The Netherlands: Expat Experiences

Hiroko, Amsterdam

Where, when and why did you move abroad? I moved to Amsterdam in summer of 2019.The reason I wanted to try my…

Who are you? My name is Austyn Smith and I’m a podcaster, blogger, and mother of four. Where, when and why did…

Who are you? My name is Lindsay Rubino, and I’m a freelance writer and editor from New Jersey in the U.S. I’m…

Who are you? My name is Stuart Billinghurst. I’m an accident prone Englishman and the writer of InvadingHolland.com.Where, when and why did…

Who are you? I’m British but the Netherlands has been my home since 2000. My husband is Dutch, and my three sons…

Who are you? I’m an American freelance journalist who was born in Los Angeles but spent most of my adult life in…

Who are you? I was born and raised in Southern Russia (where tomatoes get special treatment from that natural sunlight that makes…

Who are you? Lisa Jochim Where, when and why did you move abroad? I moved from the USA in July, 2011 with…

Who are you? Juliet Thompson Hochman. Can’t quite let go of my maiden name. Where, when and why did you move abroad?…

Life has taken many turns but it’s all led to where I am now, a writer and American expat living in the…

I’m Julie, 27 years old, French (Parisian). I moved to Rotterdam end of April 2011 to follow my partner who has been…

My name is Stuart. I’m an Englishman in his early 30s with a well documented reputation for accident proneness and bizarre situation…

My name is Tiffany Jansen. Originally from the United States of America, I now live in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with my husband…

My name is Arwa Lokhandwala and I am an Indian expat living in The Netherlands with my husband. We relocated to The…

My name is Anne Galloway and I’d like to share a small part of my story of becoming an expat for the…