden. This makes the Leiden Innovation District the fastest growing of the larger campuses. This is the conclusion a study by Buck Consultants International.

Leiden researchers on king’s apology for the Netherlands historical role in slavery News - 4 July 2023
In a speech on Keti Koti the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, apologised on behalf of the royal family for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery. What is the significance of this?

‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands News - 27 October 2023
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…

Pre-University College celebrates 20th anniversary: ‘Still unique in the Netherlands’ News - 10 October 2024
Leiden University's Pre-University College is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The programme introduced hundreds of secondary school pupils to science and the university. We asked those involved how PRE became so popular: ‘The students are the reason it still exists today.’

Leiden workshop on post-consumer textile 'waste’ in the Netherlands (and beyond) News - 23 April 2024
On Thursday 30 May, Leiden University hosts a workshop to foster collaborations to improve the governance of European textile waste export. Different stakeholders, including municipalities, associations of textile collectors and sorters, industry and consumers associations, are warmly invited to join…

Internationalisation in balance: Universities of the Netherlands announce their own measures News - 8 February 2024
On 8 February, the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) published the measures that universities themselves are intending to take to manage the influx of international students and enhance the Dutch language skills of lecturers and students.

Medical Delta professor Andrew Webb: ‘In The Netherlands, people are much more open to cooperation’ News - 21 December 2021
Commercial MRI systems cost millions of euros to purchase and require highly trained technicians to operate. Prof. Andrew Webb works on accessible MRI techniques that offer new opportunities in both developed and developing countries. Webb is a professor at the Radiology Department of the LUMC and,…

visits institutes: 'Our programmes need to be preserved for both the Netherlands and Europe' News - 27 August 2025
From human rights in Sudan to a new cult of heroes in China. During the board members' visit, the Institute of Private Law and the Institute for Area Studies clarified their social relevance in no uncertain terms. What's happening here in education and research?

First patient in the Netherlands successfully treated with stem cell gene therapy News - 22 June 2022
Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have successfully used stem cell gene therapy to treat a baby with the severe congenital immune disorder SCID. An important milestone: it is the first time stem cell gene therapy of Dutch origin has been administered to a patient, and also…

Noa Wildschut and the Netherlands Student Orchestra Event - 13 February 2026
Arts and culture

Hosting Global Justice: The Netherlands and International Courts (ICJ & ICC) Event - 12 May 2025
Lecture, Studium Generale