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Did you know there were “mountains” in the Netherlands?

Mountains in the Netherlands? Is that a thing? The Netherlands is a flat country with almost one-third...
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Culture

The 17 best live music venues in Amsterdam (from a local)

Live music venues in Amsterdam are everywhere, and there’s one of every kind: big, small, famous, underground....
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Health

Are you homesick in the Netherlands? Here’s what you can do about it

A lot of us are familiar with homesickness: the lurching, grapple-at-your-heart ache when you long to be...
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Banking

This Dutch bank lets you open a bank account without a BSN (and you can use it immediately!)

Moving to the Netherlands, as exciting as it is, comes with many unexpected hurdles. One of them...
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Culture

Dutch sororities and fraternities: yep, they exist (and are echt bizarre)

Hold up — sororities and fraternities in the Netherlands? Isn’t that an American thing? Well, it’s complicated,...
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Learn Dutch

This is one of the only Dutch schools that can take your level to C1 — Meet Taalthuis

So, you’ve decided to learn Dutch. Brave. Very brave.  But before you start sweating over the difference between...
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Housing

Everything you need to know about anti-squatting in the Netherlands (aka ‘antikraak’)

Squatting and crime are not things you see much of in the Netherlands compared to other countries,...
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Culture

Things people ask when you say you’re learning Dutch

So you've decided to start learning Dutch — good on you! Learning a new language is hard...
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