Moving to The Netherlands, Tell Me What to Expect!

A lot of TV programming is subtitled English language shows.
Dubbing is only used for kid shows.


The census results don't care what you believe of them.
Unless you personally interviewed 10,000 people you're the one who doesn't have any data, only anecdote.

Really? Confabulating a Grand Conspiracy because the data disagrees with your myopic view of reality?


There you go again, pulling 'data' out of a body orifice.



In grown-up speak it is called sense of community, love of freedom, and common sense.



Well, you can get it here.
No idea why.



I was surprised to learn that the population density of the Netherlands (404 pop/km^2) is actually slightly less then England's [sic].
It's just as urbanised as the US, we just don't have as much rural area and wild lands.



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I agree!!

Thread: THE COOLEST CITY IN THE WORLD...AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS.

Amsterdam is fun fun fun in the overcast, overcast, overcast.

Hi Sleepy Dog and thank you for the welcome. The images in the YT video look beautiful. Glad to hear you love it there. I'll sure try to make it there. It sounds great.



Maybe we can party once I get there!

You may not have as much land, but your culture is more family oriented and laid back. That means a lot to me since I've been in a fast paced society for so long now.

I guess I better check it out for sure then. If it's that great (and everyone seems to think so), maybe I won't need the rural areas as much as I think I do. I'm open to ANYTHING!!!!!! Yay!!!!

Very Dangerous. Not a safe haven at all.

And, The Netherlands does it AGAIN!

Maldives are sinking? Call The Netherlands, they'll know what to do about it!!!!



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Congrats OP. Great destination.
Maybe a bit more expensive than
the US midwest.
But you'll feel very safe and cars
there keep an eye out for walkers
and bike riders.

Thank you very much. I agree with you on it being a great destination and it's nice to hear. You have any plans on visiting or moving there yourself?

Okay, this is my third day at this thread. I appreciate all the input from everyone. I'll be back tomorrow and it will probably be my last day to stay at this thread like I have been.

But please feel free to post your thoughts. I've enjoyed seeing what everyone says. I've found a lot of nice people here at GLP!!!!

And for the Dutch, I look forward to partying with you pretty soon, LOL!!!

Don't forget to bring your orange shirt!!

Tot ziens OP!!

I will never forget that worst beer in the world Schultenbrau for 40cents/can, which a lot of people are drinking in Noord Brabant :D And I have got to admit, I started to drink it also after like 4 months. lol.

Wooden shoes ....... Wooden heads ....... Wouldn't listen!

Sums up the Dutch!

statistics are flawed by nature. a small sample can never represent a whole, unless it the whole was evenly distributed. our world isn't.


no. i actually spent years in churches on sunday mornings, in both the netherlands and belgium.


that, i didn't expect too.

Find a nice rural place to live in the south or the east. The west is not the place to live, it's only nice for daytrips or partying in which case our small size and good public transport will get you there in no time.

Get accustomed with the folowing foods: drop, bitterballen, pannenkoeken, haring en boerenkool!

Left a long time ago cause it started too look more and more like the cesspool we call the US....

You'll feel right at home.

Stop bragging about our beautiful Limburg, if those northern Dutch people dicover our region They Will all come here ;-)

I would prefer Americans coming here above northern Dutchies (and i am northern city Guy myself :-)

LOL! I know how that is.

I looked up Dutch cuisine. Bitterballen and haring en boerenkool weren't listed!!! So, maybe it depends where you live for those two.

I don't mind licorice but without salt and pancakes...who doesn't like them?

Thanks for the tip re: south or east. I will look there for sure.

Ugh! I sure hope not. At least it isn't a war-mongering country.

Awww, thank you. Limburg is on my radar. I'm looking around there right now.

You'll have to shave the forest to live in the Nether-lands.

Prepare to be a majority... LOTS n lots n lots of cloaked women and muslim men that our society would deem terrorists.

Haha

you havent lived unti youve been a minority in multiple cultures.

truth is, they save their money, work at mcdonalds, have babies, have world cocerns just like everyone else; its just our mainstream media will never show you.

Correction

Why the hell would you move to this stupid country? Most people very boring and shallow just as the landscape (which is really not natural at all.) The climate SUCKS, and every neighbourhood outside the cities is the most depressing thing you'll ever see. The only good thing about the Netherlands is Amsterdam! Everywhere else you will feel lost and out of place as an American.

That's THE understatement of this thread!