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So..... Basically A Humble Lifestyle. The Small Houses And Apartments Sound Nice! 🙂 I DON'T LIKE BIG! And Catching Public Transportation Sounds Good Also!
Also I think the biggest luxury is to be able to bike in a bike friendly small city, not driving a Ferrari through tents where homeless families has to live.
Less than 1% of the USA has bicycle lanes. They are looked down upon. Had multiple friends in Phoenix get hit by cars. NL is great for cycling and I love that.
Money isn’t everything. Quality of live is the most important. We work to live, we don’t live to work. We pay taxes but we get a lot of it in return. Excellent healthcare system that everyone can afford and you won’t loose it when you loose your job. When you get without a job you won’t be out of money. I never experienced snow in summer.
Many of us Americans don’t like living to work and are desperate for work/life balance. However, for most of my career (for example) it just hasn’t been realistic based on the amount of work you are given. If you want to grow your career, you better be willing to work long ours or you’ll never advance. So many of us are looking for alternative ways to work (like working freelance, as an entrepreneur, etc.) in order to have better balance, less stress, more time with family. It is a pressure cooker much of the time which is not fun. I think the Dutch have their priorities in the correct order. 💗💗💗
@@randomcomment1673 I just wanted to acknowledge the point of view of the person who wrote the comment. I'm very well aware of the Netherlands. However, I still stand behind my points that I've made in this video. Thank you for your comment too.
People forget to calculate their hourly rate. I used to work in the USA 70 hr weeks for 65K. Here I do my 40 hrs and go home. By an hourly rate I make more money. The Netherlands is a paradise for many reasons.
Yes, that's a fair point as well. However, I don't know which industry you're in but here in some professions (like architecture) you still work a lot of hours while getting paid almost nothing. Sadly, I know this from experience.
@@MakingitinHolland No wonder fewer and fewer people are moving to the Netherlands as of late. Most are moving to Germany instead. Hell, there are more Europeans of various nationalities moving to America for that matter than the other way around
@@johnnyappleseed4794 Probably because they think the American dream exists. If the American dream is kids killing each other and lack of independent thought then the US is a wonderful place to live!
@@totallynotme6720 No, that's not the American dream. I'm pretty sure that the American dream is making a good living and prospering and having free speech, not kids killing each other or the lack of independent thought
How you explain the taxes is not entirely true. The 49.5 % rate does not mean that half of your money goes to taxes. That percentage is taken of the highest portion of your salary (don't know exactly the amount) but it is definitely not half of your earned salary. Furthermore, the cost of living depends highly on where you live in the Netherlands. If you live in Amsterdam it's crazy high, compared to if you live in the south. Here in the south where I live, you can rent a really nice apartment for less than 600 euros a month. If you live in Amsterdam, all you get for that amount is a place like the size of a toilet room. :-) You mention America: prices there are crazy high compared to the Netherlands. I heard some other expacts, that pay 5 dollar for a decent bread for example. Here you can get that for around half that amount. And let's talk about health care. In the US, you can drop dead if you don't have money. 30 % of the Americans don't have decent health insurance. Here, everybody has health insurance. I have one of the most expensive ones and a pay around 150 euro a month. I am wheelchair dependent. I got a wheelchair from the county. It costs 20,000 euros. I did not pay a single dime for it! Showering wheelchair: free! So if you talk about the cost of living here, take more things into account than just a salary. That salary may be lower than for example in the US, but prices here are also lower (at least that's what I learned from other expats). Of course I know that most people don't need a wheelchair (fortunately!!) but I just want to say that you should paint a more complete picture, because although our salary is lower than for example in the US, we get a lot more things for free or for a much lower amount of money than in many other countries.
@jo tummers - the 49.5% rate applies to the portion of your salary above 68,000 euros. And I fully agree on your comments regarding the US. I live in Washington DC and a one bedroom here is $2000+, public transport is expensive and there are no monthly passes like in Europe, the homeless tents are all over the place (and most people living that way are not enjoying their freedom like someone commented, rather they are people who have been kicked out of psychiatric facilities or simply down on their luck--they usually don't last more than a year or two either given how harsh it is to live that way), and I am lucky to have above average medical insurance; a lot of people I know pay over $9000 a year for theirs with deductibles of $5000 or more. Sure, a lot of the average consumer items are cheaper and easier to get than elsewhere in the world but the essentials like education, healthcare, and public transport are completely lacking. BTW, taxes here are about 28% if you are in that high bracket so lower but not nonexistent (and you get nothing for them either).
@@nanoulandia i am shocked learning those figures for health care in the US. It would mean death for me, some surgeries i had cost a fortune but i did not have to pay a cent extra.
@@sinenhlanhladlamini9400 I can help you immigrate as a US citizen, with a path to EU citizenship. BTW, I don't agree with most of what this person says ... it's uh-mazing living here!
I believe the retirement crisis will get even worse. Many struggle to save due to low wages, rising prices, and exorbitant rents. With homeownership becoming unattainable for middle-class Americans, they may not have a home to rely on for retirement either.
Consider buying stocks when the economy is not doing well, like during a recession. It could be a chance to buy them at a lower price and sell later when prices go up. Just keep in mind, this isn't financial advice, but sometimes it's better than keeping a lot of cash.
Accurate asset allocation is crucial. Some use hedging or defensive assets in their portfolio for market downturns. Seeking financial advice is vital. This approach has kept me financially secure for over five years, with a return on investment of nearly $1 million.
@@PollyXKD mas se você considerar que o aluguel gira em torno de 1.200 euros (R$ 8.000), mais transporte, alimentação, saúde e as contas, não sobra uma fortuna mesmo não!
What I got from this video: - Less greedy capitalists / more equal pay - Better public transit / less cars - Moody weather Honestly, sounds great to me ^_^ Thanks so much for this
That is what appears on the surface, below i will give you some facts that might make you better informed. Especially when it comes to equal pay and less greedy capitalists, that is just all shades and mirrors. A moral facade born out of doing well economically, being nevertheless exploitative. Oh, our capitalists are just as greedy probably even more so. The rich pay significantly less taxes then even lower bracket incomes (like everywhere). The richest 1% of the population pays half the amount of taxes the regular households do. There is a reason why the kid was Dutch that was shot into space along with Jeff Bezos. Corporations get tax deductions or write offs all the time. In the Netherlands it's just not that obvious because we hide poverty with subsidies. But those people are still poor, and housing is unaffordable for most at this point. Social housing is also not even spent for working people, retirees have taken the opportunity to sell their large houses and then apply for social housing, because as a pensioner you have less income so you can apply for this. Some elderly people decide to live in an appartment for accessibility, which is understandable but they use the social housing instead because it's cheaper. Especially if you earn below 3k a month. So you have social housing for the poor, but you need to wait for 15 years to get one at this point. Because the housing market is unregulated due to that "great" free market, which our government still worships and endorses. The prices have skyrocketted. It's better in this country to be unemployed then working 40 or even 50 hours a week for a job that pays below the 2,5k, because you'll lose 30% of your salary to the taxman. Renting a shitty appartment alone costs about 1000 euro (minimal) flat rent, excluding groceries, water, gas. Another example is we have subsidies for electric cars. Sounds great right? Most people that apply buy a Tesla, while they can actually afford the Tesla. But using the subsidies is cheaper, so they empty that pot, while that pot of money should actually be used for people that have trouble affording an electric car. People lie en masse to insurance companies, making it for honest citizens such as myself more expensive. False claims are more standards then the rule. Sometimes people get damage to their car and then the insurance pays out and they don't pay for the repairs and just pocket the money instead. If you look close at the Netherlands, it's a thoroughly corrupt country with a beligirent people. But they pretend that it's not wrong, because our corruption stems from obliviousness and carelessness. This is the main reason why our country has more difficulty functioning this day and age. Public transit can be hell like everywhere in the world, but in the Netherlands the trains are 25% late and if the machine breaks down, good luck. You won't be home for dinner. The weather is great in general though if you like moody weather.
This is crazy, I live in Netherlands and YOU CANNOT SAY THAT IS BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. NO. this is more than a well known problem in the Netherlands, the busses are always late you don’t have enough routes and so many problems with the trains as well. Less greedy capitalists? Are you sure? This is America 1.0 It is a country with no food culture with no empathy no flexibility and no help as a expat for medical problems.
The Netherlands is definitely not the country to come and do "The American Dream". We Dutchies in general are really and sincerely not interested in making millions of EUROs... Sure when it accidently happens we are not going to fight it ;-) But in stead we value to be happy, to be able to feed and house our close family in reasonable prosperity and HAVE FUN IN OUR TIME OFF! We value our life-work balance. We wont (in general) work our asses off to be the richest in the country!! And yes there are taxes (I pay in Belgium a 50 % on income..) but I also know there is good social security and there are good opportunities for education and work and to be HAPPY :-) And just belief me: Yes rain is not an uncommon phenomenon and even more there is wind most of the time because we live in a flat country.. But it is really not too bad. We have 28 degrees today deep in september... Yes I know there is some (or a bit more in lower social classes) prejudice against muslimic people and BIG stereotypes about Morroccan and Turkish and Surinam and... and...people so there is definitely a big hurdle to take if you belong to one of these ethnicities! But if you are serious and persistent to want to live in the Netherlands.. you can be happy here! IF YOU ARE THRIVING TO ADAPT.. We Dutchies are a bit hard to handle.. And another thing : Yes a builder and a starting architect might earn comparable money.. But if you did finish an academic degree and you are a bit smart you will increase your salary really significantly over the years. I started in 1991 after a bachelor degree medical microbiology with about 1200 Euro per month before taxes. I am now in the top 10% of the Flemish working class.. I am still not a millionaire nor will I ever be. In the USA I might be a millionaire ..or get a serious mishap like a chronic disease and end up in the gutter. :-P
@John Harris Sure buddy, now keep on paying roughly twice as much for less insurance coverage like most EU countries do. Swallowed libertarian propaganda hook line and sinker..who is the clown now? *enjoying last laugh*
Already confused by the first point lol. I don’t think anyone is thinking of moving to the Netherlands with the plan to become rich quick. Just to find a place where you can afford all the basic necessities and have a good standard of living if you’re working a full time job
Also an expat here from the States. The justice system here is set up to support the criminal, sadly. We have waited years for justice for the crimes my then Dutch spouse committed. After almost 6 years he was finally convicted but still roams free, driving around in his company Tesla because he is out on appeal. Unacceptable. He now lives with his partner in a home daycare, a kinderdagverblijf, and his crimes were against children. Know your legal rights before you migrate to the Nethers.
I'm 48 years old single mother living in Lyon. I'm hoping to retire at 50 if things keep going well for me. Bought my first house last month and I can't be more proud than I am right now. I'm so glad made great decisions about my finances that changed me forever.
@William King The first step to successful investing is figuring out your goals and risk tolerance either on your own or with the help of a financial professional but is very advisable you make use of a professional like I did. If you get the facts about saving and investing and follow through with an intelligent plan, you should be able to gain financial security over the years and enjoy the benefits of managing your money.
@@josephtownley7839 If you are not conversant with the markets, I'd advise you to get some kind of advise or assistance from a financial/investing coach. It might sound basic or generic, but getting in touch with an investment broker was how I was able to outperform the market and raise a profit of $300,000 For me, its the most ideal way to jump into the market these days
@Sophia Hughess it's easier for me to work with a broker. It's more of a partnership, all based on a shared percentage. She does the legwork required to pick stocks and execute trades, provides complete investment management to achieve your specified goals
After I got 300K trading with Mrs Emily Cofield I bought a new House and I'm now able to send my kids to a better school in the states thanks to mrs Emily trades. When someone is straight forward with what he or she is doing people will always speak up for them.
Netherlands is a paradise, I have lived in USA and it was a nightmare. I have started living my life in my 40s after moving here. Please do not change Netherlands. I look better in my 40s, vegetables are not expensive like US. More you have people who concentrate on health, you bike, people meditate publicly, practise yoga in public parks. Cities are neat. I can go on an on.
Very funny because I moved from the netherlands to the USA and I will tell you the opposite. You probably made horrible choices in the US thats why that system isnt for you
I'm convinced that the big investors and analysts are trying to scare us to keep us poor and ignorant to the market.. because its steady doing good after all the jobless and market crash talks
Ik weet dat we zoveel goede handelaren hebben, maar als het gaat om het winstgevend verhandelen van Bitcoin en het begrijpen van de moeilijkheden waarmee elke beginner wordt geconfronteerd. Ik zal altijd voor Daine Aubrey kiezen omdat haar strategie gemakkelijk te implementeren is.
these past months i’ve been watching “Not Just Bikes” and i fell in love with the side of the Netherlands it shows us, and now all i want is to at least spend a few months on there! as a brazilian i’m always worried about xenophobia when i think about living in other countries, especially in Europe. i am also worried about how different everything is there compared to brazil. i’m a bit like the average dutch you said in your video: when i was in university i did not make any new friends, i still only talk to my friends i met in school. it’s nice but if i were to move out i don’t know how i would deal with being utterly alone. well, this video definitely made me really consider some stuff that i didn’t really think about all that much.
Thank you for watching! I hope it brought some interesting points to help you reflect and make the choices that resonate the most with you. Have a great day. ☺️
Bom Willian, sou "Holandês" (Neerlandês) morando em Brasil. "Making it in Holland" está fazendo observações boas. Se você quer ficar rico ou viver uma vida de luxo, os Países baixos não é o lugar certo. Mas se você quer uma vida decente as coisas mudam. Sobre xenofobia, "Holanda" tem fama de ser um país tolerante, que é verdade, então muitas pessoas pensam que não existe xenofobia ou racismo. Mas existe sim, como qualquer lugar de mundo. Por outro lado, raramente chegará em um nível que justifica suas preocupações. Pode ser que você encontrara alguma hostilidade velada de vez e quando de certas pessoas, mas a chance de encontrar uma hostilidade física ou discriminação aberta é bem menor. Você será mais segura nos Países Baixos de que em muitas partes do Brasil. Se você deixe claro que você é brasileiro, melhor ainda. A parte xenófoba do meu pais tem medo de migrantes dos países muçulmanos, Brasil por outro lado é visto em um luz favorável (embora a imagem de Brasil sofreu um pouco desde 2019). Em seu caso, o assunto de não fazer amigos Neerlandês é uma preocupação mais séria. O povo Neerlandês é bastante reservado, especialmente comparado com o Brasil, e pode levar tempo para fazer amigos. Por outro lado, solidão é mais uma preocupação se você está indo para uma cidade menor. As cidades maiores são cosmopolitanas, com gente de tudo lado de mundo, incluindo muitos Brasileiros. Não seria tão difícil de fazer novas amizades. Essa ponta sobre o clima deve ser considerada. Se ficará bastante tempo nas Países Baixos, você vá ter períodos de até semanas, de chuva e um céu cinzento, que pode deixar uma pessoa meio deprimido, especialmente vendo do Brasil. Espere que isso ajudo um pouco você em suas decisões.
Im latin American and living in the netherlands. I am not so much an expat but an immigrant. And what I can say is that its miles beter than Latin America. Even discrimination is way less and I live in a small city. The dutch are very acepting, some have issues with moslims but mostly the extremists. If you are planning on staying permanently learn the language, participate in local costoms and look for local groups. Making dutch friends is harder but you can 100% trust them to be there when you need them.
@@prizzmhf Yup, we're careful about who we call friends. It's a word that holds a decent amount of meaning to us. But once we do call you our friend, you can trust us to be there when needed!
Tbf as a Dutchman i feel like there is a big difference between Dutch people from the city and Dutch people from the countryside. I feel like we countrysiders are more friendly but also quite more direct.
@@BellaJory1 I agree with this. I don't like people from the countryside. City side people are more openminded especially if you look ''different'' We need to give foreigners proper information. They like to sugar coat their behaviors.
Cityside are more friendly in a open way. While countryside are more friendly in a closed way. With one it feels like you are a stranger becoming a friend kinda vibe (though still remain as strangers) and the other is like a stranger becoming a family vibe (though still remain as strangers). Tell me if I am wrong or correct
@@absolutebeauty7753 I feel like it's more that in the countryside people are nice to random strangers without having to. E.g. always saying hello when walking by or having a small conversation, asking people who look lost if they need help. While in the city people are surrounded by more and different cultures and values which makes them more friendly in that way. E.g. being more aware that people might respond or act differently to what you are used to. I am in no way saying people living in the countryside can't have this feature personally (and vice versa for city galls). But I do think it's more of a natural response
Nice observations! As for making Dutch friends, this is for Dutch people the same problem. Moving after being 25 years old will give you a hard time in making new friends. Also, on universities and other international environments there is a big gap between the Dutch and the international people. This is mainly because of how the Dutch value free time. Free time is highly valued and spend off work/education. We don't like to earn a lot of money, but we like to have as much free time as we can afford. That is why the Dutch work the least amount of hours per week. But that is also why the Dutch are among the top of the most producing people per hour. So we like to work hard, but like to enjoy the revenue of it in the time off-work.
Thank you for your comment. Yes, I definitely notice here that having free time is more valuable than earning money. Sometimes though, you want to earn a bit more so during that free time you can splurge on great vacations and fancy things every now and then 😀
My experience as a Dutchman is that if you don't fit in a specific group, e.g. Ajax soccer fans or 'leftist' politics, then you have a very hard time making friends. I'm 31 now and have never really had 'true friends' all of my life. I've always been the 'third wheel on the wagon'. I actually consider myself a social person; have tried to organize all sorts of things with my 'former friends' and family, tried to meet more often, do things, go to places etc. The Dutch don't like rugged, honest, unique, original individuals like me. No, the Dutch are very narrow minded. 'Oh you are that guy who does that but doesn't do this? Oh, we don't like you for that' (they don't say that though) and they will ignore you to death. They have excuses like 'I'm so busy with work / family / what ever'. By the way: I don't like to work hard, but smart and make a ton of money (although not succesful in that yet). Maybe another reason why I have no friends as a Dutchman. If I have 100k on my bank, I will seriously consider to migrate and leave the Dutch in their 'socialist', overcrowded, expensive rat hole and never look back!
@@androgyne_sander Judging from the way you wrote that comment, I'm sorry, but it comes over as if you're unjustly blaming everyone else for the social situation you've been in all your life. That mindset alone doesn't help you making new friends. And instead playing the victim you could take a look inside for once to see if the problem may be something about yourself. Everybody loves unique people, including the Dutch, who doesn't is envious or jealous. What we hate is arrogant pricks who can't stop reminding everyone else about how special and successful they are or might be. If the problem *isn't* your own attitude, it might be your mentality or accent. Anyways, it's not just because the Dutch are collectively a bland, boring people who hate everything new or different. - also, if the Dutch wouldn't like the work-smart-not-hard-mentality it'd be a bit odd that we're on the top of the world when it comes to modern technology and engineering. Edit- the Dutch don't like honesty? Worldwide we're known for our borderline rude honesty (though that just might be the north thanks to Protestantism). If you lived in a place where they hated honesty you were either truly rude, or you resided in some conservative village near the Belgian border.
I'm from Germany and I don't like to say this here in the Netherlands. The language is so similar, many traditions are similar, but the Dutch people are MUCH MORE friendly. And that's a fact! It's just how it is. It's like a law of nature.
We've always been a big trade hub and we've been forced to communicate and make deals with people from a large variety of countries because of that, resulting in a typical mercantile culture. Germany is a landlocked production nation, that never had to interact much with the outside world. So, it makes sense.
You wont make a lot of money just by having an university degree. Experience is very important and to be able to climb up the salary ladder you most likely have to switch jobs.
To add, there's actually a shortage in employment for jobs that require a lower education- most likely because of the stigma that sticks to these types of jobs; "Look little Johnny, if you study hard you'll end up some place better than that garbage man over there. Work hard and you won't have to do what he does."
3:00 no, you're wrong. You don't pay 50% taxes over your income. You pay 50% only over the top tax bracket, which starts very roughly around Eur 68.500 (changes often) everything up to that point has lower tax, also according to brackets. 12:00 the government isn't very concerned with sustainability goals. A group of Dutch people have sued the government because the weren't doing enough, and the government lost, then instead of starting to take it seriously the government appealed to the high court, lost again, and is now begrudgingly taking some steps. What the government most likes to do is tell people _they_ should do things. No, the parking space problem is much simpler. Our cities originated long before cars were invented. The street plans don't have built in space for parking. So whatever parking we have needs to be squeezed in, or buildings have to be taken down. Houses don't have garages, because you'd have to buy two houses, knock one of them down, and put your garage where the 2nd house used to be. Also, they really like to milk parking fees. In so far as the government doesn't want cars it's mostly about road safety and road maintenance, but they actually love people buying fuel 'cause there's loads of tax on it.
The only houses that have garages here are the villas. Like large 2 million euro or more homes that are free standing and in rich neighborhoods. What's far more common is homes with their own parking space (yes, singular) which can also come with a roof over it. But yea the most common house is "rijtjeshuizen". Basically this: 3.bp.blogspot.com/-NTUyrBmYKqg/UwMto1GaZtI/AAAAAAAAAIk/9N7AUttW4Ps/s1600/Annen.jpg (Also as you can see lots of green. If you don't live in the main part of the city at least.)
You simply pay to much tax in Holland and all of Europe. In the Declaration of Independence it says that any tax that goes beyond 25% is basically robbery. It is you who earned it. You do not work for government employees who fly first class on your taxes. Government in Holland is too big and too e pensive. It should be smaller and these people should not waist your money on living first class lives.
Yet at least partially because taxes are higher, you can live decently off of 1600~2000 a month here. Which would be a poverty income in America. It's not perfect, but I'll take what we have going for us over what America has going for it thank you very much.
@@Sanquinity The tax you pay goes to high wages of government employees and EU employees. A member of the US Congress makes $175,000 per year. A member of the EU Parliament makes between 350.000-450.000 Euros. Plus’s perks. Like free gym, free schooling for their children, free limousines. Etc.. ontop of that. They go traveling 1 st class and stay in 1st class hotels. Your taxes pay for that. The free medical or in Holland I believe you pay 1500 euros per year. In France the medical system is now so lousy it ranks below some 3rd world countries.
I'm English speaking (Jamaican heritage, UK born and raised ) and have lived in The Netherlands for years. I have learned to speak Dutch, but my level is at a level no one would expect for the amount of time I have lived here. The problem is Dutch people. They all speak English. Not just that, most of them like speaking English. They rarely give you a chance to practice your Dutch unless you really put your foot down. Still, I enjoy living here. The income taxes takes some getting used to, but if you have a home you can get a significant amount you spend on your mortgage back. The transport system here is world class. The health service must be among the best in the world. Also, the people here are generally nice. Some Dutch cities such as Amsterdam and Rotterdam are very ethnically diverse, which brings a nice vibe in itself. All in all, living here has been nice for me.
I lived 21 years in The Netherlands. I loved it! I even became Dutch. I live since 2018 in Germany and in some sectors the Dutch are more developed. In Germany when you rent you have to put your own kitchen. When you move again you have to take it with you. In The Netherlands you always rent and you always have a kitchen! Dutch people are more flexible and happier. The Social System is way much better than in Germany. In some ways livibg in Germany kan be cheap. Thats why we live here and work both in The Netherlands. Forme works perfect. We live at the border region between NL and DE.
As a german living here I prefer it in many ways to my old home, but the healthcare unfortunately lacks in comparison. Most of the money seems to go to insurances, while there are many reports of overworked/underpaid hospital workers (even before Covid19).
Hey mich würde es echt gerne interessieren was für dich das beste und der schlechteste "Kulturschock" war? Und ich finde das Gesundheitssystem in Deutschland miserabel vorallem was die Bezahlung von Pflege angeht. Ist es in den Niederlanden noch viel schlimmer?
I've lived in the Netherlands exactly in Heerenveen for almost 2 years. The Netherlands is the best place to bulk your thighs and calves cause bicycing is the most prominent culture there :p. I love this country for its spring, tulips bloom everywhere :)
Went through this thread and it is refreshing to hear not just raving things about the Netherlands. No nation goes without it's flaws and a lot of negatives perceived by outsiders (like hard to make native friendships) are said by expats or immigrants in Germany. However, it is true that most expats do stick to themselves as well, specially in Amsterdam where they have a sort of subculture of expats. What they don't get is the Dutch and German culture of clubs. There are clubs for just about anything and those are places to meet like minded people with similar interests and develop friendships. Of course it takes time and effort to do that. Unfortunately it is a small country and space is at a premium, lack of space and climate had an influence on the mentality and culture. Long story short, no it isn't Disneyland and be aware of cultural differences. Things are what they are so no worries if some are happier in other cultures, I for one do not take that personal :)
That "culture of clubs" is a trait (and a great one, I must add) featured in many European countries (besides your examples, see Denmark, and farther North); as opposed to "tell me what you do/how much money you make, and who knows? Maybe I'll have anything to do with you", i.e. the American "social way/culture of clubs"!!
I have been in Netherlands for 2 months.. It is good for short time but for long time it is difficult for Asian people to adopt that culture.. But my so many friends are living there some are happy and some are not.. So some time it depends on person to person
I actually got to live with my grandparents when I was younger back in 2012 in the Netherlands. It was my first time outside the United States and it was probably the biggest eye opener for me. I absolutely loved it their. I stayed in Alphen aan den Rijn which was super quiet compared to what I was used to. If I could move their I would do it in a heartbeat. Everything being so close to our house there within bike distance was definitely amazing. I’m so used to driving at least 5 miles to get anywhere. We got too see most of the big cities there too. Almost everyone there is super friendly and speaks very well English. I hope one day I can go back and re-live some of those memories.
Pro: it's awesome here because good healthcare, good schools, every religion is expected and weed Con: there are basically no houses left to buy or live in
Tbh living the typical life in the Netherlands is imo luxury compared to American life. Healthcare, decent wage, decent time off, reliable public transit, well planned cities that allow you to walk to most places... amazing
Idk man, if people were like "oh you're latino and speak English??" often I would be annoyed too. And unless you've experienced those types of comments yourself why would you say that
The top compliment people in the USA give to native English speakers from, for instance, the UK, Canada, New Zealand or Australia, because they are clueless...
@Dipak Dasgupta to be honest i think there is a black face in almost every country in europe, but it is to do a proper representation of the person in question, like if you dont have lemons you cant make a lemonade, so people have to do something to represent the black culture and the person in questions, i dont know what zwarte piet really is but in my opinion is to represent not to shame or put down the black folks. it's very common here in Portugal that the representation of Balthazar, when in small comunities where the black representation is very low or non exitant to paint the face of someone, because is more important to represent in the best way possible those characters
First...Thank you for the video! We have been watching your videos even before we moved to the Netherlands (Rotterdam) as it has helped us a great deal with some of the decisions we have made when we moved. We always keep an eye out for you when we're out and about if our paths should cross. Please keep up the good work with the videos and we'll keep watching. Remember... someone always has it better than you and someone always has it worse than you...self reflection is and a good thing and happiness is found within.
Thank you for your comment, I appreciate it. 😃 hope you’re enjoying Rotterdam. From your videos it sure does seem like it. Rotterdam is not too big and with the world opening up, I’m sure we’ll bump into each other.
The use of an umbrella is really amusing to me because I live in western Washington. During fall, winter, and spring (but especially winter) it rains all the time. It's not super heavy rain most of the time, of course, so we don't deal with flooding all that often. However, everyone who lives here just... aggressively doesn't use umbrellas. We'll use windbreakers and jackets and so on, but most of them aren't super thick because we're in what is overall a pretty moderate climate, even with global warming making it less moderate than before. You can play spot-the-tourist (or the recently-moved-here) by walking around while it's raining and looking for umbrellas.
@@Indigenousqueen56 Theres absolutely nothing wrong with using an umbrella! I hope I didn't accidentally give you that impression. I just think it's really interesting that even though it rains a lot where I live, the only people who really use umbrellas are tourists and people who recently moved here.
Comparing cabbies with architects isn't really fair, architects are known for earning one of the lowest wages while having one of the longest working hours.
Great video! I'm originally from the U.S. (California). I was living in Germany in the 90s and when I visited NL the first time, I felt that I had found my place in the world. I'd visited as much as I could in the 90s and later when I moved back to Germany 15 years later. In 2016 I went to NL, fought, camping in the cold at the Stadsbosbeheer and finally had an indoor place to stay. I worked for the Americans and had a studio space in Eindhoven. Wonderful! When I lived in NL under the Belastingdienst and Digid, it was not wonderful. I had mailbox anxiety the first time but it was much worse the 2nd time. It's surprising to hear that the government wants people to use public transportation. The OV chip card system, not accepting cash and requiring a debit card for payments on public buses turned taking public transportation into an expensive nightmare. I bought a car. After leaving Europe, I moved to Africa. One guy in my studio space was telling me to go to Africa and I was originally offended, then after some consideration, I thought it was the best idea EVER! Dankjewel!
Cars are expensive!! And car dependency and car centric cities are not sustainable long term and quality of life suffers. I still live in CA ...the obesity epidemic is severe in the US and siting time in cars is one of the factors. The cash less NWO agenda is happening in all 112 countries that the Jesuit/masonic cabal operates in and controls.
The comment on the Salary gap, In South African where the gaps are so big and regarded as the most unequal country in the world you have protesting, crime and looting, rather live in a country where most people earn equally then live where the salaries high and low.
When you said You had Dutch friends at your school and they were international it sort of speaks for itself what type of people are Dutchies living in Netherlands. Most of them don’t like foreigners. I also had the same experience with them
That sounds better than living in Mexico... I don't want to be rich, I just don't want to be broke all the time. I live in the US, I'm already a minority I don't mind the comment, I got a bottle thrown at me.
In the Netherlands we throw briks. We have statiegeld on our bottles. We pay Op front € 0.10 or 0.25 per bottle and we get that back if we deliver them at the store empty. Bottles throw better do.
@@sandersteman8800 in Mexico you can return beer bottles in order to buy alcohol... In the US, they just make more, and to get 25 cents on empty once, that's like 10 empty bottles even though they mark them at 5 cents each.
hii i'm a Chinese landscape architecture student going to applying TU Delft this year, thanks for your sharing. I'm accepting the fact that we are not getting rich and be tired all the time in any country..
Hey! Oh dear... yeah especially having close friends who have graduated from TU Delft (I, myself went to Eindhoven) I know that it's very long and tough work in any architecture degree. I wish you the best of luck! Number one tip I'd like to give is that don't forget to have fun while you're working hard.
The Dutch may spend more in taxes up front. Come on over to the U.S. if you are just interested in making more money but don't expect to get as much quality out of your life. They will let you work from sun up to sun down- Vacation might be one week a year but that depends on many variables and is not guaranteed by law. You will pay dearly for health insurance. You WILL need a car and that along with the fuel to put into it. There is always more to pay in tax at check out. Parks and recreation all cost more. You will spend all your time driving and at work. Your diet will include 70% fast food. You'll put on 20 LB's in a month. If Xenophobia is a problem in the Netherlands it's a way of life in the U.S. Having lived in both places for long periods of time I honestly value the work/life balance in the Netherlands. I once heard that for every dollar earned it comes with a price. Your earning potential might be higher in the States but that does not equal quality. Don't trick yourself into thinking that. I made that mistake once.
@@freedmfe8934 That's cause you're box minded homophobes. If the Netherlands was ruled by people like you; it would cease to be so remarkable efficient; due to your lower intelligence, open minded people tend to be more intelligent and boxed minded ones the opposite...
@@MargaritaMagdalena That's cause you're box minded homophobes. If the Netherlands was ruled by people like you; it would cease to be so remarkable efficient; due to your lower intelligence, open minded people tend to be more intelligent and boxed minded ones the opposite...
@@freedmfe8934 The Netherlands was the first country in the world in legalize homosexual marriage. Being homophobe is linked to inteligente below average, it's not my opinion, it's a scientific conclusion of this study: Bright Minds and Dark Attitudes: Lower Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice Through Right-Wing Ideology and Low Intergroup Contact Gordon Hodson, Michael A. Busseri And we all know what happen when bellow average intelligence people run countries.
I like these videos because it shows it's not really the country that's a problem in most cases but WHO lives in what country. There are Europeans better fit for the US. There are Americans better fit for Europe. And both are fine. I grew up wealthy(big house with pool and pond, multiple travels a year, Porch and Range Rovers, boat, etc. but I also saw my father taking anti-depressants to be able to work as much as he did to pay for all of it and I just don't get it. I work now 30 hours/week in Belgium, live in a one bedroom apartment with my gf(0 interest in kids) who works from home, drive a second hand Peugeot, and I go on holiday by car. I love it. The question of "what would you do with X money" is an often asked one and I honestly think you could give me a million and I wouldn't change anything. I don't see the point of having "more money". I have nothing I want to buy but can't afford really. I don't want a big house, expensive car, not changing hobbies anytime soon and intercontinental travels is something I've done. Not interested. Basically I looked at the life I want and what I need and then I minimized what work I have to do to get that.
I grew up poor in Europe , now I have multiple cars houses and grate retirement in US, I do visit my family in Europe from time to time but every time I return to US I am grateful for my life, I am happy to live in US giving thanks to God all the time. I am able to help people partially because of my education and the financial opportunity that America provided for me. But everyone is different and God bless you all
@@karolkupec2044 Yea, it's all about how some make it and some get fucked in the US compared to most people being taken care of in Europe. If you want to get seriously wealthy and you're healthy and educated and are willing to work hard the US is the place to be of course. Personally I wouldn't want to live somewhere that allows the things that happen in the US to happen to the least fortunate. For every story of yours there is one where a 45 year old got cancer and had all his life savings taken away and needed a new mortgage on his house.
Having rich parents give you the most important thing, though : time and opportunities. If you don't have that, you're always on the clock to get your independence while trying at the same time to find what you want in life, and sometimes when you find it, you're already considered too old to pursue that goal, especially in competitive sectors like research.
I am an expat from Asia. I have been to many other countries and the Netherlands is the best country to me. If you are aware of a fact, 'there is no heaven in this world without any problems'. I would rather stay in the N.L than Germany, Spain, China or even Turkey.
Selam! I'm a Turkish guy born in the UK and lives here! I visit NL 3 times a year (not this year because of Covid) for events and conventions i go to and i found the Dutch people more sociable and nicer compared to people in the UK. in my field of work (IT) the salaries are much higher in NL than it is in the UK. I want to move to NL but I'm in a job right now I'm doing very well in and i don't want to risk financial burden by leaving my job and moving to NL and i might not even be able to get a job in NL.. :( I'm currently learning Dutch with my online Dutch language Tutor so who knows? I wished i could move to NL before the New Year...but Brexit is going to make things harder for me to move to NL :( I hate Brexit so much....
"#3 rainy weather" As a Chicago & Seattle resident, this actually sounds GOOD to me! Especially since Chicago currently has a nasty heatwave happening.
I'm Canadian and the Netherlands sounds absolutely perfect to me. We're joining a convoy in a few hours, headed for Vaughan Mills overpass to protest the Dutch government and what they are doing to your farmers. We'll be flying your flag upside down, as per request from the Dutch - signifying distress. 🇨🇦🇳🇱 If you don't know what is happening in the Netherlands with the farmers, look into it. It's horrible and it's coming here next! We will not stand for it and we stand with the Dutch farmers! Everyone get out there to the rallies to protests and support the farmers, and turn those flags upside down.. No farmers, no food! No truckers, we're screwed! MANDATE FREEDOM! RESET TRUDEAU! Mainstream media will not show what we're doing, look for independent journalists to find the truth.
@@yassir8501 Welcome home Brother ❤ wherever you land here, you have a Sister here who has your back. Find the local Freedom Fighters in your area as soon as you arrive and join the rallies. Please bring extra flags cause they're difficult to find here lol 😆 This won't be the last Dutch Farmers protest you see... but check out Dave's "Live From The Shed" to get an idea of how much support you have here. Safe travels, all my relations. 🔥
I thought you would point out some aspects I could have missed when I lived there for 6 months but actually no... I would still love to live in the Netherlands despite of those "disadvantageous" aspects of their society. Actually, I never thought I would relate so much with the Dutch lifestyle until I spent some time there. They are nothing alike Brazilian and that's what I love the most! 😝 Thanks for this video.
Totally agree with last point. Having a house with a decent size like in the Americas is almost impossible, and living in small apartments hearing all your neighbours do is part of the quality of life
Indeed - this is something to be mindful of. Not everyone might be aware but there’s also a housing shortage which means finding any decent place is more difficult than ever.
@@tijn0236 why would they not? Do they not save lives everyday? When stores shut down because of a pandemic doctors don’t, you ask my doctors deserve way more, did they not go through 8 more years of education than a store clerk?
I am Russian living in Ukraine now working in IT. I earn much more than the average that you mentioned, my wife is a teacher and her salary looks like a pocket money compared to mine. We'll have a kid soon, so that's the choice we have. Either we live mostly on my salary and pay a lot for education of our children in private schools (which are to be honest much worse than any average school in Netherlands) or we both make decent money in total and share the risks of one partner being suddenly unemployed. And the most important - in Ukraine/Russia my kids will have the only choice - to be an IT engineer, because the rest is just a pure survival minimum even if you're PhD in Physics or Biology. In Netherlands my kid can even choose to be a bus driver and feel fine (hope she chooses something different, but who knows)
It is the same in my third world country. My parents had a similar situation like yours ,they didn't take the risk and didn't immigrate years ago when they had the chance and now I am the one that should go through all of this .I am going to take the risk because I don't want my kids to live like me .What do I suggest ? Go for it ! It is going to be hard but I'm sure one day your kids will understand what an important task you did for them.Good luck !
Interesting and well spoken! I'm glad you also have a video on reasons why you should move to the Netherlands :) Anyone doubting whether or not to move to the Netherlands, should take into account all the mentioned cons but also educate yourself on the pros of these as there is also a flip side. All very good points, and in addition, working in a big city and living in that city means most of your pay check will go to rent and groceries. If you don't live in the city you work in, you'll pay an insane amount on commuting (public transport). Buying a house as a starter is also very difficult, meaning a lot of starters both national and non-national find themselves in this predicament of 'wasting' money on rent and not being able to afford a house in a city center. The tax is insane, however, the benefits from the government are also notably good compared to a lot of other countries. Health care, health insurance covers a lot for the fees you pay. Even for expats, being made redundant will result in a pay out proportionate to the amount of time worked in the Netherlands. It's also (obviously) important to compare a move to the Netherlands with a move to other similar countries. A lot of countries in Europe aren't particularly welcoming to expats, and I find that the Netherlands is relatively friendly and everyone speaks english and is willing to help non-dutch speakers.
Hey Natalie! Thank you for watching and leaving this valuable comment. I really appreciate it. I think you mentioned some very important pointers for those who are considering to move here. ☺️
I can't wait to move to Holland. Been wanting to move here for decades. I'm selling my house at the moment and going to buy there this year. Woo hoo. 🎉🎉🎉
U r extremely adorable person,thank u for such a nice video. Even when u talked about difficulties, u still keep smiling, staying happy and positive its really lovely quality. Such a nice positive vibes. Dank je wel😁
You are right about the friends thing. I think most of us we don't become friends just with some one We chose our friends carefully . There is a saying here : you don't choose your family but you do choose your friends . Why be friends with people who you don't really like or love ? Spend time with people you want to spend time with. Me personally have a ton of people i know and hang out with sometimes but i have only 3 real friends . 1 of them i was born next to and he's been my friend my whole life and call him brother even .
I living in this beautiful country 6 years. I live way how people do here. Rule number one? You coming here from other country then accept rules and culture. Ruke number 2? At LEAST try to learn Nederlandse language. Even if you will speak little NL still you try you are more welcome. My word. Fijne carnival. 💕
In the Netherlands, 17,362,019 people live (September 18, 2019) on an area of only 41,543 km². This means that there are about 411 people per square kilometer. This makes the Netherlands the most densely populated country in the EU (Monaco is not part of this). And after the dwarf states Monaco and San Marino, the most densely populated country in Europe. About 40% of the Dutch population lives in the Randstad. The most densely populated municipality in the Netherlands is The Hague with 6,429 inhabitants per km². Best regards Frits
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
In the Netherlands it rains only 8 % of the time! Do not exaggerate so much about the rain, please! And if you "warn" people from the USA (and other countries) for our high tax-system, please let them also know what we get in exchange for it. Oh and when people ask you how come your English is so good "while you are from Turkey", that is not racism at all, it is just a tiny confusion..... try not to be defensive, Dutch people are simply quite direct, and willing to know about your life.
Oma, it rains almost all the time, it's dark during the winter, people are snitches and asocial scrooges. If you didn't have immigrants you'd be a shithole like Norway.
Regarding your first point, because I (I'm a born and raised Dutchie) have a disability allowence ( Wajong Uitkering) I earn even less. Around a 1,000 per month. I do get compensation, and I can live comfortably. But it's not easy, and I really have to be considerate and be careful on how I spent my money.
metoo, but because i don't have to work, and still get something like minimum-wage but a little less, and can live on it, i feel frickin' rich ! when i see on TV how much people struggle for life in other countries, i feel astonished with awe , how much the Dutch make their Government care for people's lives & Nature, and be 'good' in general... -also astonishing : we produce the 2nd most food in the world !? -after America ! tiny little us ? grow more than France & Spain !? bizarre !
Thats absolutely a top notch video!! I can put Netherlands in one sentence n it's a land for those whos looking for an ordinary life! n That's actually a good motivation for me to move there:)
These days everyone gets offended by something - I can’t make everyone happy. This is the name of my channel. It is what it is Jayden. Have a great day!
5:03 That's not Dutch people being Xenophobic or racist. Thats just them being genuinely surprised. They just don't know because they don't interact with other cultures. I went to a predominantly white school and I have curly hair. Some of them had never interacted with a person of colour and they were asking questions about my hair(why is your hair like this, how do you wash it everyday, can you straighten it or is that impossible etc) You will know when they are being racist(and it's far worse than that)😂😂
This really really depends on where in the Netherlands you live. In Amsterdam you will not get those questions. Born and raised here and grew up with all nationalities and colours of the rainbow.
@@mellory2337 I was referring to your comment ‘ they just don’t know how to interact with other cultures’ that’s just not true for the majority of people living in the multicultural big cities in NL. Also like you said, those are genuine questions, not xenophobia let alone racism. I get questions about my Spanish heritage too. (Not saying there is no racism in NL, but that’s a different story)
I really appreciate your down-to-earth approach to living in The Netherlands. In my country we have a saying: “There is no place where the dogs have bagels around their tails.”
this is great, i care about none of these lmao. im moving because im in the states where you have to get multiple jobs just to live a comfortable life, and i don't want that. i just want to live a quite, content life with my dutch partner (another big reason i want to move, there is someone wanting to see me over there :]). i don't want big money or luxury, i already have a dutch person to connect with, i live in louisiana right now im definetly used to constant rain, and im used to prejudice as im a disabled person. this video is actually reassuring lmao
The weather, yes the weather is mostly rainy windy, so indeed like she said, don't expect hot sunny weather. But the umbrella thing I can't advice, my advice would be adopt the Dutch attitude, which is: no umbrella is ever needed, you just go about your business whether it rains or not, nobody ever died from a from water-drops. Also your umbrella will be destroyed by the wind.
Netherlands is hands down top 3 countries to live in the world. People are intelligent, you can have a high level conversation with pretty much everyone. Young people are not brats drinking alcohol, theyre studying focused. People are healthy and cycle, the welfare is top tier. Healthcare is EXCELLENT, everything works, the food doesnt have agrotoxics as the USA allows it to have, the crime is non existant, you can have any religion and be completely respected. Purchasing power extremely high.
Hey! That's lovely :) The brand is called 'Senz' and I highly recommend getting one from them. You can of course always get cheaper ones, but they'll break and you'll get frustrated. I don't want that for you. ☺ Ps. I'm a big fan and not affiliated with the umbrella.
To be fair I know some multi-millionaires, new money. It’s not that hard at all actually. You won’t be able making a lot when working FOR a company but starting your own creates a lot of opportunities. However the rich-rich (300mil-1.6bil) ones that I know are old money. Don’t ask me how I got to know these people, I’m from the slightly upper middle-class myself and absolutely have no idea how I’ve gotten to know half of them because they do, like the stereotypes, tend to avoid people that aren’t from their socio-economic class. Also, newly graduates of my law school tend to make about €3k a month in the first year after college, and that’s usually NOT while working for private companies. Idk about the architect thing but it sounds highly implausible to me. As for number two: I feel like the Netherlands has deep rooted racism but I don’t think that that is what you experienced (solely judging by your examples) nor do I think that equals to Dutch people themselves actually being racist. Your examples sounded (to me) like genuine questions. I can understand that people find it surprising that you speak such good English, and that isn’t xenophobic, that’s just because it’s uncommon. I’m surprised when French people speak proper English too yet I highly doubt people would find that xenophobic. As for the blue eyes I feel like that was a genuine question posed out of ignorance and sheer curiosity, again not xenophobia. And your co-workers comment probably was a dumb dutch-humor joke with no xenophobia involved again. I do understand that some of these questions and remarks can be hurtful for any reason whatsoever since I am gay and get hurt by sincere questions too for some reason, but I do know how to tell homophobia and ignorance apart. As for integration: absolutely true, however I’m pretty sure this goes for every non-english country. Lastly I don’t see space equal to luxury and find our public transport system a bigger luxury than shitty roads and stinky cars. Much more comfortable. HOWEVER this probably wouldn’t go for Americans because of their rather odd culture.
the only way to save up is having a partner earning the average salary (so two average salaries in the household) and not living in Amsterdam where rent is insane.
If you are the real Mark Rutte you are already here... but please considder moving to Siberia to start a vodka company. I will buy a bottle of your premium quality for each newyear celebration.
You will never get rich if you expect a salary anywhere in the world unless you are a CEO. The only way to get filthy rich is by having the right business idea.
Don't move to the Netherlands if you don't like to deal with insane taxes and the belastingdiest behind you even when you made no income there and later moved to another country almost 2 years ago 😱🤣 The belastingdienst is insane. I dread those blue envelopes with my soul 🤣
You are right on. I am dutch left for the US 40 years ago. Holland is nice to visit for a few days. Thanks for your video. The sad part is that most Dutch think Holland is the greatest country in the world.
About the finances, two opinions: 1. If you live in the Netherlands, have a roof over your head, food on the table, and a little disposable income, you ARE rich. Compared to the rest of the world, you may even be considered filthy rich, however you choose to define that. 2. Complain about high taxes all you want, but we get a lot in return. Free/affordable healthcare and education, still a good social security system, an excellent road and public transportation network, excellent services in every area from garbage collection to street lighting, clean water etc. What all this means: security. If you have bad luck with your or whatever, in the Netherlands your situation will almost always not immediately be desperate. And what THAT means is that people are not so afraid all the time, and (in my opinion) THAT's what makes living in the Netherlands great. Is it perfect? Definitely not, but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
I 100% agree, after 18 years of this rat race in the Netherlands, we and my family decided that in 2 years we are returning to the country from which we emigrated here to live "normally"
@@coppersulphate002 Hello, I come from Poland and I will return there with my family. one of the reasons is, first of all, the discrimination we face at all levels of life. the second thing is the more and more expensive living in the Netherlands, for almost 20 years the cost of living has been rising year after year not in proportion to income.
Pros of moving to Holland from Germany: - You don't get persecuted if you smoke weed - People are more open and friendlier to strangers (in my experience) - Reactionaries like Geert Wilders don't get taken seriously
I think it's great that super rich people pay more taxes and the difference between high and low pay is smaller. You might not get filthy rich, but you won't be filthy poor either. I'd rather have 10 comfortable people than 2 millionaires and 8 people struggling.
I was born in nl but was raised in another country. I thought I would love it when I went back but it ended up being a bad decision. I can’t wait to move to another country. There are a few things that I do like but over all it’s not a country where I would want to live the rest of my life in.
One reason not to move to the Netherlands is money. You will definitely not make big bucks here because the tax office is going to take it. Ah and if you don't like taxes then better go to a third world country, tax paradise, without roads, education and homeless people roaming around your house.
I definitely think taxes are a challenge sometimes. For example I have a small business, and I just finished my taxes for this quarter. I didn’t make so much money but I have quite a bit of taxes to pay. This makes me really sad because I’m not running a hugely profitable business and while doing that making a loss. 😅😓 At the same time, at least I’m happy the roads are clean and I can enjoy life to an extent (to make myself feel better about the taxes)
@@MakingitinHolland I think seeing taxes bad is the main problem. As long as the country is using well the money, taxes are good, because you can enjoy benefits as: safe place to live, good environment for families, good and accessible education, better health system, efficent public transport. Those things are paid with taxes. I come from a third world country and I can see why people here thinks taxes are bad. They blame taxes when the problem is corruption and a bad goverment.
@@MakingitinHolland If you have your own company and do not make much turnover, you can request an exemption for your VAT return. Then you are cheaper than the competing companies because you do not charge VAT.
@@lukasmolenaar Yes! This is something I thought I wouldn't need. Because prior to the current situation my idea was to get an office space and make more VAT expenses. Unfortunately these didn't happen. So if I don't project a hugely profitable business for next year, I'll apply for the kleine ondernemers regeling. But of course, I hope I'll be profitable and complain less about paying VAT then :D
Why not? 😂😂 I've traveled to both the Netherlands and Sweden and both were super expensive. But transportation was way cheaper in Sweden and it included everything in that green little transportation card. But transportation in Netherlands omg was crazy expensive!
Update: Thank you everyone for your comments on this video. I appreciate the generous input and respect the counter opinions. When making this video, of course I didn't anticipate that it would take off this much. In my channel, I cover topics around life, career & business in the Netherlands. One of my main goals is to keep as much of a balanced view as possible. I have other videos if you're interested in learning more and invite you to subscribe to the channel. Thank you!
Oh no! I really want to leave London for Rotterdam.
balans??? something is wrong here
Is it true that the Dutch Gouv will put english as an official second language??
So..... Basically A Humble Lifestyle. The Small Houses And Apartments Sound Nice! 🙂 I DON'T LIKE BIG! And Catching Public Transportation Sounds Good Also!
Why you dont need move to holland: its always rainin'-
Also I think the biggest luxury is to be able to bike in a bike friendly small city, not driving a Ferrari through tents where homeless families has to live.
Again, a very fair point!
Less than 1% of the USA has bicycle lanes. They are looked down upon. Had multiple friends in Phoenix get hit by cars. NL is great for cycling and I love that.
Yeah USA is practically one big highway 🤪
Brilliant answer!!
@@KootFloris Thanks for commenting! :)
Money isn’t everything. Quality of live is the most important. We work to live, we don’t live to work.
We pay taxes but we get a lot of it in return. Excellent healthcare system that everyone can afford and you won’t loose it when you loose your job. When you get without a job you won’t be out of money.
I never experienced snow in summer.
EXACTLY that’s why lots of Americans don’t like NL they live to work anyways I’m proud to be Dutch lol😭
Many of us Americans don’t like living to work and are desperate for work/life balance. However, for most of my career (for example) it just hasn’t been realistic based on the amount of work you are given. If you want to grow your career, you better be willing to work long ours or you’ll never advance. So many of us are looking for alternative ways to work (like working freelance, as an entrepreneur, etc.) in order to have better balance, less stress, more time with family. It is a pressure cooker much of the time which is not fun. I think the Dutch have their priorities in the correct order. 💗💗💗
The state will take care of you
how much is a typical 1 bed apartment and 2 bed house?
@@BonnieCreoleSpirit but when you have the desire to advance in your work thats when the work life balance goes out of wack and that is a choice
To be honest, by being an ex-pat myself I believe the majority of the things you mentioned applies if you move anywhere in the world.
Good point!
Expat ? A fancy word for immigrants because that's just a word for black and brown people...God damn man.
@@MakingitinHolland Good point? That means that your point was wrong, do you even know the netherlands
@@randomcomment1673 I just wanted to acknowledge the point of view of the person who wrote the comment. I'm very well aware of the Netherlands. However, I still stand behind my points that I've made in this video. Thank you for your comment too.
@@MakingitinHolland wow wasn't exspecting a comment from you! Sorry for being a bit rude. And yes I get your point😀
People forget to calculate their hourly rate. I used to work in the USA 70 hr weeks for 65K. Here I do my 40 hrs and go home. By an hourly rate I make more money. The Netherlands is a paradise for many reasons.
Yes, that's a fair point as well. However, I don't know which industry you're in but here in some professions (like architecture) you still work a lot of hours while getting paid almost nothing. Sadly, I know this from experience.
@@MakingitinHolland No wonder fewer and fewer people are moving to the Netherlands as of late. Most are moving to Germany instead. Hell, there are more Europeans of various nationalities moving to America for that matter than the other way around
@@johnnyappleseed4794 Probably because they think the American dream exists. If the American dream is kids killing each other and lack of independent thought then the US is a wonderful place to live!
@@totallynotme6720 No, that's not the American dream. I'm pretty sure that the American dream is making a good living and prospering and having free speech, not kids killing each other or the lack of independent thought
@@totallynotme6720 that is not the American dream, it is American reality 😄
How you explain the taxes is not entirely true. The 49.5 % rate does not mean that half of your money goes to taxes. That percentage is taken of the highest portion of your salary (don't know exactly the amount) but it is definitely not half of your earned salary. Furthermore, the cost of living depends highly on where you live in the Netherlands. If you live in Amsterdam it's crazy high, compared to if you live in the south. Here in the south where I live, you can rent a really nice apartment for less than 600 euros a month. If you live in Amsterdam, all you get for that amount is a place like the size of a toilet room. :-)
You mention America: prices there are crazy high compared to the Netherlands. I heard some other expacts, that pay 5 dollar for a decent bread for example. Here you can get that for around half that amount. And let's talk about health care. In the US, you can drop dead if you don't have money. 30 % of the Americans don't have decent health insurance. Here, everybody has health insurance. I have one of the most expensive ones and a pay around 150 euro a month. I am wheelchair dependent. I got a wheelchair from the county. It costs 20,000 euros. I did not pay a single dime for it! Showering wheelchair: free! So if you talk about the cost of living here, take more things into account than just a salary. That salary may be lower than for example in the US, but prices here are also lower (at least that's what I learned from other expats). Of course I know that most people don't need a wheelchair (fortunately!!) but I just want to say that you should paint a more complete picture, because although our salary is lower than for example in the US, we get a lot more things for free or for a much lower amount of money than in many other countries.
@jo tummers - the 49.5% rate applies to the portion of your salary above 68,000 euros. And I fully agree on your comments regarding the US. I live in Washington DC and a one bedroom here is $2000+, public transport is expensive and there are no monthly passes like in Europe, the homeless tents are all over the place (and most people living that way are not enjoying their freedom like someone commented, rather they are people who have been kicked out of psychiatric facilities or simply down on their luck--they usually don't last more than a year or two either given how harsh it is to live that way), and I am lucky to have above average medical insurance; a lot of people I know pay over $9000 a year for theirs with deductibles of $5000 or more. Sure, a lot of the average consumer items are cheaper and easier to get than elsewhere in the world but the essentials like education, healthcare, and public transport are completely lacking. BTW, taxes here are about 28% if you are in that high bracket so lower but not nonexistent (and you get nothing for them either).
@@nanoulandia i am shocked learning those figures for health care in the US. It would mean death for me, some surgeries i had cost a fortune but i did not have to pay a cent extra.
The US is unbelievably expensive, especially for blacks and immigrants,,, no wonder hundreds of people are homeless
Move to Drenthe, its super low here bc there aren’t many people
My man came through with an essay to back up da taxes
So essentially the Netherlands is the opposite of America. Where do I sign up???
Read more info on ind.nl
I want to come there how do i apply
@@sinenhlanhladlamini9400 I can help you immigrate as a US citizen, with a path to EU citizenship. BTW, I don't agree with most of what this person says ... it's uh-mazing living here!
@@mkthom1791 how help me
@@mkthom1791 how can I get hold of you so we can talk more
I just want to live a decent life and not have to worry whether or not I can afford rent and food. That's enough to make me happy :)
If that makes you happy, that's great! Thank you for sharing. 😃
That is what makes almost every human being happy. To just have the basics fulfilled... Anything more usually comes from certain issues..
That's how communist Rusia used to think.
Then get a good job and you don't have to worry
@@etrigueros Finally a voice of reason lol bunch of brainwashed people in the comments.
I believe the retirement crisis will get even worse. Many struggle to save due to low wages, rising prices, and exorbitant rents. With homeownership becoming unattainable for middle-class Americans, they may not have a home to rely on for retirement either.
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"In the Netherlands, you only make 2200€/month"
Me: *Cries in Portuguese*
Cries in Brazilian
VC SÓ FAZ TIPO 10K REAU POR MES
CRIES IN BOLUDO, I feel you my latinamerican brother
Cries in African😭
@@PollyXKD mas se você considerar que o aluguel gira em torno de 1.200 euros (R$ 8.000), mais transporte, alimentação, saúde e as contas, não sobra uma fortuna mesmo não!
What I got from this video:
- Less greedy capitalists / more equal pay
- Better public transit / less cars
- Moody weather
Honestly, sounds great to me ^_^
Thanks so much for this
Thanks for watching!
That is what appears on the surface, below i will give you some facts that might make you better informed. Especially when it comes to equal pay and less greedy capitalists, that is just all shades and mirrors. A moral facade born out of doing well economically, being nevertheless exploitative.
Oh, our capitalists are just as greedy probably even more so. The rich pay significantly less taxes then even lower bracket incomes (like everywhere). The richest 1% of the population pays half the amount of taxes the regular households do. There is a reason why the kid was Dutch that was shot into space along with Jeff Bezos.
Corporations get tax deductions or write offs all the time. In the Netherlands it's just not that obvious because we hide poverty with subsidies. But those people are still poor, and housing is unaffordable for most at this point. Social housing is also not even spent for working people, retirees have taken the opportunity to sell their large houses and then apply for social housing, because as a pensioner you have less income so you can apply for this. Some elderly people decide to live in an appartment for accessibility, which is understandable but they use the social housing instead because it's cheaper. Especially if you earn below 3k a month. So you have social housing for the poor, but you need to wait for 15 years to get one at this point. Because the housing market is unregulated due to that "great" free market, which our government still worships and endorses. The prices have skyrocketted.
It's better in this country to be unemployed then working 40 or even 50 hours a week for a job that pays below the 2,5k, because you'll lose 30% of your salary to the taxman. Renting a shitty appartment alone costs about 1000 euro (minimal) flat rent, excluding groceries, water, gas.
Another example is we have subsidies for electric cars. Sounds great right? Most people that apply buy a Tesla, while they can actually afford the Tesla. But using the subsidies is cheaper, so they empty that pot, while that pot of money should actually be used for people that have trouble affording an electric car.
People lie en masse to insurance companies, making it for honest citizens such as myself more expensive. False claims are more standards then the rule. Sometimes people get damage to their car and then the insurance pays out and they don't pay for the repairs and just pocket the money instead.
If you look close at the Netherlands, it's a thoroughly corrupt country with a beligirent people. But they pretend that it's not wrong, because our corruption stems from obliviousness and carelessness. This is the main reason why our country has more difficulty functioning this day and age.
Public transit can be hell like everywhere in the world, but in the Netherlands the trains are 25% late and if the machine breaks down, good luck. You won't be home for dinner. The weather is great in general though if you like moody weather.
@@Titant2 This was hella in-depth, thanks for clearing stuff up.
@@spuekyblue3382 It's still a nice country though, but it's as corrupt as any nation. Just keep that in mind ;)
This is crazy, I live in Netherlands and YOU CANNOT SAY THAT IS BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. NO. this is more than a well known problem in the Netherlands, the busses are always late you don’t have enough routes and so many problems with the trains as well. Less greedy capitalists? Are you sure? This is America 1.0
It is a country with no food culture with no empathy no flexibility and no help as a expat for medical problems.
The Netherlands is definitely not the country to come and do "The American Dream". We Dutchies in general are really and sincerely not interested in making millions of EUROs... Sure when it accidently happens we are not going to fight it ;-) But in stead we value to be happy, to be able to feed and house our close family in reasonable prosperity and HAVE FUN IN OUR TIME OFF! We value our life-work balance. We wont (in general) work our asses off to be the richest in the country!! And yes there are taxes (I pay in Belgium a 50 % on income..) but I also know there is good social security and there are good opportunities for education and work and to be HAPPY :-) And just belief me: Yes rain is not an uncommon phenomenon and even more there is wind most of the time because we live in a flat country.. But it is really not too bad. We have 28 degrees today deep in september... Yes I know there is some (or a bit more in lower social classes) prejudice against muslimic people and BIG stereotypes about Morroccan and Turkish and Surinam and... and...people so there is definitely a big hurdle to take if you belong to one of these ethnicities! But if you are serious and persistent to want to live in the Netherlands.. you can be happy here! IF YOU ARE THRIVING TO ADAPT.. We Dutchies are a bit hard to handle..
And another thing : Yes a builder and a starting architect might earn comparable money.. But if you did finish an academic degree and you are a bit smart you will increase your salary really significantly over the years. I started in 1991 after a bachelor degree medical microbiology with about 1200 Euro per month before taxes. I am now in the top 10% of the Flemish working class.. I am still not a millionaire nor will I ever be. In the USA I might be a millionaire ..or get a serious mishap like a chronic disease and end up in the gutter. :-P
Hey Hans, thank you for your comment!
I wanna go because my ancestors are Dutch, not for the "American Dream".
We are discriminated here. Burnout is very common amongst foreigners.
@@mar3053 Yes, there's a lot of cases of burnout I've witnessed too...
@John Harris Sure buddy, now keep on paying roughly twice as much for less insurance coverage like most EU countries do.
Swallowed libertarian propaganda hook line and sinker..who is the clown now? *enjoying last laugh*
Already confused by the first point lol. I don’t think anyone is thinking of moving to the Netherlands with the plan to become rich quick. Just to find a place where you can afford all the basic necessities and have a good standard of living if you’re working a full time job
Exactly!
Any of your reason doesn't matter if you're from poland XD
+1 xDD
Or Bangladesh!
thats right! hahah
Or Russia
TAK 😂
So the Netherlands is where you go to live a nice normal life 🙂 I love it
Yes if you want a very normal life. The Netherlands fits just perfectly.
Yes, indeed Normal, only normal, just normal, nothing exceptional, nothing spectacular, just normal....awful dreary monotonous normal.
Sexually assaulted by my boss. Yup very normal
Its boring dont do it
Also an expat here from the States. The justice system here is set up to support the criminal, sadly. We have waited years for justice for the crimes my then Dutch spouse committed. After almost 6 years he was finally convicted but still roams free, driving around in his company Tesla because he is out on appeal. Unacceptable. He now lives with his partner in a home daycare, a kinderdagverblijf, and his crimes were against children.
Know your legal rights before you migrate to the Nethers.
I'm 48 years old single mother living in Lyon. I'm hoping to retire at 50 if things keep going well for me. Bought my first house last month and I can't be more proud than I am right now. I'm so glad made great decisions about my finances that changed me forever.
@William King The first step to successful investing is figuring out your goals and risk tolerance either on your own or with the help of a financial professional but is very advisable you make use of a professional like I did. If you get the facts about saving and investing and follow through with an intelligent plan, you should be able to gain financial security over the years and enjoy the benefits of managing your money.
Please I need someone to help me trade. because I'm tired of trading in losses myself. I've blown my account twice and it's frustrating.
@@josephtownley7839 If you are not conversant with the markets, I'd advise you to get some kind of advise or assistance from a financial/investing coach. It might sound basic or generic, but getting in touch with an investment broker was how I was able to outperform the market and raise a profit of $300,000 For me, its the most ideal way to jump into the market these days
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After I got 300K trading with Mrs Emily Cofield I bought a new House and I'm now able to send my kids to a better school in the states thanks to mrs Emily trades. When someone is straight forward with what he or she is doing people will always speak up for them.
Netherlands is a paradise, I have lived in USA and it was a nightmare. I have started living my life in my 40s after moving here. Please do not change Netherlands. I look better in my 40s, vegetables are not expensive like US. More you have people who concentrate on health, you bike, people meditate publicly, practise yoga in public parks. Cities are neat. I can go on an on.
Are there jobs for english speakers?
@@viktoriyapetrova5309 yes definitely!
Lie lie lie!
Yep, the last time i was this irritated was watching Greta Thub-watsit slag off the entire western world!!!
Very funny because I moved from the netherlands to the USA and I will tell you the opposite. You probably made horrible choices in the US thats why that system isnt for you
Your videos have helped me reach over $180,000 in trading by age 23! Thanks Making the Holland. Keep the videos coming. 👍🏽
Congrats ! I started right before covid when the recession hit. i made a lot during covid from my passive income .
I'm convinced that the big investors and analysts are trying to scare us to keep us poor and ignorant to the market.. because its steady doing good after all the jobless and market crash talks
Congrats and wishing you the best .
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Bij beleggen koop je een vrije dag waarop je moet werken… Ik bid dat iedereen die dit leest slaagt
Het slimste woord dat ik vandaag heb gehoord, ik kan er zeker van zijn dat niemand meer heeft verdiend aan investeringen dan ik.
Ik denk er ook aan om binnenkort met pensioen te gaan, mijn baas zal me niet meer zien 😂
Grappig, waarom denk je dat niemand meer heeft verdiend aan investeringen dan jij. En waarom wil je met pensioen?
Ja, pensioen is de vrijheid om de dingen te doen die je echt leuk vindt. En het leven gemakkelijker maken
Ik weet dat we zoveel goede handelaren hebben, maar als het gaat om het winstgevend verhandelen van Bitcoin en het begrijpen van de moeilijkheden waarmee elke beginner wordt geconfronteerd. Ik zal altijd voor Daine Aubrey kiezen omdat haar strategie gemakkelijk te implementeren is.
these past months i’ve been watching “Not Just Bikes” and i fell in love with the side of the Netherlands it shows us, and now all i want is to at least spend a few months on there!
as a brazilian i’m always worried about xenophobia when i think about living in other countries, especially in Europe. i am also worried about how different everything is there compared to brazil.
i’m a bit like the average dutch you said in your video: when i was in university i did not make any new friends, i still only talk to my friends i met in school. it’s nice but if i were to move out i don’t know how i would deal with being utterly alone.
well, this video definitely made me really consider some stuff that i didn’t really think about all that much.
Thank you for watching! I hope it brought some interesting points to help you reflect and make the choices that resonate the most with you. Have a great day. ☺️
Bom Willian, sou "Holandês" (Neerlandês) morando em Brasil.
"Making it in Holland" está fazendo observações boas. Se você quer ficar rico ou viver uma vida de luxo, os Países baixos não é o lugar certo. Mas se você quer uma vida decente as coisas mudam.
Sobre xenofobia, "Holanda" tem fama de ser um país tolerante, que é verdade, então muitas pessoas pensam que não existe xenofobia ou racismo. Mas existe sim, como qualquer lugar de mundo. Por outro lado, raramente chegará em um nível que justifica suas preocupações. Pode ser que você encontrara alguma hostilidade velada de vez e quando de certas pessoas, mas a chance de encontrar uma hostilidade física ou discriminação aberta é bem menor. Você será mais segura nos Países Baixos de que em muitas partes do Brasil. Se você deixe claro que você é brasileiro, melhor ainda. A parte xenófoba do meu pais tem medo de migrantes dos países muçulmanos, Brasil por outro lado é visto em um luz favorável (embora a imagem de Brasil sofreu um pouco desde 2019).
Em seu caso, o assunto de não fazer amigos Neerlandês é uma preocupação mais séria. O povo Neerlandês é bastante reservado, especialmente comparado com o Brasil, e pode levar tempo para fazer amigos. Por outro lado, solidão é mais uma preocupação se você está indo para uma cidade menor. As cidades maiores são cosmopolitanas, com gente de tudo lado de mundo, incluindo muitos Brasileiros. Não seria tão difícil de fazer novas amizades.
Essa ponta sobre o clima deve ser considerada. Se ficará bastante tempo nas Países Baixos, você vá ter períodos de até semanas, de chuva e um céu cinzento, que pode deixar uma pessoa meio deprimido, especialmente vendo do Brasil.
Espere que isso ajudo um pouco você em suas decisões.
Im latin American and living in the netherlands. I am not so much an expat but an immigrant. And what I can say is that its miles beter than Latin America. Even discrimination is way less and I live in a small city.
The dutch are very acepting, some have issues with moslims but mostly the extremists. If you are planning on staying permanently learn the language, participate in local costoms and look for local groups.
Making dutch friends is harder but you can 100% trust them to be there when you need them.
Ya we don’t want Brazilian here in Holland
@@prizzmhf Yup, we're careful about who we call friends. It's a word that holds a decent amount of meaning to us. But once we do call you our friend, you can trust us to be there when needed!
Tbf as a Dutchman i feel like there is a big difference between Dutch people from the city and Dutch people from the countryside. I feel like we countrysiders are more friendly but also quite more direct.
I feel the opposite. I feel like Dutch people from the countryside can be quite narrow minded.
Same here
@@BellaJory1 I agree with this. I don't like people from the countryside. City side people are more openminded especially if you look ''different'' We need to give foreigners proper information. They like to sugar coat their behaviors.
Cityside are more friendly in a open way. While countryside are more friendly in a closed way. With one it feels like you are a stranger becoming a friend kinda vibe (though still remain as strangers) and the other is like a stranger becoming a family vibe (though still remain as strangers). Tell me if I am wrong or correct
@@absolutebeauty7753 I feel like it's more that in the countryside people are nice to random strangers without having to. E.g. always saying hello when walking by or having a small conversation, asking people who look lost if they need help. While in the city people are surrounded by more and different cultures and values which makes them more friendly in that way. E.g. being more aware that people might respond or act differently to what you are used to.
I am in no way saying people living in the countryside can't have this feature personally (and vice versa for city galls). But I do think it's more of a natural response
Nice observations! As for making Dutch friends, this is for Dutch people the same problem. Moving after being 25 years old will give you a hard time in making new friends.
Also, on universities and other international environments there is a big gap between the Dutch and the international people. This is mainly because of how the Dutch value free time. Free time is highly valued and spend off work/education. We don't like to earn a lot of money, but we like to have as much free time as we can afford. That is why the Dutch work the least amount of hours per week. But that is also why the Dutch are among the top of the most producing people per hour. So we like to work hard, but like to enjoy the revenue of it in the time off-work.
Thank you for your comment. Yes, I definitely notice here that having free time is more valuable than earning money. Sometimes though, you want to earn a bit more so during that free time you can splurge on great vacations and fancy things every now and then 😀
@@MakingitinHolland yes, and it depends on personal wishes how much extra money you need for that.
Yep I very much agree!
My experience as a Dutchman is that if you don't fit in a specific group, e.g. Ajax soccer fans or 'leftist' politics, then you have a very hard time making friends. I'm 31 now and have never really had 'true friends' all of my life. I've always been the 'third wheel on the wagon'. I actually consider myself a social person; have tried to organize all sorts of things with my 'former friends' and family, tried to meet more often, do things, go to places etc. The Dutch don't like rugged, honest, unique, original individuals like me. No, the Dutch are very narrow minded. 'Oh you are that guy who does that but doesn't do this? Oh, we don't like you for that' (they don't say that though) and they will ignore you to death. They have excuses like 'I'm so busy with work / family / what ever'. By the way: I don't like to work hard, but smart and make a ton of money (although not succesful in that yet). Maybe another reason why I have no friends as a Dutchman. If I have 100k on my bank, I will seriously consider to migrate and leave the Dutch in their 'socialist', overcrowded, expensive rat hole and never look back!
@@androgyne_sander Judging from the way you wrote that comment, I'm sorry, but it comes over as if you're unjustly blaming everyone else for the social situation you've been in all your life. That mindset alone doesn't help you making new friends. And instead playing the victim you could take a look inside for once to see if the problem may be something about yourself. Everybody loves unique people, including the Dutch, who doesn't is envious or jealous. What we hate is arrogant pricks who can't stop reminding everyone else about how special and successful they are or might be.
If the problem *isn't* your own attitude, it might be your mentality or accent. Anyways, it's not just because the Dutch are collectively a bland, boring people who hate everything new or different.
- also, if the Dutch wouldn't like the work-smart-not-hard-mentality it'd be a bit odd that we're on the top of the world when it comes to modern technology and engineering.
Edit- the Dutch don't like honesty?
Worldwide we're known for our borderline rude honesty (though that just might be the north thanks to Protestantism). If you lived in a place where they hated honesty you were either truly rude, or you resided in some conservative village near the Belgian border.
I'm from Germany and I don't like to say this here in the Netherlands. The language is so similar, many traditions are similar, but the Dutch people are MUCH MORE friendly. And that's a fact! It's just how it is. It's like a law of nature.
y crazy man.stop lie
We've always been a big trade hub and we've been forced to communicate and make deals with people from a large variety of countries because of that, resulting in a typical mercantile culture. Germany is a landlocked production nation, that never had to interact much with the outside world. So, it makes sense.
You wont make a lot of money just by having an university degree. Experience is very important and to be able to climb up the salary ladder you most likely have to switch jobs.
To add, there's actually a shortage in employment for jobs that require a lower education- most likely because of the stigma that sticks to these types of jobs; "Look little Johnny, if you study hard you'll end up some place better than that garbage man over there. Work hard and you won't have to do what he does."
@@Ned-nw6ge the funniest part about that is that the garbage man is probably earning more then the parental figure in that analogy 🤣
Depends what you study.
3:00 no, you're wrong. You don't pay 50% taxes over your income. You pay 50% only over the top tax bracket, which starts very roughly around Eur 68.500 (changes often) everything up to that point has lower tax, also according to brackets.
12:00 the government isn't very concerned with sustainability goals. A group of Dutch people have sued the government because the weren't doing enough, and the government lost, then instead of starting to take it seriously the government appealed to the high court, lost again, and is now begrudgingly taking some steps. What the government most likes to do is tell people _they_ should do things. No, the parking space problem is much simpler. Our cities originated long before cars were invented. The street plans don't have built in space for parking. So whatever parking we have needs to be squeezed in, or buildings have to be taken down. Houses don't have garages, because you'd have to buy two houses, knock one of them down, and put your garage where the 2nd house used to be. Also, they really like to milk parking fees. In so far as the government doesn't want cars it's mostly about road safety and road maintenance, but they actually love people buying fuel 'cause there's loads of tax on it.
Thanks for elaborating!
The only houses that have garages here are the villas. Like large 2 million euro or more homes that are free standing and in rich neighborhoods. What's far more common is homes with their own parking space (yes, singular) which can also come with a roof over it. But yea the most common house is "rijtjeshuizen". Basically this: 3.bp.blogspot.com/-NTUyrBmYKqg/UwMto1GaZtI/AAAAAAAAAIk/9N7AUttW4Ps/s1600/Annen.jpg (Also as you can see lots of green. If you don't live in the main part of the city at least.)
You simply pay to much tax in Holland and all of Europe. In the Declaration of Independence it says that any tax that goes beyond 25% is basically robbery. It is you who earned it. You do not work for government employees who fly first class on your taxes. Government in Holland is too big and too e pensive. It should be smaller and these people should not waist your money on living first class lives.
Yet at least partially because taxes are higher, you can live decently off of 1600~2000 a month here. Which would be a poverty income in America. It's not perfect, but I'll take what we have going for us over what America has going for it thank you very much.
@@Sanquinity The tax you pay goes to high wages of government employees and EU employees. A member of the US Congress makes $175,000 per year. A member of the EU Parliament makes between 350.000-450.000 Euros. Plus’s perks. Like free gym, free schooling for their children, free limousines. Etc.. ontop of that. They go traveling 1 st class and stay in 1st class hotels. Your taxes pay for that. The free medical or in Holland I believe you pay 1500 euros per year. In France the medical system is now so lousy it ranks below some 3rd world countries.
I'm English speaking (Jamaican heritage, UK born and raised ) and have lived in The Netherlands for years. I have learned to speak Dutch, but my level is at a level no one would expect for the amount of time I have lived here. The problem is Dutch people. They all speak English. Not just that, most of them like speaking English. They rarely give you a chance to practice your Dutch unless you really put your foot down. Still, I enjoy living here. The income taxes takes some getting used to, but if you have a home you can get a significant amount you spend on your mortgage back. The transport system here is world class. The health service must be among the best in the world. Also, the people here are generally nice. Some Dutch cities such as Amsterdam and Rotterdam are very ethnically diverse, which brings a nice vibe in itself. All in all, living here has been nice for me.
Use Dutch directness and ask the Dutch to speak their own language because you want to learn it. They won't be offended and even appreciate you more.
Is the hague also diverse?
Thanks for the information!
Generally nice but we like to nag a lot. Too much even.
Wait, they prefer to speak English but not their main languague?
I lived 21 years in The Netherlands. I loved it! I even became Dutch. I live since 2018 in Germany and in some sectors the Dutch are more developed. In Germany when you rent you have to put your own kitchen. When you move again you have to take it with you. In The Netherlands you always rent and you always have a kitchen! Dutch people are more flexible and happier. The Social System is way much better than in Germany. In some ways livibg in Germany kan be cheap. Thats why we live here and work both in The Netherlands. Forme works perfect. We live at the border region between NL and DE.
As a german living here I prefer it in many ways to my old home, but the healthcare unfortunately lacks in comparison. Most of the money seems to go to insurances, while there are many reports of overworked/underpaid hospital workers (even before Covid19).
As a Niederländer I prefer German healthcare.
I am dutch but considering to move to germany you have any reason to do it or not do it?
@@sys-administrator
In Germany there is less insurance and if you can't keep up with insurance bills in the Netherlands, you will probably die
@@mcj2219 is netheflamds a nice country
Hey mich würde es echt gerne interessieren was für dich das beste und der schlechteste "Kulturschock" war? Und ich finde das Gesundheitssystem in Deutschland miserabel vorallem was die Bezahlung von Pflege angeht. Ist es in den Niederlanden noch viel schlimmer?
I've lived in the Netherlands exactly in Heerenveen for almost 2 years. The Netherlands is the best place to bulk your thighs and calves cause bicycing is the most prominent culture there :p. I love this country for its spring, tulips bloom everywhere :)
Yes! I really like the biking culture as well. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. :)
Government doesn't want me to have a big house and a car?
That's exactly why I want to leave the states bro
I hear you! Some cons can be pros defintiely.
VW Polo and
Went through this thread and it is refreshing to hear not just raving things about the Netherlands.
No nation goes without it's flaws and a lot of negatives perceived by outsiders (like hard to make native friendships) are said by expats or immigrants in Germany.
However, it is true that most expats do stick to themselves as well, specially in Amsterdam where they have a sort of subculture of expats.
What they don't get is the Dutch and German culture of clubs. There are clubs for just about anything and those are places to meet like minded people with similar interests and develop friendships.
Of course it takes time and effort to do that.
Unfortunately it is a small country and space is at a premium, lack of space and climate had an influence on the mentality and culture.
Long story short, no it isn't Disneyland and be aware of cultural differences. Things are what they are so no worries if some are happier in other cultures, I for one do not take that personal :)
I do believe in keeping balanced view of pros and cons as well!
That "culture of clubs" is a trait (and a great one, I must add) featured in many European countries (besides your examples, see Denmark, and farther North); as opposed to "tell me what you do/how much money you make, and who knows? Maybe I'll have anything to do with you", i.e. the American "social way/culture of clubs"!!
....starts off being upset about the salary gap not being that big. You're definitely in the WRONG place.
I have been in Netherlands for 2 months.. It is good for short time but for long time it is difficult for Asian people to adopt that culture.. But my so many friends are living there some are happy and some are not.. So some time it depends on person to person
I hope you have a good experience living here! :)
THANK YOU. I see a lot of criticism about us Dutch folk, we aren’t all the same, it really just depends on person to person like every country
What happened?
Would you say the difficulty is more or less so than being Asian in the U.S.?
I spent few months there! It was total nightmare! Very difficult to make friends
I actually got to live with my grandparents when I was younger back in 2012 in the Netherlands. It was my first time outside the United States and it was probably the biggest eye opener for me. I absolutely loved it their. I stayed in Alphen aan den Rijn which was super quiet compared to what I was used to. If I could move their I would do it in a heartbeat. Everything being so close to our house there within bike distance was definitely amazing. I’m so used to driving at least 5 miles to get anywhere. We got too see most of the big cities there too. Almost everyone there is super friendly and speaks very well English. I hope one day I can go back and re-live some of those memories.
Pro: it's awesome here because good healthcare, good schools, every religion is expected and weed
Con: there are basically no houses left to buy or live in
Tbh living the typical life in the Netherlands is imo luxury compared to American life. Healthcare, decent wage, decent time off, reliable public transit, well planned cities that allow you to walk to most places... amazing
To be fair, asking why someone speaks such good english is a normal question, no matter your heritage. To get offended by it is a choice.
Idk man, if people were like "oh you're latino and speak English??" often I would be annoyed too. And unless you've experienced those types of comments yourself why would you say that
Sounds about white
The top compliment people in the USA give to native English speakers from, for instance, the UK, Canada, New Zealand or Australia, because they are clueless...
I'm Dutch and I actually moved away. It's wayyyyy too crowded in NL and everything and everybody tries to keep you poor.
if you say this impossible you lived in netherlands
where do you live now?
17 millions crowded? hahaha
ossein24 you just want to make netherlands look bad
So. ur a millionaire now?
You gave 6 good reasons to live in the Netherlands. :)
@Dipak Dasgupta sure you are.....lol not with that last name
Yeah I literally couldn't care less about most of the reasons and some of them are even big pluses, such as samey wages for everyone.
@Ida the racism she showed us are just dutchies being honest
@Ida
Is the Netherlands homophobic? But it was the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriage?
@Dipak Dasgupta to be honest i think there is a black face in almost every country in europe, but it is to do a proper representation of the person in question, like if you dont have lemons you cant make a lemonade, so people have to do something to represent the black culture and the person in questions, i dont know what zwarte piet really is but in my opinion is to represent not to shame or put down the black folks.
it's very common here in Portugal that the representation of Balthazar, when in small comunities where the black representation is very low or non exitant to paint the face of someone, because is more important to represent in the best way possible those characters
First...Thank you for the video! We have been watching your videos even before we moved to the Netherlands (Rotterdam) as it has helped us a great deal with some of the decisions we have made when we moved. We always keep an eye out for you when we're out and about if our paths should cross. Please keep up the good work with the videos and we'll keep watching. Remember... someone always has it better than you and someone always has it worse than you...self reflection is and a good thing and happiness is found within.
Thank you for your comment, I appreciate it. 😃 hope you’re enjoying Rotterdam. From your videos it sure does seem like it. Rotterdam is not too big and with the world opening up, I’m sure we’ll bump into each other.
Are you okay what do you mean by top 6 reason you should not move to the Netherlands (as an expat).
The Netherlands is positive and quiet place.
Sounds like you were triggered.
You he was triggered, and I am too
The use of an umbrella is really amusing to me because I live in western Washington. During fall, winter, and spring (but especially winter) it rains all the time. It's not super heavy rain most of the time, of course, so we don't deal with flooding all that often. However, everyone who lives here just... aggressively doesn't use umbrellas. We'll use windbreakers and jackets and so on, but most of them aren't super thick because we're in what is overall a pretty moderate climate, even with global warming making it less moderate than before. You can play spot-the-tourist (or the recently-moved-here) by walking around while it's raining and looking for umbrellas.
I use an Umbrella, what's wrong with that, Not everyone wants to get Soaking Wet.
@@Indigenousqueen56 Theres absolutely nothing wrong with using an umbrella! I hope I didn't accidentally give you that impression. I just think it's really interesting that even though it rains a lot where I live, the only people who really use umbrellas are tourists and people who recently moved here.
I’m dutch and I use my umbrella all the time
@@yaeltuttebel bruh
@@christianstainazfischer bruhhhhh
Comparing cabbies with architects isn't really fair, architects are known for earning one of the lowest wages while having one of the longest working hours.
Great video! I'm originally from the U.S. (California). I was living in Germany in the 90s and when I visited NL the first time, I felt that I had found my place in the world. I'd visited as much as I could in the 90s and later when I moved back to Germany 15 years later. In 2016 I went to NL, fought, camping in the cold at the Stadsbosbeheer and finally had an indoor place to stay. I worked for the Americans and had a studio space in Eindhoven. Wonderful! When I lived in NL under the Belastingdienst and Digid, it was not wonderful. I had mailbox anxiety the first time but it was much worse the 2nd time. It's surprising to hear that the government wants people to use public transportation. The OV chip card system, not accepting cash and requiring a debit card for payments on public buses turned taking public transportation into an expensive nightmare. I bought a car. After leaving Europe, I moved to Africa. One guy in my studio space was telling me to go to Africa and I was originally offended, then after some consideration, I thought it was the best idea EVER! Dankjewel!
Cars are expensive!! And car dependency and car centric cities are not sustainable long term and quality of life suffers. I still live in CA ...the obesity epidemic is severe in the US and siting time in cars is one of the factors. The cash less NWO agenda is happening in all 112 countries that the Jesuit/masonic cabal operates in and controls.
The comment on the Salary gap, In South African where the gaps are so big and regarded as the most unequal country in the world you have protesting, crime and looting, rather live in a country where most people earn equally then live where the salaries high and low.
When you said You had Dutch friends at your school and they were international it sort of speaks for itself what type of people are Dutchies living in Netherlands. Most of them don’t like foreigners. I also had the same experience with them
That sounds better than living in Mexico... I don't want to be rich, I just don't want to be broke all the time. I live in the US, I'm already a minority I don't mind the comment, I got a bottle thrown at me.
In the Netherlands we throw briks. We have statiegeld on our bottles. We pay Op front € 0.10 or 0.25 per bottle and we get that back if we deliver them at the store empty. Bottles throw better do.
@@sandersteman8800 in Mexico you can return beer bottles in order to buy alcohol... In the US, they just make more, and to get 25 cents on empty once, that's like 10 empty bottles even though they mark them at 5 cents each.
hii i'm a Chinese landscape architecture student going to applying TU Delft this year, thanks for your sharing. I'm accepting the fact that we are not getting rich and be tired all the time in any country..
Hey! Oh dear... yeah especially having close friends who have graduated from TU Delft (I, myself went to Eindhoven) I know that it's very long and tough work in any architecture degree. I wish you the best of luck! Number one tip I'd like to give is that don't forget to have fun while you're working hard.
One tip: Just dont go to Amsterdam
Amsterdam is one of the reasons these videos exist
Ironically, I really love Amsterdam!
Question. If you studied in the UK, how come you didn't stay there?? What made you choose The Netherlands??
Really wanted to stay but after my bachelor's, master's didn't work out for me there unfortunately. So I ended up moving back to NL.
@@MakingitinHolland Will you make a video comparing quality of life (including expenses) in NL vs. UK?
The Dutch may spend more in taxes up front. Come on over to the U.S. if you are just interested in making more money but don't expect to get as much quality out of your life. They will let you work from sun up to sun down- Vacation might be one week a year but that depends on many variables and is not guaranteed by law. You will pay dearly for health insurance. You WILL need a car and that along with the fuel to put into it. There is always more to pay in tax at check out. Parks and recreation all cost more. You will spend all your time driving and at work. Your diet will include 70% fast food. You'll put on 20 LB's in a month. If Xenophobia is a problem in the Netherlands it's a way of life in the U.S. Having lived in both places for long periods of time I honestly value the work/life balance in the Netherlands. I once heard that for every dollar earned it comes with a price. Your earning potential might be higher in the States but that does not equal quality. Don't trick yourself into thinking that. I made that mistake once.
What I like most about Netherlands is that it’s super lgbt and trans friendly and very open minded ,
That's what I don't like.
@@freedmfe8934 That's cause you're box minded homophobes. If the Netherlands was ruled by people like you; it would cease to be so remarkable efficient; due to your lower intelligence, open minded people tend to be more intelligent and boxed minded ones the opposite...
@@MargaritaMagdalena That's cause you're box minded homophobes. If the Netherlands was ruled by people like you; it would cease to be so remarkable efficient; due to your lower intelligence, open minded people tend to be more intelligent and boxed minded ones the opposite...
@@freedmfe8934 TH-cam keeps deleting my comments so I can't reply properly.
@@freedmfe8934 The Netherlands was the first country in the world in legalize homosexual marriage. Being homophobe is linked to inteligente below average, it's not my opinion, it's a scientific conclusion of this study: Bright Minds and Dark Attitudes: Lower Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice Through Right-Wing Ideology and Low Intergroup Contact Gordon Hodson, Michael A. Busseri And we all know what happen when bellow average intelligence people run countries.
I like these videos because it shows it's not really the country that's a problem in most cases but WHO lives in what country.
There are Europeans better fit for the US. There are Americans better fit for Europe.
And both are fine.
I grew up wealthy(big house with pool and pond, multiple travels a year, Porch and Range Rovers, boat, etc. but I also saw my father taking anti-depressants to be able to work as much as he did to pay for all of it and I just don't get it.
I work now 30 hours/week in Belgium, live in a one bedroom apartment with my gf(0 interest in kids) who works from home, drive a second hand Peugeot, and I go on holiday by car.
I love it.
The question of "what would you do with X money" is an often asked one and I honestly think you could give me a million and I wouldn't change anything. I don't see the point of having "more money". I have nothing I want to buy but can't afford really.
I don't want a big house, expensive car, not changing hobbies anytime soon and intercontinental travels is something I've done. Not interested.
Basically I looked at the life I want and what I need and then I minimized what work I have to do to get that.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! Much appreciated.
I grew up poor in Europe , now I have multiple cars houses and grate retirement in US, I do visit my family in Europe from time to time but every time I return to US I am grateful for my life, I am happy to live in US giving thanks to God all the time. I am able to help people partially because of my education and the financial opportunity that America provided for me. But everyone is different and God bless you all
@@karolkupec2044 Yea, it's all about how some make it and some get fucked in the US compared to most people being taken care of in Europe.
If you want to get seriously wealthy and you're healthy and educated and are willing to work hard the US is the place to be of course.
Personally I wouldn't want to live somewhere that allows the things that happen in the US to happen to the least fortunate.
For every story of yours there is one where a 45 year old got cancer and had all his life savings taken away and needed a new mortgage on his house.
@@Londronable ''Being taken care of in Europe''. This is not true.
Having rich parents give you the most important thing, though : time and opportunities. If you don't have that, you're always on the clock to get your independence while trying at the same time to find what you want in life, and sometimes when you find it, you're already considered too old to pursue that goal, especially in competitive sectors like research.
I am an expat from Asia. I have been to many other countries and the Netherlands is the best country to me. If you are aware of a fact, 'there is no heaven in this world without any problems'. I would rather stay in the N.L than Germany, Spain, China or even Turkey.
expat? You mean you are an Asian immigrant
I'm convinced! You couldn't pay me enough to live there!
Selam! I'm a Turkish guy born in the UK and lives here! I visit NL 3 times a year (not this year because of Covid) for events and conventions i go to and i found the Dutch people more sociable and nicer compared to people in the UK. in my field of work (IT) the salaries are much higher in NL than it is in the UK. I want to move to NL but I'm in a job right now I'm doing very well in and i don't want to risk financial burden by leaving my job and moving to NL and i might not even be able to get a job in NL.. :( I'm currently learning Dutch with my online Dutch language Tutor so who knows? I wished i could move to NL before the New Year...but Brexit is going to make things harder for me to move to NL :( I hate Brexit so much....
Selam! I hope you'll be able to move and make your wishes come true. Sending you best wishes.
i hope it will work out for you!
Hi mate I am also an Internet practitioner
"#3 rainy weather" As a Chicago & Seattle resident, this actually sounds GOOD to me!
Especially since Chicago currently has a nasty heatwave happening.
Seattle checking in lol
I'm Canadian and the Netherlands sounds absolutely perfect to me.
We're joining a convoy in a few hours, headed for Vaughan Mills overpass to protest the Dutch government and what they are doing to your farmers.
We'll be flying your flag upside down, as per request from the Dutch - signifying distress. 🇨🇦🇳🇱
If you don't know what is happening in the Netherlands with the farmers, look into it. It's horrible and it's coming here next! We will not stand for it and we stand with the Dutch farmers! Everyone get out there to the rallies to protests and support the farmers, and turn those flags upside down..
No farmers, no food!
No truckers, we're screwed!
MANDATE FREEDOM!
RESET TRUDEAU!
Mainstream media will not show what we're doing, look for independent journalists to find the truth.
Bruh im from the Netherlands and I have been dreaming my whole life to go to migrate to Canada and its finally happening!
@@yassir8501 Welcome home Brother ❤ wherever you land here, you have a Sister here who has your back.
Find the local Freedom Fighters in your area as soon as you arrive and join the rallies. Please bring extra flags cause they're difficult to find here lol 😆
This won't be the last Dutch Farmers protest you see... but check out Dave's "Live From The Shed" to get an idea of how much support you have here.
Safe travels, all my relations. 🔥
I thought you would point out some aspects I could have missed when I lived there for 6 months but actually no... I would still love to live in the Netherlands despite of those "disadvantageous" aspects of their society. Actually, I never thought I would relate so much with the Dutch lifestyle until I spent some time there. They are nothing alike Brazilian and that's what I love the most! 😝 Thanks for this video.
hahahah brazilian people are so coooool why'd you say that
@@diogofarias6871 maybe because Brazil is not exactly a great country to live in!?
I‘m from Germany and love the Netherlands, people are very friendly, lovely city’s and nature
Totally agree with last point. Having a house with a decent size like in the Americas is almost impossible, and living in small apartments hearing all your neighbours do is part of the quality of life
Indeed - this is something to be mindful of. Not everyone might be aware but there’s also a housing shortage which means finding any decent place is more difficult than ever.
@@Rick-ge1ri I said Americas in general, not a few cities in only one country. Get a map before talking about ignorance
its true but im from the netherlands and i have a house where i dont hear alot of other neighbours
I actually think the salaries being so equal is a good thing
So doctors should make the same as store clerks?
@@tylerdennis9087 "being so equal os referring to the lack of extremely wealthy and extremely poor people
@@tylerdennis9087 so they dont deserve the same wage, but a doctor also doesn't deserve 500% of a store clerks wage imo
@@tijn0236 why would they not? Do they not save lives everyday? When stores shut down because of a pandemic doctors don’t, you ask my doctors deserve way more, did they not go through 8 more years of education than a store clerk?
@@tijn0236 guess we’ll agree to disagree
I am Russian living in Ukraine now working in IT. I earn much more than the average that you mentioned, my wife is a teacher and her salary looks like a pocket money compared to mine. We'll have a kid soon, so that's the choice we have. Either we live mostly on my salary and pay a lot for education of our children in private schools (which are to be honest much worse than any average school in Netherlands) or we both make decent money in total and share the risks of one partner being suddenly unemployed. And the most important - in Ukraine/Russia my kids will have the only choice - to be an IT engineer, because the rest is just a pure survival minimum even if you're PhD in Physics or Biology. In Netherlands my kid can even choose to be a bus driver and feel fine (hope she chooses something different, but who knows)
It is the same in my third world country. My parents had a similar situation like yours ,they didn't take the risk and didn't immigrate years ago when they had the chance and now I am the one that should go through all of this .I am going to take the risk because I don't want my kids to live like me .What do I suggest ? Go for it ! It is going to be hard but I'm sure one day your kids will understand what an important task you did for them.Good luck !
You will be fine living in NL. But don't mention MH17 or dictator Poetin.
Interesting and well spoken! I'm glad you also have a video on reasons why you should move to the Netherlands :)
Anyone doubting whether or not to move to the Netherlands, should take into account all the mentioned cons but also educate yourself on the pros of these as there is also a flip side.
All very good points, and in addition, working in a big city and living in that city means most of your pay check will go to rent and groceries. If you don't live in the city you work in, you'll pay an insane amount on commuting (public transport). Buying a house as a starter is also very difficult, meaning a lot of starters both national and non-national find themselves in this predicament of 'wasting' money on rent and not being able to afford a house in a city center.
The tax is insane, however, the benefits from the government are also notably good compared to a lot of other countries. Health care, health insurance covers a lot for the fees you pay. Even for expats, being made redundant will result in a pay out proportionate to the amount of time worked in the Netherlands.
It's also (obviously) important to compare a move to the Netherlands with a move to other similar countries. A lot of countries in Europe aren't particularly welcoming to expats, and I find that the Netherlands is relatively friendly and everyone speaks english and is willing to help non-dutch speakers.
Hey Natalie! Thank you for watching and leaving this valuable comment. I really appreciate it. I think you mentioned some very important pointers for those who are considering to move here. ☺️
I can't wait to move to Holland. Been wanting to move here for decades. I'm selling my house at the moment and going to buy there this year. Woo hoo. 🎉🎉🎉
U r extremely adorable person,thank u for such a nice video. Even when u talked about difficulties, u still keep smiling, staying happy and positive its really lovely quality. Such a nice positive vibes. Dank je wel😁
Thank you for your lovely comment! :)
You are right about the friends thing. I think most of us we don't become friends just with some one We chose our friends carefully . There is a saying here : you don't choose your family but you do choose your friends . Why be friends with people who you don't really like or love ? Spend time with people you want to spend time with. Me personally have a ton of people i know and hang out with sometimes but i have only 3 real friends . 1 of them i was born next to and he's been my friend my whole life and call him brother even .
Thank you for sharing your input.
I living in this beautiful country 6 years. I live way how people do here. Rule number one? You coming here from other country then accept rules and culture.
Ruke number 2? At LEAST try to learn Nederlandse language. Even if you will speak little NL still you try you are more welcome.
My word.
Fijne carnival. 💕
In the Netherlands, 17,362,019 people live (September 18, 2019) on an area of only 41,543 km². This means that there are about 411 people per square kilometer. This makes the Netherlands the most densely populated country in the EU (Monaco is not part of this). And after the dwarf states Monaco and San Marino, the most densely populated country in Europe. About 40% of the Dutch population lives in the Randstad. The most densely populated municipality in the Netherlands is The Hague with 6,429 inhabitants per km².
Best regards
Frits
Hey Frits, thank you for sharing these stats, very interesting.
Dude I live in delhi, india... 11000 people per square km... For me netherland is heaven 😃😃
@@quotego 😂😂😂
Actually Malta is also more densley populated than the Netherlands
You are making the Netherlands seem bigger than it really is and should distract the water IJsselmeer
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
In the Netherlands it rains only 8 % of the time! Do not exaggerate so much about the rain, please! And if you "warn" people from the USA (and other countries) for our high tax-system, please let them also know what we get in exchange for it. Oh and when people ask you how come your English is so good "while you are from Turkey", that is not racism at all, it is just a tiny confusion..... try not to be defensive, Dutch people are simply quite direct, and willing to know about your life.
Oma, it rains almost all the time, it's dark during the winter, people are snitches and asocial scrooges. If you didn't have immigrants you'd be a shithole like Norway.
@@abc-bn8qewhy did u call Norway a shit hole? I’m just curious
Regarding your first point, because I (I'm a born and raised Dutchie) have a disability allowence ( Wajong Uitkering) I earn even less. Around a 1,000 per month. I do get compensation, and I can live comfortably. But it's not easy, and I really have to be considerate and be careful on how I spent my money.
metoo, but because i don't have to work, and still get something like minimum-wage but a little less, and can live on it, i feel frickin' rich !
when i see on TV how much people struggle for life in other countries, i feel astonished with awe , how much the Dutch make their Government care for people's lives & Nature, and be 'good' in general... -also astonishing : we produce the 2nd most food in the world !? -after America ! tiny little us ? grow more than France & Spain !? bizarre !
Jongens we hebben het hier goed niet luisteren naar die amerikanen😂😂
@@DePraatjesMaker Ze is turks
@@qedqubit What kind of disability do you have ?
International groups from universities are the best! I had the greatest fun with my, amongst others, turkish peers in the Czech Republic.
That’s awesome!
* starts presenting the umbrella like a katana * now that , that is what i like ! :))
Thats absolutely a top notch video!! I can put Netherlands in one sentence n it's a land for those whos looking for an ordinary life! n That's actually a good motivation for me to move there:)
Yeah! It totally is up to you :)
Also What channel name is ( Making it in holland ) this is very offensive it like holland is a difficult place.
These days everyone gets offended by something - I can’t make everyone happy. This is the name of my channel. It is what it is Jayden. Have a great day!
5:03 That's not Dutch people being Xenophobic or racist. Thats just them being genuinely surprised. They just don't know because they don't interact with other cultures. I went to a predominantly white school and I have curly hair. Some of them had never interacted with a person of colour and they were asking questions about my hair(why is your hair like this, how do you wash it everyday, can you straighten it or is that impossible etc) You will know when they are being racist(and it's far worse than that)😂😂
This really really depends on where in the Netherlands you live. In Amsterdam you will not get those questions. Born and raised here and grew up with all nationalities and colours of the rainbow.
@@BellaJory1 I was born and raised in Rotterdam(just as multicultural as Amsterdam) and I got those questions.
@@mellory2337 I was referring to your comment ‘ they just don’t know how to interact with other cultures’ that’s just not true for the majority of people living in the multicultural big cities in NL. Also like you said, those are genuine questions, not xenophobia let alone racism. I get questions about my Spanish heritage too. (Not saying there is no racism in NL, but that’s a different story)
I really appreciate your down-to-earth approach to living in The Netherlands. In my country we have a saying: “There is no place where the dogs have bagels around their tails.”
What does that mean?
this is great, i care about none of these lmao. im moving because im in the states where you have to get multiple jobs just to live a comfortable life, and i don't want that. i just want to live a quite, content life with my dutch partner (another big reason i want to move, there is someone wanting to see me over there :]). i don't want big money or luxury, i already have a dutch person to connect with, i live in louisiana right now im definetly used to constant rain, and im used to prejudice as im a disabled person. this video is actually reassuring lmao
The weather, yes the weather is mostly rainy windy, so indeed like she said, don't expect hot sunny weather. But the umbrella thing I can't advice, my advice would be adopt the Dutch attitude, which is: no umbrella is ever needed, you just go about your business whether it rains or not, nobody ever died from a from water-drops. Also your umbrella will be destroyed by the wind.
Netherlands is hands down top 3 countries to live in the world. People are intelligent, you can have a high level conversation with pretty much everyone. Young people are not brats drinking alcohol, theyre studying focused. People are healthy and cycle, the welfare is top tier. Healthcare is EXCELLENT, everything works, the food doesnt have agrotoxics as the USA allows it to have, the crime is non existant, you can have any religion and be completely respected. Purchasing power extremely high.
Great points!
And you can get weed with is safer than anywhere else
I just moved here and love it. What’s the name of the umbrella? I need one.
IamDeborahDavis DeWitt you can get a decent umbrella at a lot of different stores. At ‘Hema’ for example
Hey! That's lovely :) The brand is called 'Senz' and I highly recommend getting one from them. You can of course always get cheaper ones, but they'll break and you'll get frustrated. I don't want that for you. ☺ Ps. I'm a big fan and not affiliated with the umbrella.
Hema can be an option, but from past experience... the umbrella will break when there's a strong wind & rain combination 😀
Wait for 3 more years and we can talk again.
I'd love to come stay there but i don't know anyone
To be fair I know some multi-millionaires, new money. It’s not that hard at all actually. You won’t be able making a lot when working FOR a company but starting your own creates a lot of opportunities. However the rich-rich (300mil-1.6bil) ones that I know are old money. Don’t ask me how I got to know these people, I’m from the slightly upper middle-class myself and absolutely have no idea how I’ve gotten to know half of them because they do, like the stereotypes, tend to avoid people that aren’t from their socio-economic class.
Also, newly graduates of my law school tend to make about €3k a month in the first year after college, and that’s usually NOT while working for private companies. Idk about the architect thing but it sounds highly implausible to me.
As for number two:
I feel like the Netherlands has deep rooted racism but I don’t think that that is what you experienced (solely judging by your examples) nor do I think that equals to Dutch people themselves actually being racist. Your examples sounded (to me) like genuine questions. I can understand that people find it surprising that you speak such good English, and that isn’t xenophobic, that’s just because it’s uncommon. I’m surprised when French people speak proper English too yet I highly doubt people would find that xenophobic. As for the blue eyes I feel like that was a genuine question posed out of ignorance and sheer curiosity, again not xenophobia. And your co-workers comment probably was a dumb dutch-humor joke with no xenophobia involved again. I do understand that some of these questions and remarks can be hurtful for any reason whatsoever since I am gay and get hurt by sincere questions too for some reason, but I do know how to tell homophobia and ignorance apart.
As for integration: absolutely true, however I’m pretty sure this goes for every non-english country.
Lastly I don’t see space equal to luxury and find our public transport system a bigger luxury than shitty roads and stinky cars. Much more comfortable. HOWEVER this probably wouldn’t go for Americans because of their rather odd culture.
the only way to save up is having a partner earning the average salary (so two average salaries in the household) and not living in Amsterdam where rent is insane.
And where do you think is better?
No need to apologise in the beginning of the video, we are a direct people and appreciate direct, concrete, input
i want to move here
I hope you'll be able to!
Yay ,Mark is leaving us, bout time
Why markie
If you are the real Mark Rutte you are already here... but please considder moving to Siberia to start a vodka company.
I will buy a bottle of your premium quality for each newyear celebration.
@@MakingitinHolland this joke went so over your yeah lmao. Mark Rutte is the name of our prime minister
You will never get rich if you expect a salary anywhere in the world unless you are a CEO. The only way to get filthy rich is by having the right business idea.
Bingo!
Don't move to the Netherlands if you don't like to deal with insane taxes and the belastingdiest behind you even when you made no income there and later moved to another country almost 2 years ago 😱🤣 The belastingdienst is insane. I dread those blue envelopes with my soul 🤣
Omigod those blue envelopes are gonna be chasing you for life 😂
You are right on. I am dutch left for the US 40 years ago. Holland is nice to visit for a few days. Thanks for your video. The sad part is that most Dutch think Holland is the greatest country in the world.
About the finances, two opinions:
1. If you live in the Netherlands, have a roof over your head, food on the table, and a little disposable income, you ARE rich. Compared to the rest of the world, you may even be considered filthy rich, however you choose to define that.
2. Complain about high taxes all you want, but we get a lot in return. Free/affordable healthcare and education, still a good social security system, an excellent road and public transportation network, excellent services in every area from garbage collection to street lighting, clean water etc. What all this means: security. If you have bad luck with your or whatever, in the Netherlands your situation will almost always not immediately be desperate. And what THAT means is that people are not so afraid all the time, and (in my opinion) THAT's what makes living in the Netherlands great. Is it perfect? Definitely not, but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
I 100% agree, after 18 years of this rat race in the Netherlands, we and my family decided that in 2 years we are returning to the country from which we emigrated here to live "normally"
I hear you!
Where are you from? Specifically why are you leaving?
@@coppersulphate002 Hello, I come from Poland and I will return there with my family. one of the reasons is, first of all, the discrimination we face at all levels of life. the second thing is the more and more expensive living in the Netherlands, for almost 20 years the cost of living has been rising year after year not in proportion to income.
@@JUPIJIOP what part of the Netherlands were you living in?
Not all parts of the Netherlands is the same. Hence why Im curious
@@coppersulphate002 fist 2 years in Eindhoven ,later 6 years in Tilburg , last 10 years in regio Rotterdam
Pros of moving to Holland from Germany:
- You don't get persecuted if you smoke weed
- People are more open and friendlier to strangers (in my experience)
- Reactionaries like Geert Wilders don't get taken seriously
Geert is a living meme. He is my favorite reel to watch on the pooper
@@ramiharami8203 same, ''Willuh we meer of minder Marrokanen'' geweldige meme source is die geertje
I think it's great that super rich people pay more taxes and the difference between high and low pay is smaller. You might not get filthy rich, but you won't be filthy poor either. I'd rather have 10 comfortable people than 2 millionaires and 8 people struggling.
I live in The Netherlands for 31 years now, never have seen falling snow in the summer though hahaha
All you're doing is convincing me I want to move to the Netherlands.
Maybe that was my secret goal with this video haha 😆
I was born in nl but was raised in another country. I thought I would love it when I went back but it ended up being a bad decision. I can’t wait to move to another country. There are a few things that I do like but over all it’s not a country where I would want to live the rest of my life in.
Could you explain better why?
One reason not to move to the Netherlands is money. You will definitely not make big bucks here because the tax office is going to take it. Ah and if you don't like taxes then better go to a third world country, tax paradise, without roads, education and homeless people roaming around your house.
I definitely think taxes are a challenge sometimes. For example I have a small business, and I just finished my taxes for this quarter. I didn’t make so much money but I have quite a bit of taxes to pay. This makes me really sad because I’m not running a hugely profitable business and while doing that making a loss. 😅😓 At the same time, at least I’m happy the roads are clean and I can enjoy life to an extent (to make myself feel better about the taxes)
@@MakingitinHolland I think seeing taxes bad is the main problem. As long as the country is using well the money, taxes are good, because you can enjoy benefits as: safe place to live, good environment for families, good and accessible education, better health system, efficent public transport. Those things are paid with taxes. I come from a third world country and I can see why people here thinks taxes are bad. They blame taxes when the problem is corruption and a bad goverment.
@@MakingitinHolland If you have your own company and do not make much turnover, you can request an exemption for your VAT return.
Then you are cheaper than the competing companies because you do not charge VAT.
@@lukasmolenaar Yes! This is something I thought I wouldn't need. Because prior to the current situation my idea was to get an office space and make more VAT expenses. Unfortunately these didn't happen. So if I don't project a hugely profitable business for next year, I'll apply for the kleine ondernemers regeling. But of course, I hope I'll be profitable and complain less about paying VAT then :D
@@MakingitinHolland who cares....ill pay for the happiness and for the anomonity and live and let live.
I do want to say that the rainy weather isn’t all bad, I personally prefer the rainy days over how hot and humid it can get in the summer
Visited once, never again. Moving there world never even come as a thought.
Greetings from Sweden :)
Why not? 😂😂 I've traveled to both the Netherlands and Sweden and both were super expensive. But transportation was way cheaper in Sweden and it included everything in that green little transportation card. But transportation in Netherlands omg was crazy expensive!