What expats hate about living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands #1

I asked people about the negative aspects of living in Amsterdam.
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[@ageoflove1980]

"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...

[@pascalstraetmans5598]

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

[@user-ln4oj8el6f]

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.

[@tuinbuddy3385]

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 ;-)

[@macmartin86]

Oh no, you're moving to another country and they tell you, you need the language?! Shocking....

[@Hrn250]

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.

[@jooproos6559]

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!!😄

[@user-lg1ch6uo4r]

Thanks for this! Some great insights which I mostly agree with (living near Amsterdam myself)

[@8alakai8]

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

[@puckgroeneweg115]

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…

[@pedroRodriguesMD]

"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

[@mradventurer8104]

Interesting. There are many quiet beaches so if he

[@axllii]

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.

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

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

[@annelies8538]

What I hate … wel not hate, but what I don’t like about Amsterdam… all the expats. It’s not Amsterdam anymore.

[@qwe528]

Great footage, kan relate very much

[@louisavanyzendoorn9742]

Public transportation is great , you don’t need a car

[@d.c.9895]

I don't speak Dutch and had 0 problems living here, working, buy house etc, google translate the thing written and basically everyone here understands and speak English so unless you need it for some work related reasons you don't need to speak Dutch to live here without problems

[@sanderdeboer6034]

There are several city beaches in Amsterdam, but a better option is to visit Zandvoort or preferably Bloemendaal. If you want to have real large beaches the wadden islands are perfect. Terschelling is my favorite one, which has very long and broad beaches.

[@lollalofi3933]

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