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The Netherlands (Holland) - An Expatriate Guide

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Currency and Cost of Living
Foreign Currency - how to secure a favourable exchange rate
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Learning Dutch and How to Survive it!
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Dutch Driving Theory Test - Gehaald!
To Be And Yet Not To Be
Learning Dutch And How To Survive It
I Want To Ride My Bicycle
Amsterdam's Red Light District
Housing And Living Accommodation In Holland
The Dutch Kitchen
The Dutch People And Their Traditions
Dining Out In Holland
Shopping In The Netherlands

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Expat Experiences of Life in the Netherlands (submit yours here)

Stuart

My name is Stuart. I'm an Englishman in his early 30s with a well documented reputation for accident proneness and bizarre situation finding. I moved to Holland to start working as a designer in the computer games industry. Originally this was only supposed to be a stay of sixth months but the tempting lure of "lekkere bitterballen" and good beer has turned it into a much longer stay...

Tiffany Jansen

My name is Tiffany Jansen. Originally from the United States of America, I now live in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with my husband and our dog. I moved to Utrecht early December 2008 after marrying my Dutch husband. We were tired of the long-distance relationship and wanted to live together. I had also had quite a lot of experience abroad and jumped at the chance to live in another country...

Arwa Lokhandwala

My name is Arwa Lokhandwala and I am an Indian expat living in The Netherlands with my husband. We relocated to The Netherlands from India because of my husband's work. It has been a little more than a year now. The initial paperwork was mostly hassle free but took some time. We arrived in Rotterdam in Dec, 2008 which is one of the coldest months of the year so the weather tested us too...

Anna Gilhespy

My name is Anna Gilhespy, I am 29 and I run my own business making handmade ornaments which I sell mostly online. I moved to Hoofddorp (just outside Amsterdam) with my husband in 2003 when he was offered a good job over here. There was little work where we were living in the UK and opportunity was too good for us to pass up...

Anne Galloway

My name is Anne Galloway and I'd like to share a small part of my story of becoming an expat for the first time in the hope that it can help and inspire other expat spouses. I am married with two children who were 10 and 7 when we had to move. I gave up a job I really enjoyed and took my kids away from their friends and all because of my husband's work...

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