Posts tagged Safety from the Learn Dutch For Expats team.
Dutch cycling has its own road signs, and misreading them means fines or dead ends. Here are the key fietser signs, the 'uitgezonderd' trick, and the vocab.
When the KNMI issues code rood for heat and the Nationaal Hitteplan kicks in, what should you do? Here is what a Dutch hittegolf alert means and the vocab.
Added to a buurtpreventie WhatsApp group full of urgent Dutch alerts? Here is what neighbourhood watch is, the SAAR method, and how to read the messages.
A loud siren erupts from every phone around you, in Dutch. That's an NL-Alert. Here is what it is, how it differs from Burgernet, and the words to read the warning fast.
Scam texts posing as PostNL, your bank or a Tikkie are everywhere. Here is how to instantly spot Dutch phishing SMS, what the red flags are, and how to report it.
Working on a Dutch building site means PBM, VCA and the Arbowet. Here is the safety vocabulary, who pays for your gear, and the rules that keep you legal.
Bike stolen or a nuisance to report? Knowing 112 vs 0900-8844 and how to file an aangifte matters. Here is how to report to the Dutch police, and the vocab.
The cleaning aisle is full of Dutch warnings and red diamonds. Here is how to read chloor, bleek, and ammoniak labels, and the one mixing rule that matters.
A food allergy makes eating out abroad stressful. Here is the Dutch to tell a waiter clearly, ask about cross-contamination, and stay safe.