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Dutch Essentials

Things you should really know when living in the Netherlands.
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The Dutch Circle Party Guide

By ⋅ April 24, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

It would be impos­si­ble to be an Expat liv­ing in the Nether­lands with­out know­ing about Invad­ing Hol­land. It’s much like The Undutch­ables; a must-read for us all. Invad­ing Hol­land is a light-hearted look into life in the Nether­lands with hilar­i­ous anec­dotes about hav­ing your bike stolen, an addic­tion to Specu­loos and signs to look out […]

Getting to Know Us: Nicole Peetsma-Epker

By ⋅ February 5, 2013 ⋅ 5 comments

Meet Nicole, Inter­na­tional Almere’s sec­re­tary.  Our inter­view with Nicole is the lat­est in our Get­ting to Know Us series here at Inter­na­tional Almere. Nicole stepped into the hugely chal­leng­ing IA sec­re­tary role at the end of last year and most vis­i­bly is respon­si­ble for our newslet­ter (have you signed up for it?  If not, run, […]

Getting to Know Us: Carly Bridgeman

By ⋅ January 18, 2013 ⋅ 5 comments

  We are really get­ting crack­ing with this Get­ting to Know Us series here at Inter­na­tional Almere. In Decem­ber we met our first ever Life Mem­ber Becky Rid­dle and today we are get­ting to know one of our favourites — Carly Bridge­man. Famous for her rum balls and jelly shots, Carly moved to the Nether­lands more […]

Special Offer: The Guest Card

By ⋅ October 30, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

The Guest Card is the largest expat com­mu­nity in the Nether­lands and was started as a joint ini­tia­tive with the City of The Hague to help inter­na­tion­als with start­ing their lives in the Nether­lands.  In 2012, The Guest Card is cel­e­brat­ing their 5th birth­day, and their expan­sion to other areas of the Nether­lands, includ­ing the Ams­ter­dam area. As part […]

Working Through Culture Shock

By ⋅ March 21, 2012 ⋅ One comment
Lady on bike

In only the last six months or so I’ve noticed a shift in my per­cep­tion and atti­tude to life here in the Nether­lands.  Con­fronta­tions or sit­u­a­tions that ear­lier would have left a black cloud hang­ing over my head for an entire day (or a week, some­times!) no longer seem to bother me for much longer […]

Learning Dutch

By ⋅ January 25, 2012 ⋅ 9 comments
paperwork

Inburg­er­ing.  What on Earth..? Try­ing to find a clear Eng­lish lan­guage expla­na­tion about the Inburg­er­ing Cur­sus (inte­gra­tion course) is as rare as hen’s teeth. 

The Dreaded Blue Envelope

By ⋅ January 11, 2012 ⋅ One comment
Money

What is the most feared and dreaded part of liv­ing in the Nether­lands?  The aspect that would make even the Prime Min­is­ter quake in his boots?  The police?  The cheese?  The dijks burst­ing?  If you sug­gested any of these, you’d be wron­gity wrong wrong wrong. So what is it then?  Ask any Dutchie and they’ll tell […]

Bank holidays 2012 — 6 days off extra

By ⋅ January 2, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments
Lady on bike

There it was today, my first work­ing day in 2012. Good cor­po­rate cit­i­zen that I am, I inves­ti­gated straight away how I can help my com­pany by get­ting max­i­mum relax­ation for as lit­tle time off as possible.

Dutch New Year: Oud en Nieuw

By ⋅ December 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment
Champagne Glasses

Oud en Nieuw con­sists of Oude­jaarsavond (New Year’s Eve) on Decem­ber 31 and Nieuw­jaars­dag (New Year’s Day) on Jan­u­ary 1 which is a pub­lic hol­i­day. New Year’s Eve New Year’s Eve is usu­ally spent enjoy­ing a party with friends and fam­ily or going into town to see open-air con­certs and the fire­works around the city. […]

Surviving the Circle — Dutch Birthdays

By ⋅ November 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment
Balloons

Have you been invited to your first Dutch birth­day? Con­grat­u­la­tions! It’s gonna be an expe­ri­ence. Here some tips for a smooth first birth­day party

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