A district court in Maastricht yesterday overturned a municipal decree stating that cannabis bars must refuse foreigners as clients. French, Belgians and Germans must now be allowed in, NRC Handelsblad newspaper reported.
According to the administrative judge, the sale of cannabis is legal in practice within the Dutch law, as long as it takes place within […]
Do the Dutch like pain?
In the Netherlands, notably few women receive an epidural anaesthetic during labour. Doctors are currently debating whether the use of pain relief during childbirth should be widened, but many people reject the idea. Is it the Dutch ‘Calvinist national character’ that produces so much resistance to the idea of pain relief? […]
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From the moment Janet Lindgren first noticed the large communal “leestafels”, or reading tables, in Dutch cafés, bars and restaurants, she intuitively sensed that they were a part of the way life is lived in the Netherlands. She would sit down at the tables and feel as if she belonged. Her interest for them even brought her to Maastricht, where she discovered “the diva of all reading tables”. [continued…]
