Moving to The Netherlands, Tell Me What to Expect!

Sleepy Dog, I just watched the 2 videos you posted. Thank you. I am looking in the Limburg area right now and this gives me a good idea of what it's like. Yipee!

Back soon. Thanks for all the posts.




Last Edited by U3 on 08/19/2012 01:00 PM

TRAITOR ALERT! NSB'ER!

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Three names that mean three different things. Did you read and understand my post?

Hahaha. We have no death penalty

More nature? No. That is in the neast and north.

One comment: Grolsch is from Twente, not the Achterhoek.

nothing like in the us. I see a cop once a month where I live, if I am lucky...

The Dutch started to get less freedom, police everywhere ridiculous rules.

The Dutch have severe problems with North Africans that cannot adapt. Additionally the US gang culture slowly became the life of a lot of kids. Playing getto.

Now they are closing the coffeeshops practically by issuing crazy laws. In fact they could probably close every coffeeshop TODAY because of the insane 15% THC rule.

For everything there's a rule. And then everything is artificial as the whole country is cultivated or even created (which is an interesting achievement.) Not my thing I like nature and mountains.

Haarlem is expensive.

Try Zwolle, Apeldoorn, Deventer, Amersfoort, Enschede, Hengelo

Like I said: go to the east of Holland: Twente and the Achterhoek. Rural, nature. Enschede has 200K+ inhabintants and a University.

Extremely expensive. More like Beverly Hills

You just go to the Veluwe (NL) or the Ardennes (BE) and have a look there

Not rural, not slow paced... Hyper capitalism galore over there.

Go to Twente, Achterhoek or Drente. Slow paced communities.

has this been used ,stoned pedophiles below sea level..yeah i know,other countries have stoned pedophiles above sea level,but at least child porn is illegal here or is that just a rumor about Amsterdam?.. any dutch wish to clear up that rumor?

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Of course child porn is illegal here.

And about people being high on hash & weed I'd like to point out that they don't cause the kind of problems (agression being one) alcohol causes.

'Een tevreden roker is geen onrust stoker'.

Where did you live? Probably in a big city. We don't have police over here where I live (really!) and at night only 5 cars patrol the entire province :-)

I have seen no gangs because I dont live in Amsterdam...

You must have been a drug tourist going to Amsterdam and getting disappointed ?

Hey OP,

The beer is a deal!!


Just let me know when you arrive and where you are!

I went 7 times to the US, starting in the Ronald Reagan
and Archie Bunker (lol) periode in 1985.

At that time I was 24, and I went because Bruce Springsteen's album Born in the USA.


Yess the Boss invited me to you country.

I am still a loyal fan, I saw him this year in
Cologne and went for a 2 day trip to Paris to see him!
He is still my inspiration!!

Now he is playing in Fenway Park in Boston, wow
what a history in that stadium, more than 100 years old!


From my location its 3 or 4 hours by train to Paris, London, Brussels, or Berlin, Frankfurt or what ever.
Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague are around 90 minutes.

But at that time in 1985 it were Glory days all the way
for me!!
I went to Orlando/Disneyland 5 days, saw the everglades
and ended up at Key West and got drunk with the sailors.
In Orlando I meet a guy from New York with his girlfriend
they invited me to New York.
So, my first visit to New York was a year later in 86!




My first landing on American ground was
a flight with Pan-Am from Amsterdam to Atlanta.

My first Budweiser was at the transit area at Atlanta.

After 2 hours there I was on the Plane to Miami!

It was my first American city to visit. ( many would follow after that, I tell you later, if you want!)

How I came to the choice Miami?
It was because the series Miami Vice haha

When I arrived and landed my first time,
Starship had a number one with this!

We built this city!

Cool song I had it on my casette player in the plane
when I landed!

I know I am getting old! lol

Daikirai, could you email me?
GLPmessages@yahoo.com

Plus, it doesn't look to me like your cops beat the shit out of somebody and then haul them. I've watched YT videos of arrests there. The cops are pretty polite.

Philistine! ;)

Grolsch mean from Grol (Groenlo in Dutch).
It was brewed there from 1615 to 2004.

Me too. But, I have a better chance at establishing myself as a Dutch citizen first. Then, I can explore the rest of Eu. to find nature if I can't find it in The Netherlands.

I actually am part German but not enough to establish myself as a citizen there.

Aha! Thank you for that list. I will check them out.

OK, thank you again. I'm looking them up right now.

I checked out Achterhoek yesterday. I'll check out the other two today. Thanks.

What part of the country are you in Ral? (If you don't mind me asking.)

LOL! Thanks for sharing your story. And sure, I enjoy hearing about your adventures, whatever and wherever they take place.

I'll post here when I get some more details worked out. In the meantime, take my email address. Several of the posters here are keeping in touch that way too.

We'll have a party as soon as I get there. It should be fun meeting other GLP'ers and of course, I'd like to thank everybody for the help. You guys are a fun bunch of folks. We'll have a beer fest and you guys can watch me try every brand you come up with, LOL!