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Christmas in Netherlands

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Siddhant Singh
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Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells..!!
Christmas, one of many festivals that are celebrated worldwide on the same Date and Time, is originally a festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Once, it was celebrated only by the Christians but from the early ’20s, it is widely accepted by Christians and Non-Christians in the whole World. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December every year and became a secular family holiday.

Christmas traditions and celebrating styles are the same and different both in other countries. Let’s take a tour towards Christmas in the Netherlands:-

Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Kerstpakket was given to an Employee from his Boss as a Christmas Gift

Kerstpakket in the Netherlands Companies –

The Netherlands companies are having the Annual Kerstpakket. Kerstpakket refers to the gratitude Christmas box that is distributed among the company’s employees from their bosses for their hard work throughout the year. The idea of Kerstpakket derives from the old ancient tradition in which – Food was gifted to the field farmers so that they can enjoy the Christmas food as a gift with their family. For most of the time till now, Kerstpakket is still a food gift basket that is wholeheartedly accepted by the Employees.

The Netherland celebrates 2 days of Christmas –

Yes, you heard it right. Christmas in the Netherlands is celebrated for 2 days are – the 25th of December, the original one, and the 26th of December. The Netherland people use to enjoy the Christmas holidays with their family while enjoying the time with partying, family time, visiting gaming zones, shopping, and all. Many people celebrate the 2nd day of Christmas just like the original day but it is marked as Saint Stephen’s day and is attended by praying in churches. Also, on the 26th of December, many businesses, banks, and post offices are closed to have a space for family enjoyments.

The Netherlands two Christmas terms – Kerstbomen and Kerstman –

The term Kerstbomen is described as the Dutch Christmas trees that are decorated with lights and ornaments all over in the Netherlands by their people in their living rooms and also, in public spaces to celebrate the Christmas after Sinterklass evening.

Whereas, Kerstman is the Dutch people’s father or we can say that, their Santa Claus. Kerstman is described as the poor relative of the Sinterklass who is less popular than Sinterklass.

The Netherland’s Sinterklass –

Sinterklass is the Children’s festival that has been celebrated for 300+ years on the 5th of December. It is not a Christmas celebration but is celebrated due to its arrival at the beginning of the winter. It is said that on this day, Saint Nicholas comes by steamboat from Spain to visit every child’s home to treat them with gifts and treats by passing them from the chimneys.

The Netherland’s famous foods and songs for their Christmas –

The Netherlands Christmas treats are the perfect gift for the sweet lovers that includes –
Speculaas – Spiced biscuits, Kruidnoten – Ginger nuts, Bischopswijn – Dutch mulled Wine and Kerststol – A fruited Dutch Christmas loaf.

The Netherlands atmosphere gets filled with so many special Dutch songs for Christmas that are played all over the country in Shopping malls, Radios, Public places, and Christmas markets. Some of those traditional Christmas songs are –
Hoor De Wind Waait de Bomen – The Wind keeps Blowing, Hoor Wie Stapt Daar Kinderen – Someone is coming, Children, and Sinterklass.

The Christmas of the Netherlands is no doubt an amazing one with a bulk of amazing traditions, enjoyments, surprises, and treats. I hope you felt the Christmas vibes throughout an Article while reading it. Have a great weekend.

Merry Christmas Folks.

How to Use Gamification to Increase Revenue Goals and Customer Engagement

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Nao Hata
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gamification and customer engagement

Customer Engagement is not only the bond between a brand and a customer, but it is also a journey in which both travel together while being loyal to one another. Data has shown that the higher the level of consumer involvement, the higher the level of loyalty, and the higher the level of revenue.

Social media campaigns, PowerPoints, push notifications etc., are some of the standard practices used to engage customers.

When you do so, you are developing trust and creating customer evangelists eager to promote their brand, improving brand exposure, attracting more customers, and filling up the sales pipeline.

Building customer engagement is the first step toward laying a Brand foundation; as the time passes, you get a more extensive consumer base and foster your business for future growth.

Customer Engagement using Gamification

Using Gamification in the marketing context is more than just selling products and increasing revenue; it is about using gamification elements to engage and attract customers. Customer engagement is consistent interaction with an enterprise that strengthens emotional and physiological relationships with an organisation.

Enterprises that want to prosper in customer engagement should apply Gamification to areas directly associated with the customers. Companies like Deloitte, Facebook, Google etc., are using Gamification to increase customer and brand engagement.

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Gamification

Improve customer engagement

Keeping your customers engaged with your brand is challenging, especially in this digital age when competition is global. The success of Gamification is defined based on your goals and how much you achieve. The definition of customer engagement differs.

For example, Samsung defines increasing customer engagement on a website as a success, assessed by tracking increases in likes, shares, comments, and interaction with Samsung content.

For Samsung, badges, a leaderboard, and a point system are critical components for measuring Gamification’s performance when deployed on their website.

Other components such as a reward system, challenges, competition, and feedback help determine the effectiveness of Gamification. Gamification is not limited to just using random elements. It is more than that. Each element must be linked with a goal.

Drive engagement

What is one thing that motivates humankind? What is it that drives human beings? Competition, Gamification lets you develop a competitive environment on your platform that pushes users to seek rewards for their contributions, similar to a game where the player must achieve a milestone to receive something.

These contributions might start a debate, publish customer feedback, respond to questions, etc.

Brand Loyalty

We all know that brand loyalty may boost revenue. When consumers are committed to a brand, they transform into a marketing bot. Giving clients a feeling of reputation through points, badges, and leaderboards, offer them special discounts or free items in exchange for old products. These activities encourage customers to leave a favourable review and prove they are loyal to your brand.

Brand Awareness

This is where brand loyalty is valuable; when a consumer is delighted with your product or service, they share their experience with others by publishing a review on the web or social media. This promotes your brand without requiring additional marketing efforts; the great experience attracts potential customers and improves brand awareness.

Gamification is an emerging marketing trend, and using the correct elements in Gamification can increase customer and brand engagement. Provided it is used in the right way.

Want to know how to Boost your Business with Gamification?

Gamification in Marketing: A Perfect Marketing Tool?

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Nao Hata
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One thing that Squid games taught us is that games are for every age group, regardless of where they reside or their nationality.

The concept of games is not new, but the usage of game elements in business is. Consider this: what if learning was more enjoyable in school or at university, or if you could complete your work with greater enjoyment? It is made possible by gamification.

What is Gamification?

Sebastian Deterding a very know personality in the research field defines gamification as the use of the game design elements in the non-game context.

Gamification is not game but creating an environment with the help of game elements that motivate and engage during the process. There are many frameworks that try to explain and categorise game elements, mainly Gamification revolves around Mechanics, Dynamics and Aesthetics.

Mostly used Gamification Mechanics by businesses in marketing to make a system more challenging, social and entertaining for customers are badges, point systems & leaderboards. Mechanics allows designers to have control over the game and gives developers the opportunity to guide the player towards an action.

By doing this organisations meets the customer’s expectations, and improve revenue and customer engagement.

Gamification is getting popular over the last 10 years, which creates a competitive environment for businesses to seek an extraordinary way of marketing to get an edge over their competitors.

Large organisations like Samsung, Heineken, Coca-Cola etc. are successfully engaging customers with their brands by using gamification for their marketing strategies.

Gamification seeks to foster customer experience (e.g. competition) through game elements (e.g. badges, leaderboards etc), that motivate customers to achieve personal objectives.

Gamification examples

Nike, Autodesk and GiffGaff are some of the notable examples of gamification marketing. A self-adjusting adjusting (challenge game mechanic) is an example from the Nike+ application. Nike launched a running application and achieved 28 million active athletes.

Gamification elements used in the Nike+ application are feedback, rewards, challenges, user level, progress bar and goals. But in the year 2016 Nike removed some mechanics from the application. By doing so Nike application saw a drastic drop in terms of the application users and the reason behind this was an increase in dissatisfaction after using the running application.

The benefit that Nike gets is the increase in the number of users, views, engagement, and product sales (170 million, maximum from Nike+). The feedback system (sound of applause) and social loop are used to motivate customers.

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Gamification Foster Customer Motivation

My Starbucks Rewards

Starbucks uses a gamification approach for increasing customer loyalty and brand engagement. The customer who becomes part of the Starbucks Rewards system by creating an account (Starbucks website or application) can collect stars after every purchase.

The customers can trade collected stars with different Starbucks products (for example drinks). Starbucks gives motivation and a feeling of achievement to the customers that if they are loyal to the brand (in the sense of buying a product) they will be rewarded back.

Oreo

Twist, Lick, Dunk Oreo launched an application-based game for marketing purposes that became popular worldwide and the best performing branding game ever launched. Gamification elements like ranking, score, leaderboard and virtual currency are used in building an Oreo application.

Elements that are used in the above examples by different organisations are Feedback, Leaderboard, progress bar, goals, point system, and competition. These elements will play a pivotal role in designing gamification in marketing.

To read more about Gamification: GAMIFY YOUR DIGITAL STRATEGY: DESIGNING A BOARD GAME BY USING GAMIFICATION AS A TOOL


5G A Technology for Good!

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Nao Hata
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From 1G to 5G what all have changed can’t be bundled into words. I still remember my childhood days (late 90’s) watching Hollywood movies where villains used phones bigger than my face and I used to think about how it all works?

Everyone seemed to be satisfied not terrified with the technology at that time, yes I am talking about the first two generations of wireless technology.

The last 25–30 years should be registered as a golden period or I would say revolutionary years in technology innovation and humankind. 

Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first publicized handheld mobile phone call on a prototype DynaTAC model on 3 April 1973. The journey of Motorola has been emotional, extraordinary and history-making, but the brand just couldn’t make it up to its full potential.

5G has been hyped for a few years, in 2019 it was officially deployed by big players in the market. 2020 is the year that carriers begin the process of rolling out the new wireless standard. 5G is expected to get a foothold in some of the cities this year.

Having a strong technological outlook, the consultancies aims to provide advisory on the latest developments in the mobile network business.

1G to 5G: What all have changed?
1G to 5G: What all have changed?

Industries influenced by 5G?

Healthcare

5 G will increase efficiency and revenue by facilitating the development of quicker, more reliable networks for healthcare to retain vast quantities of data.

  • Expanding telemedicine
  • Quickly transmitting large imaging files
  • Improving AR, VR and spatial computing
  • Reliable, real-time remote monitoring

The healthcare sector can improve the quality of care and patient experience, reduce the cost of care, and more.

Manufacturing

5G is poised to help manufacturing production operations become more flexible and efficient, while also improving safety and lowering maintenance costs.

  • Cloud control of machines
  • Augmented reality
  • Perceptive AI eyes on the factory floor
  • High-speed decisions

Energy and utilities

5 G technology, can provide more innovative solutions in the development, delivery, storage, and consumption of energy and the next generation of smart grid functionality and performance, would support critical infrastructures such as energy and utilities.

Agriculture

Agricultural processes like water management, fertigation, field health & seed tracking are automated throughout the world by IoT technologies. 5 G would empower data to be gathered in real time to improve productivity, production and protection, enabling farmers to monitor and automate agricultural systems.

Industries like Retail, Financial Services, Media and entertainment, Transportation, and Insurance are also on the list.

These are changes at a bigger level which will make us more effective, fast and also dependent on the technology, perhaps every innovation has its own pro and cons.

Talking about the benefits, once I received a call from an unknown number (expecting to be a girl— college days were fun) I picked up the call and yes it was a girl, a 65-year-old. I got shocked “ It’s my grandma”, she got a new cell phone for herself. Now we talk over a video call.

The three key benefits of 5G networks are:

  1. Much higher data rate
  2. Much lower latency
  3. Increased capacity as the network expands.

5G will enable billions of new connections with speed and security. It will connect everything to everything, hopefully, one day I will have a toilet that is smart enough to understand when to flush (OMG it’s there — out of my reach).

5g in Netherlands

With infinite choices, 5G can lead to one of the greatest technological changes in our lives. It not only changes lives but aims to save it through automated emergency services and car accident prevention. The new industry norm will shift everything from wired vehicles to connected cows.

A Walkthrough Towards Blockchain Technology

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Nao Hata
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Have you ever thought, about why organizations adopt Blockchain technology?

The global market size of blockchain technology is expected to reach 57,6413.3 million by 2025, with a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 69.4% from 2019–2025.

Blockchain startups raised $822 million globally in the first quarter of 2019, whereas the energy sector alone had 122 blockchain startups (85% still making money) and 44 blockchain patents. This data shows the worldwide increase in the demand for blockchain technology.

Blockchain Technology Explained

The fact is that blockchain created a trust and belief to secure the data and the processes over a reliable and secured network. Almost a decade before, blockchain emerged in front of the world with bitcoin as its first application.

With bitcoin, a thought came to the mind of many brilliant economists, can blockchain technology is capable of revolutionising the world economy? Yes or no, I don’t the exact answer but what I know is blockchain technology has the potential to rewrite the protocols of data transactions.

As per the Global Blockchain Business Council Survey report, 63% of the senior executives are not aware of what blockchain is. If we leave Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency applications, Blockchain has a lot to proffer to the businesses from manufacturing to healthcare.

Blockchain and reason for existence

The answer is simple, blockchain is nothing but a collection of data or a database. “Block” refers to the information in the digital format, and “Chain” refers to the information stored in a public database. Characteristic like decentralization, distributed ledgers, immutability, irreversible and transparency makes blockchain ideal for multiorganizational business networks (financial services or supply chain).

Why Blockchain matters to SMEs?

Blockchain records data in a secure and transparent manner, blockchain has the capability to disrupt any industry. Let’s take an example of the music industry, which is facing severe issues for musicians. Think of a platform made by using blockchain technology, on which the musician can share and decide or set up the protocol of use of songs.

A United Kingdom based singer-writer has already posted her first song using by using blockchain technology. Some of the benefits of blockchain technology that can be useful to the businesses in different industries:

Supply Chain Management

Real-time tracking and cost-effectiveness

Voting

The government of Moscow approved the use of blockchains in local elections to check the possibilities of diminishing the probabilities of fraud.

Quality Assurance

Detecting asymmetry or fault in the supply chain.

Smart Contract

No need for mediators, agreements can be automatically checked, signed and imposed through blockchain contracts.

Blockchain Technology in Energy Supply

Blockchain provides a real-time update on energy usage data and can be used to improve the tracking of clean energy. An example is Powerpeers in the Netherlands Blockchain.

Blockchain allows a peer-to-peer BPM system and the exchange of data without the inclusion of a third party. Every organization needs to share data and functionality in a secure environment among other organizations.

The integration and automation of the main business processes are needed that can outstretch the organization. Blockchain helps organizations in overtaking traditional Business Process Management services that are only capable of handling internal workflow within an organization.

Giants in the race…

50 of the world’s largest companies i.e. Royal Dutch Shell Plc., Walmart, Toyota Motor Corp., Siemens and Amazon, already started exploring blockchain technology to solve crucial business problems.

Shell is working on a platform for crude oil trade and settlement, Walmart created a system to trace food products and AXA offers flight insurance to the customers with the help of blockchain technology.

Blockchain technology is simplifying the different business processes and re-imagining the infrastructure for the companies like DTCC.

As per the Forbes report, this American post-trade financial service successfully secures data of 90 million transactions every single day. These companies are setting up an example, of how to understand the potential and implement any technology before

The acceptance rate of blockchain is slow as compared to the other technologies, but as time is passing reputed organizations on the global scale are actively deploying blockchain applications.

The food industry is one of the initiators of blockchain technology for the purpose of tracking and safety of food throughout the process.

Does the next decade belong to Blockchain Technology?

I am neither an astrologer nor it’s a weather report to predict and estimate future actions. The blockchain is innovative and has vast potential to revolutionize several industries.

Recalling that the technology is still in the early years, new tools and new applications are developed every day to enhance blockchain security, so that a consumer can be offered a better and more secured platform or service.

Best Accounting Software

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Nao Hata
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Top Dutch mobile phone providers in 2022

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Nao Hata
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List of Dutch mobile phone providers

  • KPN
  • Vodafone
  • T-Mobile
  • Lebara
  • Ben
  • Tele2
  • Youfone

Compare mobile phone providers and phone subscription plans

Which Phone Provider is the best in the Netherlands?

Depends on your usage.

Do I get Sim when I buy a Phone?

Yes, most of phone providers do provide a Sim but with a subscription plan. Check here for more info.

Can I get cheap mobile phones in the Netherlands?

Not really, but you can get a phone on monthly installments at decent rates.

Can I get unlimited mobile internet Netherlands?

Yes, few companies do provide unlimited internet. Buy unlimited internet here.

Windmill in the Netherlands: Why the Netherlands is the Home of Windmills?

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Siddhant Singh
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The Netherlands has a Windmill day to celebrate and this leaves no doubt in the fact that the Netherlands is the world’s most recognizable symbol for Windmills. According to the states and history, there are over 120 million Windmills across the country which makes this the main attraction point for the visitors. Windmills are the major attraction not only because of their looks, but they play a very vital role in Dutch history.

History of Dutch Windmills –

The Netherlands Windmills acquires a very important role in the formation of Dutch history by being the ancient one. Yes, the very first windmill of the Netherlands which dates back to 1221 was created in the rural town of Willemskerke in the middle-age period.

But due to flood, unlike others, this beauty is not in the existence anymore. But, its place of being the ancient one is now occupied by the Windmill of Zeddam named – “Grafelijke Korenmolen” dating back to 1441.

There are still 1000’s of Old Windmills in very good condition and 2000’s of modern Windmills in the Netherlands.

Let’s take a tour of the Netherlands Windmills. Best Deals

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Aligned Modern and Old Netherland’s Windmills

Windmills at an Early Age, were used to grind grains –

Yes, that’s true. Windmills were first invented to get aid in grinding the grains. People dating back to the time of its invention noticed that winds can move anything even the higher objects. Windmill’s blades were then used to move the stone and stones used to grind against each other and form the flour while placing grain in the middle.

Windmills were once used to create the Land –

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Windmills in the Netherlands

The Netherlands is below the sea level by 26% of the ratio that is indeed higher in comparison with the others. A country is called a flat one due to its structure that is formed by the sediments of rivers making flat formations of land.

To create more landmass for livelihood, early Dutch people used to pump and transport the water from the ground to any other place through windmills to obtain the bellowed land.

Every type of Windmill in the Netherlands has its own story and usage –

Not all the Windmills present in the Netherlands are of the same type, style, and usage. All are made with different purposes, reasons, and as per the needs. Some regions require less wind and on the other hand, some regions require more winds. Also, the formation of Windmills is with the two different types of materials, Stone and Wood.

Windmill’s blades can adapt to weather –

The frame-like structure of the blades allows them to stay attached at the time of soft and windy winds as soft and windy both winds won’t be the same all the time. But, to keep the grinding and obtaining land technique in continuation, Dutch people started to cover the Windmill’s blades with clothes to adjust accordingly to the type of wind automatically.


World’s highest Windmill is in the Netherlands –

With 245 meters (803 ft) in height and 100 meters (328 ft) blades, this giant Windmill is situated in the harbor of Rotterdam made by an American Multinational Company – General Electric with the test purpose. The test will last for 5 years – from 2019 to 2024 and if the test will be successful, there might be Windmills in the future with more heights.

There’s no doubt why the Netherlands Windmills are the main attraction among Tourists and Visitors due to all of the above-mentioned reasons. Hope you liked the information.  

 

Covid-19 Omicron Update: Covid-19 Lockdown in the Netherlands!!!

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Shreya
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Covid-19 Lockdown in the Netherlands

Since the past week, it has become clear that the Omicron variant is spreading very rapidly in the Netherlands too and it has led government to take the decision of Covid-19 Lockdown in the Netherlands. The Outbreak Management Team (OMT) expects that this variant will be the dominant variant in the Netherlands by the end of December.

This is a sooner than previously expected decision but is the best decision government could take for the welfare of the citizens of the Netherlands and this is why the government has decided a nation-wide Covid-19 Lockdown in the Netherlands from Sunday 19 December until at least Friday 14 January 2022.

The rapid increase in infections means the number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals and ICUs will rise further before the end of the year. It is therefore looking increasingly likely that the healthcare system will become overburdened in January. We all want hospital and GP care to be available when we need it. The spread of the Omicron variant must be slowed as soon as possible in order to ensure healthcare services remain available to all.

Here is the government approved guideline on what to follow during Covid-19 Lockdown in the Netherlands:

Basic rules for all

  • Wash your hands often and well.
  • Stay 1.5 at least metres apart.
  • If you have symptoms, stay at home, get isolated and get tested as soon as possible.
  • Ensure a good flow of fresh air indoors.

At home and at work

  • Stay at home as much as possible. If you do go out, limit contact with others and stay 1.5 metres apart.
  • If you test positive for coronavirus, you must self-isolate. The people you live with must self-quarantine, even if they have been vaccinated or have had coronavirus before.
  • If you had contact with someone who has or may have coronavirus and are unsure whether you need to self-quarantine, do the Quarantine Check.
  • Work from home. If this is impossible, stay 1.5 metres apart at work.
  • Receive no more than 2 visitors aged 13 and over per day. On 24, 25 and 26 December and on 31 December and 1 January the maximum number of visitors aged 13 and over is 4 per day.
  • Limit visits to one a day.
  • Do a self-test before visiting others or receiving visitors.
  • People aged 70 and over are advised to limit contact with others. Keep 1.5 metres apart from others, also from children.

Locations that will be closed

Most locations closed due to Covid-19 Lockdown in the Netherlands, includes: 

  • Food and drink venues such as restaurants and bars.
  • Locations for artistic and cultural activities, such as cinemas, theatres and concert halls. 
  • Zoos and amusement parks. 
  • Indoor sporting locations, such as gyms and swimming pools.
  • Non-essential shops such as clothing shops, department stores and hardware shops. 
Covid-19 Lockdown in the Netherlands

A few locations may remain open: 

  • Essential shops such as supermarkets, pet shops, chemists, opticians and wholesalers may open from 05:00 to 20:00. 
  • Service providers such as lawyers and notaries may be open for their regular opening hours.

Education and childcare 

  • Daycare centres for children aged 0 to 4 are open.
  • From Monday 20 December 2021 to Sunday 9 January 2022 primary schools and schools for special primary education will be closed. Out-of-school care facilities (BSO) will also be closed.
    • Schools will be open to provide emergency childcare for vulnerable children and the children of key workers in crucial sectors. 
    • BSO facilities are only open during this period to provide emergency childcare.
    • Schools that are unable to put this emergency childcare into place in time must close no later than Tuesday 21 December 2021, as must out-of-school care facilities. 
  • Secondary schools will be closed from Monday 20 December 2021 to Sunday 9 January 2022.
  • Secondary vocational institutions  (MBO) will be closed from Monday 20 December 2021 to Sunday 9 January 2022.
  • Higher education institutions (HBO and universities) will be closed from Monday 20 December 2021 to Sunday 9 January 2022.
  • Accredited (further) education may take place in the evenings.

Sports

  • All indoor sports venues are closed.
  • Professional sports and swimming lessons for A, B and C level swimming certificates may take place.
  • Outdoor sporting locations may open between 05:00 and 17:00.

Travel

  • Within the Netherlands: stay at home as much as possible. If you do go out, limit contact with others and stay 1.5 metres apart.
  • Abroad: the Dutch government issues travel advice per country. If you have holiday plans, travel smart. Travelling is still a risk, and will remain a risk. Check the travel advice on Wijsopreis.nl.

The government is taking all the possible steps to prevent the citizens. To increase protection against the Omicron variant, everyone aged 18 and over will be invited to receive a booster vaccination as soon as possible. Getting a booster offers the best protection against this variant. The aim is to ensure that as many people aged 60 and over as possible receive their booster before the end of the year. Where capacity allows, people aged 60 and over who already have a booster appointment for January will be invited to move their appointment forward.

These above mentioned measures of Covid-19 Lockdown in the Netherlands the will be reviewed up to January 14 and could positively be lifted earlier if the infection rate slows down.

To know about the origin of Omicron variant in the Netherlands, checkout the article on Deadly Covid-19 Omicron Variant in the Netherlands: A Major Health Concern.

9 Quick Hacks to Improve Your Credit Score in the Netherlands

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Shreya
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9 Quick Hacks to Improve Your Credit Score

Your credit score is an important number that will determine the quality of many of the financial factors that will become a part of your life. Everyone wants a high credit score, but to some it seems too difficult. To get a perfect credit score follow these 9 Quick Hacks to Improve Your Credit Score in the Netherlands.

Pay your credit cards twice each month

Even if you pay your balances in full every month, using up too much of your available credit at any given time can hurt your scores. You can lessen the damage by making two payments each month: one just before the card’s statement closing date and another just before the due date.

The first payment typically reduces the balance that’s reported to the credit bureaus, while the second assures that you don’t wind up paying interest or incurring a late fee on any remaining charges.

9 Quick Hacks to Improve Your Credit Score

Keep your credit utilization below 30%

Credit utilization is a fancy way of saying how much available credit you have. For example, if you have one credit card and it’s maxed out, then your credit utilization is high, and this will have a negative impact on your credit score. The magic number seems to be about 30% .

Here are three ways to keep your credit card utilization ratio below 30%:

  • Only charge essential purchases like gas and groceries—or those that earn bonus points
  • Split your purchases between multiple credit cards
  • For large one-time purchases, make extra payments during the billing cycle.

Use a retirement savings plan to lower your credit utilization

This is a great option because retirement plan loans aren’t reported to the credit bureaus. This hack comes with a caveat, however, because retirement plan loans are deducted from your pay check, so this is only a viable option if you can manage the lower salary.

Reduce your debt-to-income ratio as well

Debt-to-income ratio is a pretty basic concept: it’s the amount of debt you have versus the income you’ve got coming in. The higher the ratio, the lower your score will go.

To figure this number out, combine all your monthly debt payments and divide the sum by your gross monthly income. When it comes to a mortgage, the max you can have is 43%, because anything above that and you won’t get approved.

Fix Credit Report Errors

Sometimes, banks make reporting errors that hurt your credit score. Even if you haven’t missed a payment, many consumers overlook the benefits of a periodic credit report review.

Reviewing your credit report is free and only takes a few minutes. You can request free credit reports  weekly.

If you find an error, you will need to file a dispute with the credit bureau. No error is too small to dispute. I’ve disputed incorrect phone numbers, which are correctly in minutes, which led me to discover unauthorized accounts (a cell phone).

If the error affected your score, you should see a pretty quick change once the credit bureau corrects the error.

9 Quick Hacks to Improve Your Credit Score
Credit Score

Don’t be afraid to use the credit you already have

It’s important to point out that having credit and not using it isn’t a wise approach. Your credit history is based on your pattern of using credit and paying it back, so if you don’t use any credit, you won’t have a score to speak of.

Using credit cards and paying back small loans quickly can actually improve your credit score. Having both revolving and tradeline debt is something called mixed credit, and it’s good to have.

The idea behind this is that lenders want to know that you can handle different types of debts and payments, which is why mixed credit is a good thing that can improve your score.

Get added as an authorized user on someone else’s account

Another person’s good history with their credit card could be imported into your credit bureau files to help burnish your scores. Plus, the other person doesn’t have to give you access to the account — you can be an authorized user in name only. Some card companies will allow this importing only if you’re a relative, so check in advance.

Leave your bills on autopilot

Because you’re human, you’re bound to be late on payments at some point. A great way to avoid being late is by setting up automatic payments for your bills. Nowadays, most large banks have a “bill pay” feature that allows you to set up recurring payments.

Review your credit billing history and write down bill due dates on a separate sheet of paper. Be sure to have a good understanding of your cash flow to know how much money you’ll have left over each month. Use the remaining amount to make extra credit card payments.

Praise your Credit history

Don’t close good standing credit cards. Good standing credit cards show lenders you’ve been able to make payments on time for an extended period.

Instead, if you decide to no longer use a credit card, leave it home somewhere out of sight.

Do close credit cards that are charging you annual fees or have a short history. Be sure to do this during a period you won’t be making large purchases.

These 9 Quick Hacks to Improve Your Credit Score can quickly increase your credit score – try one today and let us know in the comments how it turns out the next time you check your credit score.

Learn more about managing money by going through Top 5 Points That Every Young Investor Should Be Mindful of While Investing.

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