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

[@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.

[@TheMovementHub]

Great suggestions. Thank you :)

[@tedsteiner]

Just don't go anywhere near Scheveningen

[@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...

[@christofat2704]

​@JeffPietersen ' english attitude ' to feel granted that everybody should be in english .

[@christofat2704]

​@JeffPietersen More than silly , just arrogant .

[@CreRay]

Completely agree. Holland is probably the country in Europe that's the most easy non-native English speaking country to get around with using English alone. Try that in Germany or France, good luck with that!

[@jandron94]

As if she couldn't care less about the culture of the country she is gonna move to and spend a part of her life. Or maybe she expects the Dutch culture to be sytematically provided in English which is quite an odd way of thinking. But the same thing can be said of cities like Paris, Montréal, Bruxelles, Geneva, etc. where the only-English-speaking expat community keeps growing with the naive complicity of young francophone locals who see there a good opportunity to practice their English skills... Not to the level of nordic and germanic countries but it is coming close...

[@patrick-bu3eq]

Europe is not a country.@@CreRay

[@pluut9722]

I went to Italy... Everything was in Italian and no one spoke Dutch so rude 😂.

[@Goodman849]

For years it's been advertised that the dutch speak excellent English. Then when expats like me go and find it hard to relearn a language now we learn English is not allowed

[@EdTheFlyingDutchMan]

@@Goodman849 Why is that our problem? We accommodate you by speaking English. If we were in your country, would you all do the same for us? Take it or leave...

[@Goodman849]

widely advertised that dutch speak good english. That's why millions came thinking they could speak English in your country. Noone wants to learn dutch really because it's an insignificant language. A low value language globally speaking. It's a low reward for time invested. Now 30 plus % of dutch have become racist the language becomes even less important. I exchanged my drivers licence back to an English one as the dutch one is less useful in different countries because it needs to be constantly translated. I rest my case.

[@hubertusvenator5838]

@@Goodman849 I thought of changing my name to Badman, but it sounds too much like Batman.

[@martynaagneta6720]

@@EdTheFlyingDutchMan Totally agree. Firstly, nobody ask foreigners to come, it's their choise for whaterver reason. Choosing the Netherlands? - Good for you. But whilst you're here, respect the nation, the culture, the language and don't try to make your problems anyone elses business. Easy peasy.

[@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

[@TheMovementHub]

That is very nice to hear. Giving people the feeling that it is appreciated that they learn the language can help them to integrate much better and feel even closer to their new country.

[@Dennis-xj8nh]

Danke

[@Jibe111111111]

I learned dutch but couldn't use it, they would all answer in English

[@TheMovementHub]

An observation made by many who learned the language. There will be a video about that soon.

[@wreagfe]

@@Jibe111111111 Maybe go outside the Ring for a while.

[@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 ;-)

[@TheMovementHub]

You need to know the tricks then ;)

[@tuinbuddy3385]

When you want to go to the beach here, you will need a bike. About half an hour biking and you are on the beach..A nice trip in the dunes.

[@TheMovementHub]

Lovely! Thank you for the tip.

[@hanslagewaard5083]

Small beach? It's like 200-250 km of uninterrupted beach. Of course, it's crazy busy close to the Zandvoort station, but there are parts where you barely see another person.

[@wreagfe]

Even the Dutch guy from Amsterdam doesn't know how to find a tranquil beach, haha. That just proves Amsterdam people are simply LOST when outside of the Ring.

[@mradventurer8104]

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.

[@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…

[@TheMovementHub]

You are correct of course. There is a lot of coastline and beach.

[@martinehermans6661]

Noordwijk… 21 km of beach, from overpopulated to deserted is just a short walk..

[@AnymMusic]

ma'am with all due respect, but if you are moving to a country, you learn the language. There is no if or but about this, you learn the language. You could be moving to Georgia, South-Africa, Australia even, you learn the language. It's common courtesy

[@jeroenvanzwam6991]

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.

[@situationsixtynine8743]

Jealous much 😅

[@antonbonin5003]

That's how I feel living in the US, Texas. We have a city in Texas called Austin, and it's nothing like the rest of Texas. I always have to tell people visiting that if they like Austin, they still have no idea if they like Texas.

[@on-the-pitch-p3w]

Why do you think tourists and expats are dumb? And think Amsterdam is the same as the Netherlands. Do people say this in NY about Texas? 😂

[@randar1969]

AS native born in Amsterdammer i like expats for filling up work places we had open for immigrants with high education , what i dislike is that my government lured them with giving them a 20% less tax on income. That create even more problems in the housing market. They can basically pay more rent, then their native dutch co workers doing the exact same work. And don't get me started about the poor. Those people rely on social housing and less and less of those is offered. The waiting list for social housing has now exceeded 20 years in Amsterdam! Never thought i would be so lucky being handicapped. So i could skip the waiting list for small apartments at ground level. You gonna need the native language for situations like reading signs and if you speak to the elderly who didn't had an english education.. Everyone born after 1970 speaks it unless mentally challenged. Sorry for spelling errors my excuse brain damage and being born in 1969 my english lessons didn't start till i was 13 and was only 1 hour/week i learned much more just from the internet and watching subtitled english shows on television/internet. The young are much better in it getting it from kindergartnen (age 4!) nowadays and more hours.

[@macmartin86]

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

[@kevinl8440]

Except you don't. All Dutch are fluent in English so why bother learning a useless language?

[@donatelladinica545]

The fact that nobody tells you how much you need the language is actually very true for most of the expats. Literally back in my home country, Netherlands has been portrayed as a very expat friendly country with 99% of the population speaking english. It’s a huge advertising happening especially coming from International Universities from Netherlands. Like if we wanted to study abroad, after the Brexit, the only good option was advertised to us as being NL. I’m not joking. The gouverment should stop it. The research done on the google says the same, like I completely understand the fact that it’s not uk, the native language is not english but the problem is bigger than this argument.

[@M9Diry]

Everybody says you don't need to learn Dutch and I have had many Dutch people say "Why bother learning Dutch... it's so useless everybody speaks English!"... And then I try and try to learn it and everybody replies in English and or doesn't understand my efforts.

[@TheMovementHub]

Unfortunately that's very typical

[@disklamer]

So you manage to spit out a few mispronounced words in Dutch. Great, now we have to figure out wth you are trying to say. It's a waste of our time, when most of us have had many years of actual education to learn English. Have you spent four years learning OUR language?

[@tangerine_z]

​@@disklamereveryone starts somewhere. You can't expect someone who just started learning Dutch to be an expert in 1 year. At one point in your life, you also didn't know how to speak Dutch well. Your problem is a lack of patience. Why are you being hostile to someone clearly trying to learn your language? It's like getting mad at a baby who falls when learning how to walk.

[@disklamer]

@@tangerine_z It sounds fun when it is one nice person really trying their best. When your whole city is flooded with dissociated entitled people who could not care less about the locals or the actual culture and just bring their Karen attitude expecting some kind of special treatment because they /tried/ something, you might reconsider. I'm talking about the yuppie expats here who also complain about everything because it is not like home.

[@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

[@TheMovementHub]

That is insane!

[@ArjenIjsendijk]

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.

[@TheMovementHub]

Not the concept of this channel. It's not just about NL, but how expats (and some locals) experience living in different European cities. So it's not about expats vs locals, but rather cities vs cities. Also, there is already enough hate against humans in the comment sections. But feel free to express what you hate about expats as a comment.

[@taurusnl-NL]

the arrogance: oh the dutch speak english... let's them adjust themselfes to me, instead of me learning to speak dutch. yeah... not a fan of expats. don't hate them... but not a fan

[@layn6516]

You guys think you are above everyone, dont you?

[@ArjenIjsendijk]

@@layn6516 No, not above everyone.Just behave, addapt, don't be present in a negative way and try to add something to our city, instead of staying a short time and leave again. That 's all.We are very direct in communicating, but I invite you also to look further. Be like a humble guest, and after that we will see what happened to our way off experiencing ' The expat'.

[@layn6516]

@@ArjenIjsendijk in reality you guys below everyone else🙂

[@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.

[@TheMovementHub]

Perhaps that could be an indication that all in all there's not too much to dislike about Amsterdam. But keep in mind that travelling and living in a place for some time can be totally different experiences, which is why I make these videos.

[@axllii]

@@TheMovementHub Thank you for replying! I completely agree with your statement. NL is extremely well organized, and may not appeal to everyone. For clarity: I've mostly been in Rotterdam for work, and I loved it. Great times, great people, and everything just works (this is not true for large regions of the world).

[@CreRay]

👏👏👏 You are so right. I'm born dutch but I don't live there anymore, but in some things the country I live now has a lower standard and that can be hard to come to terms with. For me definitely the worst thing about Holland is that people take the high living standard completely for granted, a lot of complaint focusses around taxes but people have gotten completely blind about what they get in return. Ofcourse that doesn't mean that the country has its problems, it does just like any other country isn't perfect, but people seem to see the positives of other countries but wilfully ignore the negatives. "There is no such thing as free lunch".

[@Criminal1channel]

"SHITTY PLACES" what kind of shitty ideology is hiding behind this phrase?

[@antonbonin5003]

@@CreRay I visited Amsterdam from the US. I always thought how horrible their high taxes were. After visiting though, I just thought "If we got all THIS for that amount of taxes, I would take it immediately!" In the US, we are taxed almost the same, but we have NOTHING to show for it. Just homelessness, bad roads, and a deteriorating society.

[@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

[@carlogambacurta548]

Well i am italian i have spendere in Amsterdam 3 years abd a half.i did like Amsterdam and località people..i learbed a BASIC kanguage not to speak philodophy but to buy things go to the doctor etc.for a short whike that was enough and a U was so kindly heloed by some of my neighbours! And happy for that.! Now i lettori i lettori few friends and are nice few. Because tfh dhtch people are not very many nothing to to Do for that.but i go there for a long weejend once a year and we alk hooe it will be subby it happens.!

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@carlogambacurta548 👍😎

[@lollalofi3933]

1:11 wait thats not true. i live here ever since i was born, there so many beaches!

[@TheMovementHub]

You are right of course. That was my bad.

[@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.

[@TheMovementHub]

Wow, these tips are amazing. I actually wanted to visit Terschelling in a long time, but never made it until now.

[@sanderdeboer6034]

@@TheMovementHub If you like music, theatre, nature, street performance and art installations you need to visit OEROL festival. I have been there four times now, and it has similar vibes to the Edinburgh festival. Someone like Eddie Izzard actually performed there in the early days of his career. And he still spoke fondly about his time there in an interview recently. Even with the over 50,000 visitors to the festival, beaches are still very quiet and you can easily find a private spot. Most theatre performances are in Dutch, but there are also some in English, Or don’t use language at all. And there is music and street performances all over Terschelling.

[@TheMovementHub]

Thanks a lot. It sounds interesting. I will check it out. Perhaps thats a nice plan for the coming June. Best wishes

[@TheMovementHub]

Have you also visited Texel?

[@geisaune793]

How was that last guy pronouncing his R so hard? Is that a Flemish or Belgian thing? Or is he a secret American or Scandinavian?

[@MTkr19]

It’s incredible that none of them are making any negative comments about Dutch people or their culture yet people in the comments seem so butthurt. I think the comments actually show that these people don’t have much to complain about life in the Netherlands.

[@wallyjansen898]

It's difficult to find a house for expats because of the language barrier. It's also difficult for dutch people to find a house and they would understand the ramifications of renting or buying. There are just not enough house available.

[@heagrace]

then where do you suggest is better housing for new comers in Netherlands please?

[@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

[@bebobism]

😂

[@Ned-nw6ge]

I’ve actually seen a comment that said almost exactly this in its subtext in an insta comment section below a Brazilian guys video about how happy he was to get his Dutch citizenship and how he’d work hard to learn Dutch and adapt. The entitled comment came from another migrant who lives in Rotterdam and who thought that integration was a stupid, outdated idea and that the majority should just adapt to and include the minority instead. Lol, imagine having the audacity to go somewhere and demand that everyone adapts themselves to YOU. It’s stupid and outdated to adapt to a different culture and society, so instead the different culture and society should instead throw its own values and customs out the window and adapt to you so that you don’t get your precious feels hurt. Love it when migrants basically express this sentiment in the Netherlands and then bitch about how cold and rude we are when they’re called out on it and told that if they aren’t willing to adapt they should leave. It’s common sense that people are gonna take a migrant that shits all over their culture and demands them to adapt to them instead as disrespectful and entitled.

[@TheHypercarnivoreChef]

Omg the beach is small???? Kilometres and kilometres of coast in the Netherlands and he thinks there is one beach only in the hague? What about Zeeland? Hoek van holland and all the rivers and lake beaches????

[@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!!😄

[@maxuser1221]

It is so many and not so much....Poland has more foreigners per capita but less privileged thinking

[@s1351-null]

@@maxuser1221 More than 25% of the population in NL is foreign, Poland does not have more foreigners per capita, not even close

[@NinaHassan-in1io]

Isn’t every city centre crowded and hectic? Isn’t moving to any country a struggle with language? I mean if you work in communications you can’t expect to not speak the language. Maybe that’s a privilege Dutch don’t understand because there is rarely a country in the world we can relocate to and expect to be helped in our language or have a Dutch speaking community. To be honest as a bilangual person I’m often surprised that Spanish speaking expats complain a lot about the language and often after years living in the Netherlands even with children born here and attending school they still speak so little of the language that they expect the communication regarding their Dutch citizen children to be in English. I also wonder what mostly Spanish speaking expats expect of social life. On one hand I hear quite some complaints that the Dutch aren’t social enough but in all fairness they speak their languages, don’t protest about communicating in English, are interested, compassionate and open minded when it comes to non Dutch speakers, but in all fairness one can expect some effort in return. If you want to build a life in the Netherlands you can, and many do so, hence the multi cultural character. Even government information is available in many languages and my father has had the privilege to be helped and not making serious effort to learn the language in depth. But at some point you have to invest in connecting through language as a return. A foreign language is always a learning proces that requires dedication, time and energy, but is rewarded with more connections on levels beyond random superficial chatter.

[@qwe528]

Great footage, kan relate very much

[@TheMovementHub]

Love to hear that you liked it. Thanks for watching.

[@MsPataca]

Has anybody ever made a video about "what locals in [INSERT COUNTRY] hate about expats"?

[@saraiahhogendike664]

For English speakers Dutch is NOT a difficult language to learn. Studies showed it (comparing the time it takes to get a certain level). Even Dutch people think it is difficult because the grammar for Dutch as a 2nd language is different in many perspectives from what we had to learn. So we can not explain the mistakes foreigners make. Especially for the high skill immigrants, it is very doable.

[@MrOoofah]

Disagree 100%. Dutch is a very difficult language. Its word order in sentences is quite different from English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian.

[@donatelladinica545]

The girl in the video said that she’s romanian, i’m also romanian, meaning we speak a Latin language. Don’t even get me started on how hard is it for us to learn it. I’ve been struggling for 2 years to at least have a small talk in dutch. I am in the process of moving to Italy. Do you know how long it will take me to learn italian? 3 months. So no, dutch it’s not easy for latin people especially.

[@jarvisbartholomew2535]

so what i’ve learned so far is that ,here in the US housing is too expensive, in a lot of european countries , housing is unavailable

[@TheMovementHub]

That sounds about right. Of course, that's rather in metropolies. But the Netherlands as a whole country has an especially large housing availability problem.

[@collectioneur]

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...

[@layn6516]

Taxes, you now live thanks yo their taxes. You dont want to do work the job they are doing lol

[@abdallahelshuraydeh1697]

What an ignorant thing to say lol. Its funny how many people think that. I lived in Spain and Portugal and people thought I was there to take while not giving back. The money I spent in those countries probably equates to 10 of their locals spending combined at any given time, let alone I was paying taxes, working a job that brought a hell lot of money into these countries while I lived on a normal local salary, which I ALSO spent IN those countries. LOL. Don't be stupid man.

[@bastiaanvanbeek]

@collectioneur So, do you think all Dutch people who have been born here give anything back to what your grandparents built? Probably many originally Dutch people are profiting from what early generations built as well without contributing so much. Don't focus too much on the expats. Btw, expats do bring new ideas, new cultures, new skills. So, don't see it so negatively. Finally, generally speaking, you make distinction between expats from developed countries such as Hong Kong (China) or the UK and poor countries such as Morocco or Pakistan? I mean, it's a real difference when it comes to the level of participation in the Netherlands. And I don't want to generalise in a disciminating way, just to give a broad view based on statistics.

[@bendover-bz4bc]

Your grandparents stole from expats country. What about that?

[@Criminal1channel]

How do we know that your grandparents built anything

[@cosimo7770]

Amsterdam is not the Netherlands, just as Rome is not Italy, and London is not England. Those foreigners (and Amsterdammers) who only know Amsterdam, know little about the Netherlands. They make subjective generalizations about ''Dutch'' life, culture, etc etc, but they only know about Amsterdam, which is absolutly not typical of the rest of the country and the rest of the population. This site, The Movement Hub, is based upon a completely false assumption.

[@willemdederde6669]

The negative aspects of living in the netherlands is not for them . . but for the Dutch people . . . It overcrowded here and it would be nice if their comes a wave that people would be activated to leave again . . back to their own country . . (I dont mean really sad immigrands from sad countries . .I mean people who come here just for fun and 'it is so nice here . . . ')

[@jannetteberends8730]

I loved the lady struggling with Dutch. And I hate the comments about her problems with Dutch. This people obviously missed that she’s doing all she can. I suppose she doesn’t have the money to use something online, or a private teacher.

[@amsterdamned6209]

90s were awesome compared to now!

[@louisavanyzendoorn9742]

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

[@ryanrich2479]

I’d rather live just outside Amsterdam and visit like on weekend only.

[@hennymeijerink4173]

From the reaction of Dutch people I see that that I am right never ever judging others and never comparing, because others may feel offended and start attacking.This is where war starts

[@TheMovementHub]

I see your point. On the other hand criticism can open up a conversation that wouldn't be there without it. And make people see things they didn't question before. Wouldn't it be reactionary to just accept the status quo? Negative aspects exist everywhere. I also criticize my own hometown or culture. But feeling offended by it is just resisting in my opinion.

[@MrOoofah]

The weather! It generally sucks in The Netherlands. 😵‍💫

[@truusjenskens8485]

Do you know what Dutch people hate about Amsterdam? That there don't live any Dutch people anymore! How come you didn't know that we speak Dutch? I also learned english (and german and french) so why Americans can't learn Dutch language?

[@harrydehnhardt5092]

Because they see themselves as the navel of the world, they feel entitled not to learn a foreign language.

[@anavazquez6218]

Ik wilde eerst in het Engels antwoord geven maar doe dat nu niet. Ik heb 10 jaar in Londen gewoond en ben nu weer 4 jaar terug in Nederland ik kom zelf uit Utrecht maar vond een baan in Amsterdam en ik woon hier nu. 1ste jaar woonde ik in de Jordaan waar voor het grootste deel nog wel Nederlanders wonen wel steeds minder. Ik woon zelf nu in oud-zuid waar er nog steeds veel Nederlanders wonen. De arrogantie van sommige Amerikanen en Engelse die weten dat Nederlanders Engels spreken is een grote reden waarom er zoveel zijn die gewoon de taal niet kennen. Frankrijk vooral mensen uit Parijs worden vaak gezien als onaardig of arrogant om dat ze niet in gesprek gaan met mensen die niet Frans kunnen of proberen te spreken

[@abdallahelshuraydeh1697]

Because the entire world speaks English and only 200 people speak Dutch?

[@anavazquez6218]

@@abdallahelshuraydeh1697 there’s more than 17 million people living here. out of respect and to make your life easier learning the language of the country you reside in makes sense. when you move to france you have to learn french to get around. same in poland or denmark. it’s not an easy language but making effort matters and helps you a lot. why not learn the language?

[@abdallahelshuraydeh1697]

personally because I'd rather invest my time and energy in developing myself in a million other areas. I've already done my deed learning English to be able to communicate with, most of the world? Countries like Spain, Portugal, etc, are in high need of foreigners, be it for touristic, professional, or other reasons, because foreigners bring in a lot of money into these countries and do jobs locals can't or won't do, so if you ask me, there must be an accepted universal language which is currently English, and locals of those countries must learn it for that reason, which would be beneficial for them no matter how you look at it. You don't ask for people to come into your country and then impose on them learning or speaking the local language, especially when they bring in money to your country, probably more than those locals will ever make. If you don't want to learn English, fine, but don't force people to learn your local language or, have the audacity to be rude about it. Learning the local language can sure help you out over there and take you a long way, if you want to, do it why not, but if you don't, you still should be respected. I've seen some rude people in Portugal with so much ego thinking Portugal is the center of the world, being terribly annoyed that I didn't speak Portuguese, being almost totally racist I'm not sure what it was, but they definitely looked like they come from the lowest class in their society, and the higher up you go, the more accepting they were of the English language, in fact they were happy to practice it with me, I admire that. So really, this issue is a form of class and open mindedness really, only the ignorant, low in class won't accept English - from what I've seen on a large scale living there for over 5 years. @@anavazquez6218​

[@bastiaanvanbeek]

1:07 This sums it up pretty well how foreigners see the Netherlands: it's just all Amsterdam. No matter if you're in Sittard, the Hague, Almere or actually Amsterdam itself. No, just kidding haha.

[@jlyxo]

The first guy is not an expat… he’s from Amsterdam so to ask someone who is probably Dutch and is from Amsterdam, is not “asking an expat” about how life is in Amsterdam. Its asking a local.

[@TheMovementHub]

That is indeed very true

[@bomhof2002]

he is from Belgium

[@Iyeeedr]

I think this video gives an interesting perspective, although I see some comments clealry on the defensive. Amsterdam and the nature of its third sector are big attractors for international professionals. Keep in mind loads of companies actively look for international staff, diversity is a huge asset in business. And often the only language requirement is specifically English. But yeah, speaking the local language is a huge plus (socially and professionally). Maybe it would've made for better journalism to ask for a positive thing as well regarding the city, I'm sure if these guys relocated here they love the city. Feels a bit inflammatory.

[@TheMovementHub]

Thanks for your comment. You are totally right about that. Only reporting the negative sides would be one-sided. But I want to give a full picture. If you have a look at the channel site, there are also videos of the positives sides of living there. I categorize videos by topic, in this case the negatives.

[@humpum3427]

The REST of the Netherlands is nice though! Amsterdam is something else.

[@TheMovementHub]

Yes, it seems like living in Amsterdam can be tough for many people.

[@TheHypercarnivoreChef]

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

[@EdwinRieswijk]

What I hate about Amsterdam, are the expats.

[@jasonwright9405]

Same everywhere including here Melbourne Australia

[@ML-ev1pz]

wow how mean, it is called xenophobia.

[@krunk9790]

You need to ask people who born and raised here what they think , they would tell you to speak Dutch and live by our culture and norms , they need to lean Dutch , expats come here demonstrating against thing while its not their busniss they think Amsterdam is free world

[@neMgieTV]

Great vid

[@TheMovementHub]

Thank you :)

[@iana6839]

what dutch not like living in a.dam is no dutch anymore.

[@disklamer]

too may expats fr

[@iana6839]

@@disklamer to many import of the wrong culture

[@sansnomnull2799]

this is nothing about hate. after watching it, i love amsterdam more, minus the noise in the city center in the night.

[@TheMovementHub]

Love to hear that!

[@wanneske1969]

@Kinga : all big cities in Europe have a car free center. Bob sounds like an American although he is Belgian. I agree, Amsterdam is very touristic and above all overrated.

[@anavazquez6218]

Not all big cities in Europe. Brussels and London are filled with cars compared to Amsterdam. I just wish that expats and tourists just learned a couple of things before coming to Amsterdam like don’t walk on the bike path, be respectful and mindful of noise at night

[@wanneske1969]

I visit Brussels quite often but I prefer to go by train as it is not easy by car. The historical center if completely carfree btw. @@anavazquez6218

[@AleksandrUmnov]

I'm so surprised how bad the first two respondents are. Very not representative Housing maybe, but language - come on. Google translate exists

[@PierreSalfiti]

👌👌👌👌

[@remc0s]

Also, the Netherlands is not just Amsterdam, so you could always move to other cities (yes, there's many more cities than just Amsterdam in the Netherlands ;) Actually, the rest of the Netherlands considers Amsterdam to be a city-sized tourist resort/souvenir shop. I only visit Amsterdam when there's a concert at the Ziggo Dome.

[@8alakai8]

learning in amsterdam is hard dutcht people will just speak englisch even if you try to speak dutch

[@TheMovementHub]

According to some comments of locals, it is method to exclude foreigners. To tell them they are not part of the society. Luckily not practiced by everyone.

[@CreRay]

I feel this. First of all big kudos for trying to learn Dutch! It's a horribly complicated language that has so much unnecessary grammar, It could use a good cleanup. In all honesty, there are so few immigrants trying to use dutch that it is partly unexpected. Then, I think that dutch people are so used to switching to English that they've grown impatient with dutch learners. I've experienced myself when an Indian colleague was asking a question to another colleague in perfect Dutch but my colleague answered in English. I have educated him afterwards. His argument was "but English is easier for both of us", so his intentions were sort of good.... Don't give up, persevere and you'll get there!

[@SaveTheUnion]

You couldn't pay me to live there

[@annelies8538]

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

[@herbiecomputerservice8172]

Hulk Hogan @ 2:25 😆

[@charlesmolen5482]

Haha fucking giant.

[@ronnie9187]

Haha I thought something comparible.

[@qualitytraders5333]

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.

[@JacobPlat]

N0.

[@forkless]

I don't know what industry you work in but this has been the case in the tech and financial sector for at least two decades already.

[@JacobPlat]

@@forkless he doesnot work at all it is an AI bot.

[@renzegaillard7262]

Are there still Dutch living in Amsterdam🤔. For sure no "echte Amsterdammer" still lives in Amsterdam. But actually the Netherlands is not Dutch anymore and expats determine how the Dutch are and how they have to act.

[@Gerrit56]

Amsterdam is no eurodisney we like the city back, and please don t walk on the byke lane youre silli people in Amsterdam we ( byke) rule the town

[@eigenlijkisdatheellogisch]

the Dutch themselves don't understand it either. the government makes it all way too complicated. The Netherlands is a tax on a tax culture

[@EGO0808]

Of course Dutchies here will get defensive. :-)))))

[@niek7808]

Ik ben een beetje klaar met al die expats.

[@hugojames85]

"We came to Amsterdam in order to spend all of our time legally monged out of our heads, but then we discovered that the fabled Dutch legalised drug culture isn't anything like as liberal as we had been led to believe."

[@mradventurer8104]

Yes I would say don't come here just to take drugs. The city of Amsterdam is now even actively discouraging such wild tourism. It is not forbidden here but not necessarily approved of by everybody either.

[@gilauth6791]

EXPAT ?¿? How about emigrants Like everybody ?¿?. But But But British uniqueness ?¿?

[@panipuszkins9348]

Polska slay 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

[@dudoklasovity2093]

Move to Netherlands and complain there’s no hot sunny beach and that one should learn a foreign language. How shocking!😂 Some people should just sit in a sofa watch reality shows eat fast food and stay in their comfort zone😂

[@uwehuey7575]

I really don't like all these people from elsewhere. It just changes the character of the city. There are simply too many of them. Yes, I am one of those who will answer in English when they attempt to speak Dutch. It's a way to keep them at bay, to exclude so to speak. Whenever I get the chance I'll move away from Amsterdam.

[@TheMovementHub]

I very much appreciate your honesty here!

[@joannaszuler-ss5wc]

Pa-9.01.2024

[@AzeroxDoomraider]

Even the Dutch don't like to live in Amsterdam lmao.

[@Beetshelps]

It's very simple unless you come over because of very poor living conditions in your own country or a war you are here most likely on a voluntary basis.. if you dont like it here or want to complain.. fine but please then GTFOOH.. thats all 😊

[@liodemirror1775]

Expats are just yt immigrants who expect that in Holland people speak english instead of dutch? 😂

[@abdallahelshuraydeh1697]

why not? its 2024, English is the current universal language :) it would be nice of Dutchies to speak English to their visitors, the same as you would expect when you leave the Netherlands :)

[@AnymMusic]

@@abdallahelshuraydeh1697 it's not a universal language. Learn the fucking language of the country you live in.

[@Ned-nw6ge]

@@abdallahelshuraydeh1697 If they’re staying for only a short time, it’d make sense for them to request us to speak English to them, but if they come to move here permanently, learning Dutch and integrating into (and respect!) the culture, customs, norms and values are the least they could do… it’s disrespectful to expect (or try to force) an entire country to bend over backwards and adapt to you instead.

[@shanekopacka2945]

This place is a shit hole. Yuk. I live in heaven on earth Australia amazing weather amazing. Beaches. Very clean. I live at. Surface paradise. My front door is the beach. Again. Heaven on earth. The life style is. Heaven. You can’t beat it.

[@panipuszkins9348]

Polska slay

[@wanneske1969]

"There's no beach in Amsterdam' ....

[@louisavanyzendoorn9742]

Language, minor

[@judiklettenmeijer854]

If you don’t like it here, please leave. There are too many of you anyway

[@EdTheFlyingDutchMan]

Feel free to leave if it's so bad, we don't need you here. We have to wait for years to get a house, why should an expat have one sooner? And administrative problems? Well, that'll be the same in every 'foreign' country. We are not here to serve you. Adapt or leave...

[@bernied9415]

If you don't like Amsterdam, then move to another country !

[@hoidoei941]

I hate both

[@TheMovementHub]

Both Amsterdam and the Netherlands? Would you like to tell the reasons?

[@seo_france]

try to talk english here in France ................. count your blessings, everybody in A dam speaks al least a litte english; lived there for over 25 years so have some insights ;-)

[@thijspastoor3816]

Please go home totaal Nederland come back

[@_voyageuse]

She moved from London but she speaks like this lol.

[@marcomuller4108]

Complete Fucking Bullshit, I live in the South of Holland and visit Amsterdam City lots of times its harder to find someone speaking Dutch then English and then to have the fcking nerve to call it discriminating fck you Vegan frustrated Karen, should we make a video too, what Amsterdam people hate about expats part 1 to zillion, ungreatfull muppets, if you dont like it here fuck off then jezus mf christ wtf 🤮

[@Keyboardje]

LOL Don't have a heart attack! :D The expression "discriminate against" doesn't mean discrimination here. She just meant that the city isn't primarily centered around facilitating cars. :)

[@RichardWicky]

Gewoon in je eigen land blijven,hoef je over andere landen niet te klagen