What expats hate about living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands #1
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Published 2023-12-13
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All Comments (21)
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Learning the language comes with so many benefits. Whenever I realise someone wants to learn german, and even if its not perfect I really appreciate it. Especially when it is unexpected
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"Nobody actually tells you how much you need the language" While I completely understand that Dutch is not the easiest language to master, this does sound a bit silly. Like you needed to be told that you are moving to a non-English native country? Yes, English is widely spoken, of course, and many jobs do not require it, but still, its kinda obvious....? And the way she phrases it like " nobody told me" like its not her own responsability to research a place you are moving to? C'mon...
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Oh no, you're moving to another country and they tell you, you need the language?! Shocking....
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What I dislike about Amsterdam is that ppl talk about Amsterdam as if it is a synonym for the Netherlands while Amsterdam only a part and nothing like the rest of the Netherlands.
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There is a lot of beach, but a lot of people go to the same places and donnot walk a short distance when they arrive there. I live in a coast village and even a lot of Dutch donnot know it is a coast village. We will keep it that way ;-)
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I went to Italy... Everything was in Italian and no one spoke Dutch so rude 😂.
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I've traveled to many shitty places! The complaints these people make are very very minor in the larger picture. E.g. theres no shit in the streets, nobody are preparing to rob and kill you, etc. The worst thing is probably the extremely organised society, which is different to what people are used to (not bad, just different!). In my experience Netherland is GREAT, and I'd loved to visit more often.
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"I am living in another country. Help, because Other Country has diferent language and should not, because I am princess of the Universe and everything has to adapt to ME!" ... FFS
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Maybe it will be also a good idea to ask the locals, the people who are born in Amsterdam, what they ' hate' about expats.Perhaps the answers of the question are to confrontating, or even do you know the answers already, before asking. Afterwards we than will make the balance, and it will be very, very quiet.
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Thanks for this! Some great insights which I mostly agree with (living near Amsterdam myself)
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If you are looking for large, wide beaches : The beaches in the north of North Holland are very wide and quiet, parking is even easy in the main season. I am talking about, for example, Callantsoog and Grootte Keeten, Castricum aan zee etc. There are also several beach pavilions where you can chill out.
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Changes are coming. The country will give priority to professional immigrants with academic titles. Companies that need those people will sponsor their work visa and facilities will be given for housing and integration. People who just want to leech on the social "safety nets" will no longer be welcome. That's the current trend all over Europe.
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The gist of it: people have search to find something to dislike... and PS. There is an enormous (!) (100 mile long!) beach 25 miles from Amsterdam
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Interesting. There are many quiet beaches so if he 0:55 doesn't like crowded beaches he should go to a quiet beach. I don't know why he doesn't put in the effort to go there.
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Great footage, kan relate very much
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The beach is far longer than just Den Haag!!So dont blame the Netherlands for it,you just was lazy!And no houses?Thats because there are so much foreigners living here!!😄
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The beach small…where…not in Zandvoort, there is a small beach at Schevingen at the north side of the pier, but not at the other side…our beaches are large…I know I do living near one of them…
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the car thing is a problem even some plumbers if you call tthem they will say i need 100 euros just for parking or even just say no i dont want tto do job its tto hard to park there and they have a lot of work so they can say this
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Public transportation is great , you don’t need a car
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What I hate about expats living in my country is that they think it's completely normal to enjoy everything my parents and grandparents built, but they never give anything back...
