in the Netherlands, is a wonderful place for raising kids and working from home.

The expat community is expanding rapidly, as the number of international organisations is increasing.

Great gifts can be purchased at www.museumshopdenhaag.nl, ranging from decorative bookmarks to wonderful art books, from post-it notes to letters carved from wood, from camera's to gadgets. Feeling (self)-indulgent? Check the store out.   

Fashion for moms: check out www.Flamm.nl for fashionable, feminine and stylish clothes and accessories for voluptuous women. Kids are more than welcome in the store, owner Monica makes them feel at home. 

House for sale: a great house in a nice area:   
http://thuiswerkmamas.blogspot.com/2011/08/huis-te-koop-in-den-haag.html 

Quirky: lunchroom and gallery www.cafequirky.com   

If you want to celebrate something: a birthday, an engagement, a business success I recommend restaurant Bistromer www.bistro-mer.nl. The food is excellent and you feel like you are in Paris, in another era and isn't that something we all want from time to time? 

Are you keen to learn Dutch and looking for an efficient, enjoyable & practical way to do it? Check out www.dutchessa.com, with great offers for this summer!

The beach close at hand, that's one of the greatest perks of living in The Hague. I recommend enjoying a wonderful meal while looking at the sea at www.oscars.nl

Music: Splendid, a group from The Hague, makes music that has that breezy, mellow touch suited to a day at the beach: www.splendid.nl

Are you eager to develop your creative side? I warmly recommend taking sculpting classes from the artist Anat Ratzabi, herself a truly international individual! http://www.atelieranart.webs.com/

A nice website full of information about parenting in the Netherlands; www.passionateparenting.nl