Ellen Proper

  • Amsterdam’s Red Light District has been closed and empty of tourists amid the coronavirus pandemic for the past two months, giving locals the opportunity to rethink the tourist hotspot as it begins to reopen.International

    With coronavirus in retreat, Amsterdam locals believe they can now reclaim a city center lost to overtourism

    By Ruben Munsterman, Ellen Proper, and others
  • A VanMoof bicycle is on display at a VanMoof brand store in San Francisco. The Dutch bicycle brand has become a global hit, with orders from around the world taking off during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo courtesy of VanMoof.Health

    The coronavirus cycling boom has turned this Dutch bike brand into a global hit

    By Ellen Proper and Bloomberg
  • Thousands of flights around the world have been canceled due to coronavirus concerns. Don’t expect to get a refund for your ticket on one of them easily.

    Don’t expect an easy flight refund for your canceled trip during the coronavirus pandemic

    By Aoife White, Jonathan Stearns, and others
  • KIEV, UKRAINE - 2020/03/27: In this photo illustration the Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases map by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is seen displayed in internet on a mobile phone and a pc screen. The U.S. leads the world in confirmed COVID-19 coronavirus cases, according to media as of 27 March 2020. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic on 11 March 2020. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)International

    How the coronavirus crash compares with economic slumps of the last century

    By Tara Patel, Ellen Proper, and others