I Left Everything Behind and Moved to the Netherlands. Here’s Why.

[@OsmosisHD]

Welcome! Wanted to give you a tip as a new dutchie in order to become part of our society learning the language is essential. Yes most of us can speak fluent English but to become part of our society learning Dutch is essential. Otherwise you'll remain in the expat bubble. It's a difficult language to master but don't be afraid to make mistakes. We dutch people respond very well on seeing someone putting in the effort learning our culture and language. So that's the biggest tip I can give, start with language lessons as soon as possible. Try to make small talk with locals, try to watch dutch news on TV (even tho you'll likely not understand a single word at first) listen to dutch music that sort of thing in the long run it will help you massively.

[@ErinMcCoy3]

The Dutch Duolingo course (I finished it a few months ago!) is great for vocabulary building, and watching movies/series in Dutch - especially things like Disney/movies with familiar dialogue - can be helpful too. Let's do it! - a fellow NL language learner

[@ErinMcCoy3]

Following! My husband & I have been trying to move to the NL since 2021; looking forward to learning more from you!

[@ringerheringa3052]

Hi, there's many weblogs of USA expats that moved to the NL.

[@exploringthetributaries643]

Welcome to our little corner of the globe, hope you will be very happy here! 🎆🎆

[@boomdoze]

thank youuu! I’m loving it so far 🥰💗💗

[@basvanbeers3515]

Welcome to our little, quaint and rainy country. Hope you enjoy yourself. Greetings from Breda

[@lnyeju]

Im so happy to see you back!!! Love to see that you’re living your best life in the netherlands, love from germany 🥰

[@boomdoze]

oh hiii! I didn’t know you’re from germany, how cool 💗 thanks for commenting and being here ☺️

[@Silligk]

I just got recommended this channel out of nowhere and I really enjoyed the video and your personality! Hoping for more in the future!

[@boomdoze]

ah, thank you so much! I’m happy you’re here ☺️💗💗

[@midnitebaszsoul]

I'm so excited to have found this channel. My boyfriend lives in the Netherlands and my plan is to move there in the next year or so. I'm super excited to see your journey and learn more!

[@boomdoze]

I’m glad you found this community too! I hope I can offer lots of insights before you make your way over ☺️💗💗

[@rubentullenaar2934]

A Head Full of Fears has No Space for Dreams. Welcome to the Netherlands. Subscribed!!!

[@ringerheringa3052]

I hope you settle here soon. Good choice! Ps. You should put up your saddle a bit. It makes biking so much easier and safef!

[@emielverschuur8395]

welcome in the Netherlands i hope you have a nice time here , and take tour time to learn to know us Dutchies

[@SpicySamBall]

Congratulations with moving to our beautiful country. Greetings out of Lisse ;)

[@hunchbackaudio]

Welcome to Amersfoort, our home for the last 18 years now. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as we do. It's a beautiful city.

[@joslauwers7960]

The receipt is also a way for the shop to keep track of the inventory. It helps also in ordering fresh/new products before they are out of them and have to sell NO.

[@EddieGonious]

One thing you probably would like to know in advance is the testing! of air raid sirens. The first Monday of the month when the bell strikes 12:00 for about 15-20sec you will hear the air raid sirens . Don't be alarmed it's just a test (pun intended haha)

[@boomdoze]

omg, I heard it earlier this month and thought we were under attack 💀 that warning needs to be posted at schipol haha

[@gregmcnair4272]

How cool to see that you're also living here in Amersfoort. I've been living here since 1978, but first i lived in the east of the Netherlands in Zutphen (amazing city) and later in Borculo (great place to have raised my kids). Remarried 12 years ago and have been living in Amersfoort ever since. I love it. Enjoy and Be Well.

[@boomdoze]

hi there ☺️ i’m loving it so far, it’s really beautiful! Amazing to hear that you love it too! thanks for watching 💗💗

[@robinwielders605]

Nice video. May be, you shoud put the saddle of your bike a bit higher, it will give you more power and will save your knees.

[@boomdoze]

Thanks for the tip! I’m pretty short so I assumed I should keep it lower but I’ll try raising it ☺️💗

[@OsmosisHD]

@@boomdoze Standing upright next to be bike the saddle should be just below your hip joint. That's the ideal height for the saddle, it will keep your knees happy and just in general it rides more comfortable

[@michelscheers8581]

Supercool to have you here in Amersfoort. Hope you will settle. Enjoy!

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Greetings from Groningen

[@shepardjune4472]

Welcome to Dutchland! Besides the convenient DAFT, you'll find that our country is also a great travel hub with easy access to and an abundance of travel destinations, whether it is by train, plane, ferry or the good ole car ;)

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

The Church tower is called "de Lange Jan" (Jan with Y and ah). "Long John", in English, it is one of the highest in the country

[@ro0140]

Really try to befriend someone who can speak Dutch it will open a lot more options for you it will be easier to learn and if there are certain problems or things you don't understand just ask. Most Dutch people are really open to helping people just remember be polite, direct and honest and have the courage to ask. Also if someone say's "Sorry I don't have the time" it is not rude they really don't have time to help you just say "Alright thank you" and ask someone else. Or even ask in one of your vids here on KZbin there will be a lot of Dutch people who might watch and answer you in the chat.

[@chrisvandijk99]

Good idea to move out of the madness! hope you enjoy living here!

[@lightspeedtractor]

welcome!

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Amersvoort is a great choice...Lots of forests nearby, very good rail connections to the rest of the country... come see Zwolle :)

[@donaldveb]

welcome to NL. hope you do well.

[@BabzV]

Welcome to tulip country, I hope you'll enjoy life here. 😊🌷

[@januitamersfoort]

welcome

[@semprefidelis76]

Sorry, did you save money or how did you manage to find work in Netherlands?

[@boomdoze]

hii! I decided to move to the netherlands last december so I had almost a year to save and plan for my move. The netherlands has a visa for freelancers called daft, which is what i did. If you want to know more I have a video coming out next week where I talk more about my journey to get here which might be helpful ☺️

[@semprefidelis76]

@@boomdoze Thanks for your reply. call me stupid but what exactly is a freelancer? How do you pay the rent and all that? Greetings from California

[@boomdoze]

@@semprefidelis76 oh you’re fine haha a freelancer is someone who works for themselves. I don’t work for a company, but have clients in the US. and yeah I pay rent. I can do a breakdown of how much it cost to live here in a future video if you’d like!

[@semprefidelis76]

@@boomdoze thx for your reply, well I know wht freelancer is lol, but everyone vaguely talks about being a freelancer but doesn’t give any specifics. Only remote job that comes to my mind is being a programmer or something hi tech. Which I don’t have a degree for. This freelancer thing is just so vast to pinpoint. Yes look forward to next vids. Thanks

[@sleutelbergen8678]

Ik zou echt niet in de VS willen wonen.

[@heatovz7391]

Why Amersfoort? I find it quite boring actually compared to the rest of the province (I'm from Utrecht but work in Amersfoort)

[@boomdoze]

it’s such a cute town!! I might get bored of it in a few years but for now it’s perfect. Also…the dutch housing crisis didn’t give me much choice 🙃 ooh love Utrecht though, I would have been happy there as well!

[@freddyfrieza6742]

Sorry but if your in a super market and dont buy anything you can go out trough the normal check out were the cashiers are. It’s totally normal

[@AlexK-yr2th]

Looks to be you choose your future country like u choose your new Iphone...

[@boomdoze]

yep! keep the comments coming! 🤠

[@collectioneur]

We’re neighbours (Soest). If I happen to see you I’ll wave…

[@boomdoze]

please do! ☺️

[@willemdederde6669]

In Amerika is er veel meer ruimte voor mensen hoor . . .

[@Gianluca-ROTTERDAM]

Welcome to this save small country. Prepare yourself for a lot of rain Gr a italian who almost liver 20 years in Rotterdam (Netherlands)

[@myselfandeye3884]

Well if they are all as pretty as you are then they can all come over.

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Stroop with an o as in slow and go, so, stroop and not stroep, with a oe as in shoe, learn how to pronounce the ch/g ( as in loCHness ) and the a aa, o oo, e ee, the ie and i , and the IJ/EI, that will make it easy to read Dutch.. Ou/Au, and Ui, UI is hard for Americans...

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah mersvoort ;) no e as in say :) it is the river Amer, the ford (= Place where you can wade across), across the Amer that is where they built Amersvoort.. so no immer or eemer no ee sound as in say

[@thinkingaboutit1906]

welcome to the netherlands, nice to hear you managed to escape the usa! ;) looking forward to see how you will manage to settle here... ps: you illegally left that store because you didnt wait till the gate closed for the previous customer! lol (so you will likely do very well here)

[@boomdoze]

they’ll never catch me! 🤭

[@sjorsvdwal]

Welcome to the Netherlands! Things that will help you are: learn the language. Talk to your neighbours Plz dont talk about race. This shit is getting annoying over here. Be honest to the people. Most import, have fun!

[@RichardWicky]

Welcome to our little country, hope you can find your peace and happiness here A tip from a Dutch person, try to learn the language quickly, it will make life more pleasant here than not understanding anything that is said or written around you;).Good luck here

[@boomdoze]

thank you ☺️💗 I’m not great at learning languages but I’m trying!

[@RichardWicky]

We have an expression here,waar een will is is een weg Means where there's a will there's a way;).wish you a nice evening

[@GeertMeertens]

@@RichardWicky Een will is een testament in het Engels.

[@RichardWicky]

@@GeertMeertens 🤡💩