My top Home cultural Shocks

Welcome to another episode of my life!
Today I want to share with you the cultural shocks that I had when I moved to The Netherlands, especially home related. But I have to say that now I am used to and don't find them weird anymore, maybe a little incovenient especially the one to do my hair but besides that I am very happy with my life in The Netherlands and I am actually very proud of myself that I can adjust easily to different ways of living.
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[@IesKorpershoek]

A 'Hoeslaken', 'Dekbed en Dekbed overtrek' is a way to do your bed. But I can ashore you can buy 'normal' bedsheets like you were thinking about. Older houses don't have power sockets in the bathroom for security reasons. Sometimes you find a socket like in a hotel just for a men's electric razor or electric toothbrush. Modern houses have a new electric setup and have 1 or 2 sockets in the bathroom. We are very lucky with our drinking water. Many European countries have drinkable tap water.

[@ginavargasofficial]

Thank you so much for your input 🤗 and you are right we are very lucky to have tap water that we can drink 😊

[@Treinbouwer]

Het zou nogal een schokkende ervaring zijn als die stopcontacten er wel zouden zitten.😂

[@ginavargasofficial]

@@Treinbouwer😂😂😂 that’s for sure

[@MsMesem]

assure

[@MsMesem]

Yes, very drinkable tap water is my experience unless in regions with very hard water. Imagine; in the touted 'clean, pure' NZ the tap water is for the most part undrinkable, overloaded with chlorine and fluoride...

[@goodidea3970]

I think the bedsheet you are looking for is called “laken”. A “hoeslaken” has curved edges with elastic to fold around the mattress. A “laken” is just a straight sheet of fabric to put in your bed. Hema has “lakens”. Ikea has only 1 type called Dvala laken.

[@ginavargasofficial]

Thank you 🙏🏽 I will check in Hema 🤗

[@marcelrombouts8607]

Checks bathroom: yup there it is. A power outlet. Next to the sink. It does have a lid to close it off with (spatwaterveilig), but it's there. So you will find Dutch homes with a power outlet in the bathroom as well.

[@ginavargasofficial]

New homes or renovated homes have power outlet, we were just not lucky in our home☺️

[@frankteunissen6118]

@@ginavargasofficialgetting a qualified electrician to install a contact box next to the washbasin isn’t going to be all that difficult or expensive. I’d get a properly qualified electrician, though, because you don’t want to mess with electrics and water.

[@dirkalbrodt]

@@frankteunissen6118 I asked an electrician to fit a socket in my bathroom, but he refused because the wiring was not earthed. I could be electrocuted while showering.

[@ginavargasofficial]

⁠​⁠@@dirkalbrodt😮 we never asked someone to install an electrical socket in our bathroom because literally just use it for my hair once in a while but that is good information to know

[@bendunselman]

It actually presents a somewhat increased risk of electrocution to use an appliance without ground (randaarde) like your hairdryer with an extension cord in a wet space like the bathroom.

[@mavadelo]

Bedding. Remember these words if you want what we would call "the old way". Hoeslaken: The bedsheet that goes over the matras. usually has elastic edges to keep it on. (Plural Hoeslakens) Laken: the bedsheet that makes your bedsheet sandwich complete. (plural Lakens) Deken: a blanket, you want them in winter epsecially. There are summer and winter blankets. (Plural Dekens) Kussensloop: what goes around your pillow. (plural Kussenslopen) As others mentioned, Hema is an excellent place for old style bedding. But yes, I would say most people here use a "dekbed" with a "dekbedovertrek", much easier to make up.

[@ginavargasofficial]

Wowww Thank you so much 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 this is really helpful and believe me I will remember these words for sure 😅❤️

[@brendasnow8255]

No different from in the U.S., then.

[@svijetzabave]

You are very beautiful, dear and modest. I watched the series La Patrona. Keep recording. I wish you a lot of happiness in life.❤

[@vast001]

Your bed is a 'lits-jumeaux' size. Lits-jumeaux means 2 single beds pushed together. Which means 240 cm or 260 cm x 200 cm. What you call the bed sheet is a duvet cover that you put around the duvet. Underneath the normal matras cover sheet and underneath the pilow cover you put a 'molton'. A molton protects your mattress or pillow against moisture, dust and bacteria, which means it will last longer. A normal sheet we used to have is hard to find these days as most Dutchies use a duvet with duvet cover for their beds. I only use a sheet in the summer when it is a hot sticky night. I see you put as many pillows on your bed as the Americans do. In the Netherlands it's just 1 pilow for each side/person.

[@knol1969]

A good investment are a few snelbinders. Your groceries will be more secure on your bike.

[@ginavargasofficial]

Thank you for you advice. I will get one ❤

[@d3al3rplays68]

@@ginavargasofficial Snelbinders might not work together with fietstassen. The snelbinders would be under the connection of the fietstassen so before you buy check if you can place them at all (not all bikes even have the connection points for snelbinders).

[@ginavargasofficial]

@@d3al3rplays68 Thank you 🙏🏽 that’s good to know

[@adoteq_]

I like how you have found your way.

[@karinlammertsma9408]

Most old houses do have power outleds in bathrooms. Its strange your house doesn’t.

[@williamgeardener2509]

Depends on the age of the building. When we moved into our house that was built in 1933, there weren't very much power outlets in the house. 4 in the livingroom, 2 in the kitchen and 2 in every bedroom. None in the bathroom. I guess back in those days people didn't need as many power outlets.

[@ginavargasofficial]

I think my house was also around the year 1930’s because also in the whole house we don’t have a lot of power outlet and most of them are made in recently years. But I guess your are right, we were just not lucky with that feature in the house 😅

[@williamgeardener2509]

@@ginavargasofficial There's always the option of having them installed. They can add outlets by using cable trays so the mess they'll make is very limited. Any decent electrician can fix that for you.

[@maximusmalodorus]

There are bathroom cabinets and lamps with built-in sockets. The downside is that you need to switch on the lights when you want to dry your hair. Go to your local DIY store.

[@m.tieman5863]

My apartment is from the late 50s and it doesn't have an outlet in the bathroom (showerroom), even the light switches are outside of the bathroom. I use my hair dryer in the living room :D

[@majvlierop]

Having no plug in the bathroom? yes we do!

[@adopstap]

Just visit any bicycle-repair shop, they'll help you find a nice bag, snelbinders or rush basket for your bike. And what about a basket on the front wheel? Much safer than bags on your steering wheel. For bedsheets; even hospitals use duvet and sheets with elastic bands nowadays.

[@ginavargasofficial]

I honestly think I need to update my bike 🙈 This is a small bike because I am short and also the bags are little bit small. But now we just got a bakfiets and doing the groceries now is heaven 🥰 thank you so much for your advice 🤗

[@Firise]

My bathroom has outlet sockets. My parent's house doesn't, but that has vanity with a sink and mirror in every bedroom.

[@mavadelo]

It is not ne size fits all. Older houses didn't have them originaly. Of course over the years many home owners or rental organisation have added them later. But in an unaltered 1960's era home you won't find them. If they are there, someone put them there later "themselves" (the electrician probably but still)

[@conniemendeszoon9789]

Yes there plenty single linnen to find in the Netherlands, most are use by older people, the rest of us like to make life easy so we use the bedsheet...

[@williamgeardener2509]

Even the old people have discarded their sheets in favor of the much more comfortable duvets.

[@ginavargasofficial]

I think I am becoming more Ducth because I actually find the Dutch way more comfortable and easy way to do your bed. So yes this is a win for me ❤

[@AnD-1999]

Hema also has normal bed sheets 😉 like you're taking about.

[@ginavargasofficial]

Really??? I have never seen it. Thank you so much 😃 I will check it out

[@addictedmusic070jkn5]

wow you really have beautiful hair

[@ginavargasofficial]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@addictedmusic070jkn5]

You're welcome. You deserve it.with such a beautiful head of hair.🥰. I love that so much

[@ginavargasofficial]

@@addictedmusic070jkn5 🙏🏽❤️

[@addictedmusic070jkn5]

@@ginavargasofficial I hope you have already found your way in the Netherlands together with your daughter.

[@lolav310]

Hola!! Necesitas una cuerda elástica para amarrar tus bolsitas de la parte de atrás de tu bici o comprar una cesta para colocar extra cosas. La cuerda me ha ayudado mucho. También el protector de la silla anti agua. Mucha suerte.🍀

[@ginavargasofficial]

Muchas gracias 🙏🏽❤️

[@MrsPeel2305]

My bike looks just like that when grocery-shopping. My greatgrandfather was dutch. Now I am supposed to be german, but my dutch genes win all the time.

[@silviaabrilmelendezruz8305]

I felt like a daypass with u❤

[@ginavargasofficial]

Yayyyyyyy 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️

[@patrickd9551]

Lol, yes, bike, mom, 2 children and a ton of bags filled to the brim with groceries. That was basically my youth. You laugh how full your bike was, that was my moms bike every saturday, but instead two large bags hung from the handlebars, me sitting on the rack and my sister in a baby chair in front. 🤣

[@ginavargasofficial]

Really doing groceries and biking is another lever of skills in here 😅 now we just got a bakfiest and doing groceries is heaven 🙌🏽✨

[@patrickd9551]

@@ginavargasofficial if you follow Dutch logic, then a bakfiets would mean more space for more and heavier groceries. I know people who stuff the contents of an entire shopping cart into one.

[@m.tieman5863]

Aren't we all strange. I would almost kill to have hair with curls like you have, and you straighten it - LOL

[@ginavargasofficial]

I know🙈 since I live here I am learning how to manage and love my curls and now I think I found the products and the techniques. I don’t straighten my hair anymore 😅but I must say it was a whole process to manage the frizz

[@Missrock1]

In most of the Dutch houses there is electricity in the bathroom. Period.

[@abelfaber4457]

70's house here, and no outlets in the bathroom, only lightswitch one with a rope on it. there is even a house here for sale now that is late 60's that does not have a washbasin in the toilet.

[@Missrock1]

@@abelfaber4457 yes. Ofcourse there are older houses without any. But It is not ‘typical dutch’.

[@miss55apple]

lol are you for real houses you guys didn’t even had showers in most homes 🙄! Back in the 60’s my family couldn’t even find toothpaste, soap, body wash, deodorant it had to be shipped to them from North America or South America and you could go to a bathhouses if you were lucky in the big cities like The Hague or Amsterdam and does places were either build by Turkish and Moroccan folks cause they had trouble finding proper showers or supplies 🙃… hehehe most houses in Africa, Asia, South and North America had showers! My grandparents build many houses and we had a minimum of 2 bathrooms and 2 wc! My mom bought a house from the 70’s and it had no shower in it and. This was in 2002 those people just didn’t shower my mom redid the whole house and put in 2 🚾 and a bathroom! She renewed her bathroom again after 5 years and sold the house… and omg the homes here are lacking power outlets it’s just insane! I d k whenever I’m in Asia, north or South America I feel like it’s so much more luxurious to live there cause you really get a house 🏡 not a weird house where you can hear your neighbors breathing! Last 15 years I’ve lived in 5 new builds and the quality is just terrible but I think building your own house here is just way better… anyways a girl who’s family is in real estate and grew up living it is giving her opinion based upon on her experience so don’t come at me ✌🏻

[@Missrock1]

@@miss55apple Thank you for your story and share your experience with us.

[@vast001]

My house is build in the late 1980's and no socket in the bathroom. Only in the later years building regulations were adapted as the power supply was also adapting to new innovations regarding water and electricity.

[@itisonlyme1]

No electric sockets in England either. Just in case.

[@brendasnow8255]

There are ground fault interrupters that make outlets near water sources safe. Silly not to have outlets.

[@dianavanleeuwen8830]

put your groceries in a bag and let the bag drop down in your bicyclebag. Much easier....

[@ginavargasofficial]

Thank you so much for the tip 🤗❤️

[@bendunselman]

​@@ginavargasofficialyou could also have an additional crate (krat) mounted above the front wheel.

[@abelfaber4457]

i would say get a bakfiets, a lot more room for groceries and children.

[@ginavargasofficial]

@@abelfaber4457 We just got one few weeks ago and doing groceries now is heaven 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@jayroc305]

Did you move there from the USA?

[@ginavargasofficial]

Yes, I moved to The Netherlands from the USA but I am mexican so that's why I make the comparison with Mexico

[@anglodutch8321]

It's culture shocks, not cultural shocks - Professor Knowitall

[@ginavargasofficial]

Thank you so much for your feedback 🙏🏽 you are totally right and I will change my thumbnail. In Spanish we say ‘Choque Cultural’ and I think that’s why I made the mistake 🙈

[@johnveerkamp1501]

Dat is niet voor niets,dat er geen stopcontact in de bedroom is. [ gevaar ]

[@ginavargasofficial]

It is totally understandable that houses don’t have sockets in the bathroom because it is more safe, it is just that I was used to have one before when I was living in Mexico 😅

[@josgulikers3104]

@@ginavargasofficial Well, with an earth leakage circuit breaker it is certainly allowed to have sockets in the bathroom.

[@gert-janvanderlee5307]

Wij hebben gewoon een stopcontact naast de wastafel. Niks aan het handje zolang je er geen straal water in spuit.

[@BobWitlox]

Most houses have a socket in the bathroom

[@brendasnow8255]

A hundred years ago, maybe. Now, there are safe bathroom outlets.