5 downsides of living in the Netherlands | Life in the Netherlands | Murat Eren | 2021 

Hi all, seeing all these comments from people that completely misunderstood my video, here's an explanation. I'm extremely happy living in the Netherlands. I also made a video about the pros of living in the Netherlands, but no one watched that one. People want to focus on the negative. I only made this video to say what I don't like about the NL, but that doesn't mean I don't like the country at all. I love living here and I'm so grateful. And no, I'M NOT GOING BACK TO MY COUNTRY! If anyone feels the need to feed their ego, watch my video about why you should live in the NL. For the ones that are considering moving, if any of these points are crucial for you, maybe you should consider another place. For me, the pros are a lot higher and these points are not a big deal, that's why I chose to come and stay here. Thank you. 🙏

I am Dutch and I can agree with your 5 points. I won't add a 'but', because I can imagine that for a lot of other countries a list of negative points can be way worse. So I count my blessings.

Thanks Murat I checked out your other videos and I can honestly say that every video is fun and full of experience and knowledge.Thank you for being out there and sharing your thoughts about living in Netherlands,it really helps people who are planning to move there

Thanks for talking about these issues, many people just don’t talk about them. Been here for over two years and I love Netherlands but I agree with your points especially on the fact that relationships with others being quite superficial.

"you guys are gonna hate me for this, but the weather sucks" no Im pretty sure most of us 100% agree with this

There is also a HUGE discrimination against non Dutch speakers when trying to find a place to rent. I remember calling the Real Estate in English and they said there was no more viewings available. Then my boyfriend called them in Dutch and booooom, all of a sudden, they had free space. Such JERKS!

Having lived in London I can see many similarities between the UK and Dutch culture based on what you described in your video. Guess there is no such thing as the perfect place, we just need to set priorities when choosing where to live. Thanks for sharing Murat

Totally agree with what you said. I am from Tunisia and I got the same type of micro aggressions. I can understand that it can be due to clumsiness sometimes. I think it is great that you are spreading awareness on this for future expats/international students. It was also very surprising to me to see how people over plan for literally anything here. It has its good sides, but spontaneity has a lot of good things to bring in life :)

As a Dutchie I agree with all points. Anecdotal: I had colleagues in Istanbul, one funny difference is Dutchies always check the "rain alert"-app to see whether they can cycle somewhere. Turkish colleagues (in Istanbul) were always checking the traffic-app; "what route do I need to take to get home in this crazy traffic" :-D

I've been living in Rotterdam for several months, and coming from a very different country like Italy, I needed some time to adapt. Finding accommodation it's quite annoying too, and the bureaucracy sometimes can be kind of tricky, especially for foreigners. As more than 50% of the people here was born abroad, the general attitude is kind of varied :D more than sometimes it has been quite easy to hear stereotypes about the Italian people and the idea we work and live in a "chilling" way, like we are living on holiday (trust me we DON'T). However I try not to bother too much :)

Thank you for this video. I am planning to move to this Netherlands and you're helping me take a more informed decision.

This was very helpful, thank you and please keep us posted with more videos about Amsterdam/ The Netherlands/ culture/ worklife etc..

the part about the taxes is not entirely true, yes we pay high taxes here in the Netherlands but what you get in return for that is way better compared to the rest of most of the 1st world. our school system is one of the best, our infrastructure and roads is of the safest en best in the world. health care is also among the best in the world, and the best part is that it is available for everyone and you wont be 100000 euro's in debt afterwards. so yes we pay more taxes compared to most country's but we get way more in return for it.

I really appreciate this video. There's a million videos about how great living in the Netherlands is, and I don't doubt it's great, I just want to get a better picture of what it is I would be getting myself into. I think your video does a great job of providing some more perspective. Thanks!

Your English is quite enjoyable to listen to. I don't speak Turkish so I'd prefer videos in English. ^^

Thanks for all the info on this video, It really helps me to get to know what to encounter once I move :D

Loved the video! Yes, I hope you'll make more videos speaking English. Thanks for the honest content!

I'm Dutch, I totally agree with all points. I think the microaggressions are very real, and something that Dutch people will hopefully become more sensitive about in the future. I think part of this however is Dutch directness and bluntness. Of course this does not explain the racist undertones, but I do think a lot of these questions are genuine curiosity. I know plenty of Dutch people who have no non-Dutch friends. And they have no clue how other cultures work, or what other people's worlds look like. And in Dutch culture it's generally acceptable to ask questions like this to people who live different lives to yours. Vegans are asked if they don't miss meat, Christians are asked if they don't have sex before marriage etc. even when you meet people for the first or second time. I'm definitely not saying there is no racism in questions like this, or that your experience being on the receiving end of these is not real. I'm just trying to say that Dutch directness might be part of the equation here and can be very hard to get used to if you're not Dutch. Because it lays prejudices bare and puts them in the open. I do think it's also a chance to get rid of those prejudices, and it's also perfectly acceptable to tell people that that was a pretty personal question, or confront them with their racism. "Dutch Americano" has a good video about the topic. As an aside, the comments about Moroccans or cleaning toilets have absolutely nothing to do with Dutch directness, and are just super fucking racist. Fuck those people. I'm sorry that happened and I seriously hope we get better at this as a country. Those people need to be called out publicly and confronted with their racist views.

I hate the small talks, just leave me alone on monday morning, don't ask me about my weekend XD

If you look within Amsterdam, yes, it's probably ridiculously hard to find an apartment, but I have a lot of friends from many cultures and countries and I noticed that a common mistake to make is to think the ONLY viable places to live is in the city itself (or it's outskirts). The biggest difference with many other countries is that most countries have bigger cities and less many big cities compared to their country's size. So there, to get a proper job, everyone has to live very close to the big cities. In the Netherlands however, even though there are much less people living here, we live on a way smaller surface area, making many places (as long as it's in the so-called "Randstad") very densely lived. So DO NOT only search in Amsterdam! The amazing public transport/train system can give you a smooth travel to Amsterdam while you can live in a just as dense and lively city that is relatively close to Amsterdam in travel-time. I am talking about Rotterdam, Gouda, Leiden, Utrecht, The Hague. From Rotterdam Central Station to Amsterdam Central Station is a high speed line and you can be from one station to another in less than 40 minutes.(and Rotterdam is comparatively quite far from Amsterdam than some other cities) The trains are comfy and relatively reliable and many jobs compensate your travel costs. Small country = better infrastructure. Roads, rails, highways AND bicycle paths. Most people go by train, take a rental bike and bike the last 10 minutes in Amsterdam to their office. We might have too much rain :) But we don't have: Tornadoes, Tsunami's, Sandstorms, Volcano's, Forrest fires, Earthquakes, Snow storms, Blizzard storms and (almost) no dangerous animals. Basically the only nature disaster you might die off, is some mediocre flooding due to rain fall, but we tackled that problem 70 years ago already and now being flooded is quite a miracle. Bummer... x) But I prefer that 'a little too much rain', if you don't mind. Side note: I am living in Berlin, Germany atm and I had a terrible time finding an apartement there. We had an German speaking person we paid to find an apartment and come with us on visits for translation and still it took us over 6 months and, I kid you not, about 100 viewings of apartments. This lack-of-apartments problem is in all major cities in western EU and is BY FAR not unique to Amsterdam. The difference is, if we wanted to have a good connection to my husbands office, he has to travel an hour to get in Berlin and then another 45 minutes to anywhere INSIDE Berlin. Because no matter how lovely their Public Transport; The city is just too big to get anywhere in a reasonable amount of time, without living in at least the outskirts of the city. A stark contrast to all my experiences in NL, because everything is smaller and much more manageable.

Thanks Murat for the video! As someone with dutch ancestry living in South Africa, I plan to move to the Netherlands after graduating from college. Knowing why not to move is so much more important than knowing why to move. A lot of videos are made by people who have only stayed there for a short while and only lived in Amsterdam or other major cities.

i lived in netherlands for 3 years , i know people face racism microaggression as you say which is very unfortunate , so i just want to light up with one of the incident that made my day in past so i was new, and i was at the bus stop waited for 20 mints or so and there was no bus in sight . there was this very old man he didn't know english but he did not give up until i understood that at that particular stop (very remote place) the last bus was already gone , he used hand gestures also the picture board to point out that :D it was so sweet

Love this vlog!😍

Really good video :) dropped like

Yes, its is raining a lot in my country, but my country is very green, and that is because of the rain, so i prefer the rain.

I hate smalltalk to... but as I am a very grumpy sarcastic person nobody tries to chat smalltalk to me anymore... I love it

Informative video! Thanks.

Thank you Murat! Very informative and one of the best videos here about living in a new country. And, I agree with others your voice and facial expression are enjoyable. Lively but not over-active. And you showed your emotion in a controlled way when you really have it, which is rare and adds feelings of reality and personality. You also made me reflect that I might not be considerate enough when I talked to people from another culture.

Wow. I really liked this video. You spoke with a lot of honesty. Thanks!

I expected some hard to deal with things, but, literally everything in this video is the same or better than where I live. Guess I know where I'm moving!

Nice video. I feel I would get on well with you Murat. I was born and live in London but I have an interview coming up for a job in Amsterdam which is why I'm watching this. Interesting points.

Very sophisticated person, I like your video a lot. All I can say that, Have a pleasent summer, Man 🙌🏻

I feel you! 😄

Thank you, for doing it in English and not in Turkish (or Dutch), this way I and a much more diverse group can understand and participate, thank you. This is your first video in my algorithm, and *I agree there are "disadvantages" thank you for pointing them out, and talking about them.* (I am Dutch, from Limburg, down in the South the not flat part of the Netherlands.) 1 Weather; I agree; cold, gray and rain, but things have been changing. We might not have the white winters and "elfstedentochten" but we did have them at one point in our history. I remember snow and white winters as a small child. My parents and grandparents had different winters then I did, etc. Also it depends on the locations in the Netherlands with temperatures, because of climate. Coastal vs non-coastal. The south is almost always warmest in the summers. Add to that climate changes. In Limburg it was 30+ degrees past week, it is only June. Agree 15 - 25+ degrees used to be more "normal" average temperatures for spring/summer, but that hasn't happened in years by now. Seasons we have, we have the trees indicators of that most. But then you probably need a setting more in or surrounded by nature. I hear you mentioning Amsterdam, for instance. 2 Social: True. Generally speaking, this is true. There are some friends or family members that might have a less "planned" structure, but then that is part of the "loosely" planned structure. Everything is structured like that here, basically. We plan ahead. Shallow, work conversations true; I fully agree, also depending on the workplace, and work culture. For instance the hairdresser; I've worked at them, these are more social places, but it depends on the customer. One can get to be on a very close and friendly basis, talking about their lives. But more "manly" cultures are a lot harsher, I have problems dealing with them as well. I understand what you are saying. Night life; weather is different, climate is different. Drinking in public area is restricted, limited. But then if you don't litter, or become annoying or bothersome, we are flexible up to a certain point. 3 Small country: limited options & expenses; Taxes are a good thing, it could be more fair, this also pays for social benefits etc. Housing shortage, agree, Amsterdam, yes. But as said I am not from Holland, I'm from Limburg and there are differences. In my opinion there is a lot of diversity in the Netherlands. But there is not a lot of mixing and deep (positive) interaction. And our system used to be more social and less capitalistic as it is now days. 4 Micro aggressions: True this is here as well. But in my experience this goes both ways. I think I understand the dynamics in this, and yes this happens. Also this happens full on in you face and in the open, but on a lesser scale. As a homosexual I know this happens both ways. I experience it, also by some migrants if they are religious Islamic. But then also all Dutch Christians are not of the right faith. (This is also not limited to Islam, but other Abrahamic religions. And depending on their sect or branch within this.) There is a homosexual imam, this is a no go to say. Even if it is fact. We then can debate on what an Imam is etc. and the religious aspects etc. But that is not the point, and it is, at the same time to point out this goes both ways. And I see and hear what you talk about. Towards immigrants and other minorities, it all stems from the same root. And I notice them not having awareness on both sides this is happening and taking place. Dutch girls called and treated like whores, because cultural differences. Abuse, etc. polygamy even if it is illegal in the Netherlands, this also happens, homophobia happens, Islam-phobia happens, racism happens, etc. These are hard truths, and it's both ways. WE all have dark shadow sides to us and our histories and cultures and traditions.

Great video just what am looking for👍🏾

Emeğine sağlık dostum. Güzel bir video olmuş. Eleştirilerin olması gayet doğal. Ki zaten herkesin bildiği konular. Her ülkenin olumlu ve olumsuz yönleri var bunu her yaştan insanın bilmesi gerekiyor başarılar 🙏🏼

As a Eastern European woman I can relate to your last point. If you are not from Western European country, or USA, Canada etc. you are going to get lot of comments about your country and people. "Do you have elevators in your country?" "Do you have butter in your country?" " She is not actually white"( with my blond hair and green eyes) meaning probably "not right kind of white" :))) - there is lot of ignorance mixed with arrogance, and actually quite a lot of racism. A friend got black grandchild and discovered it, while walking with the baby. She was in shock from comments that she got on streets of Amsterdam. But, it could be worst. Like Denmark or Ukraine, or Hungary. Those are hard core racists.

Günaydin Murat, (Yes, no, I'm not Turkish myself. I just know one or two words.:)) The weather is the weather. I haven't seen a good winter, spring or summer since 2008. It's mostly always autumn. That is not something we can do anything about, YET. But when a machine is invented to change the weather, you can bet your life that the inventor will be Dutch. Because we find our weather rather boring too! If you live in Amsterdam, you''re not living in the Netherlands. Amsterdam is the most expensive place in the Netherlands to live, because there are so many people there, and many of them are foreigners. THAT is why buying or renting a house, studio, apartment or even just a room, is extremely expensive in Amsterdam. But the further you go away from that place, the better it gets. Speaking English, or Turkish or ANY other language is fine as long as you stay in Amsterdam, but it will invariably brand you as an outsider. And there are so many outsiders in Amsterdam, that even the Dutch people will often speak English, because that's easier. But if you move away from Amsterdam, you'll find less and less foreigners, and Dutch people speak Dutch. So you will need to speak Dutch as well. And THAT will make it a lot easier to make friends. I know people here in Leeuwarden, who have their roots in Turkey, Morocco, China and other places, some of which speak better Frisian than I. You only hear those people speak their native language amongst themselves. These people have Dutch friends, because they've integrated with the Dutch culture a little more than anyone will ever expect from anyone who lives in Amsterdam. Making friends is not something the Dutch do at work. The people we work with ar just co-workers, colleagues, acquaintances. Which means that all conversations will be shallow surface talk, not very deep and intimate. Friends are people that you have a lot in common with OUTSIDE work or school. Hobbies, for example. Go to a fitness center, or go do some team sport to make friends. You may have lived in Amsterdam for the past 9 years, my friend, but you know very little about living in the Netherlands yet. I myself would not want to live in Amsterdam, because it is too crowded, and too big, and too expensive. I would rather move anywhere else.

I plan on travelling to the uk one day. Always good to watch videos of all aspects the more you know…. You know

Can someone please tell me how does the Netherlands compared to Canada and / or Australia?

Omggg I really did I agree in the 5th part

Move to the most southern part of the Netherlands (Limburg). Its much more relaxed there and the weather is a bit better :-)

the first point is amazing just cold and rain like uk weather... perfect

thanks for good vibes ☮️

I remember my flatmate and I found a great place by oosterpark and I mentioned this to a Dutch "friend" who said, oh, but wait, there are lots of immigrants there... I said.. well, yes, I am well. The friend responded... oh, but you are different. In other words, being white meant I was the right type of immigrant. But this type of thing happened to me in Berlin when I lived there for a bit. I got told numerous times how I was taking jobs... so little things like that bothered me. I come from an immigrant country, so that attitude is quite foreign to me. If you work and are supporting yourself, you are welcome where ever...

I’m Dutch (born and raised) and I think you were very polite. I think there is a lot of racism and xenophobia in the Netherlands. A lot of misogyny as well, and I can know, I’m a woman. Dutch are very ignorant about themselves and their culture. Not really self reflective because we lack openness, like you said. Then people ACT like everything is fine and dandy, but problems are just hidden and not talked about. Just start about Zwarte Piet, and then all hell breaks lose. You see what I mean..? Just don’t tell the other Dutch, It will upset them and they will blame you for their own foolishness 😉

Loved it always

Thank you for making this video

Çok güzel anlatmışsın, son maddeyi hep hissedeceksin. Hollanda’da büyüdüm, son 6 yıldır Brüksel’de yaşıyorum ve burada ayrım yok, çok kültürel bir şehir. Tavsiye ederim

Number 4; about the houses in Amsterdam, i'll explain it as good as i can: Amsterdam is the capital of the country which makes the houses already more expensive, then Amsterdam is part of the "randstad" that makes it more expensive too, so you better can buy a house in a place close to Amsterdam, but not actually in Amsterdam and you're saving a lot of money.

Thanks for the videos in English. I GREATLY appreciate it. It's very educational for me. Thanks for sharing.

I can relate to the micro-agressions that you mention. I spent quite a sizeable portion of my working life in Germany, and returned to the NL about ten years ago. The thing is, I'm somewhat of a cultural sponge, so my Dutch had gotten quite Germanic at that point and I was more than a little shocked by the inferences people made, constantly. I'm not saying it would happen if the situation were reversed, but it was something of a waking-up moment from my very Dutch self-complacency.

Murat, I'm a Dutchman and because of the Corona virus I'm still abroad against my will. But seeing your video I think I can change your mind about the Netherlands. As soon I am back I want to invite you and let you see another side of the Netherlands you maybe haven't seen. And I am sure you will change your mind. I'm looking forward to that.

Thank you so much for this. I would really love to find someone and move there. It's beautiful and has a lot going for it but these are all good to know. Not stuff u really pick up on a holiday there

love the shelf in the background

It's my first time watching your videoooo you're so cute hahaha the way you speak English is too good!

The first three "cons" are actaully pros in my opinion heh... And the fourth one doesn't really apply to me because living costs in my home country is higher or about the same level. However, the fifth one is definitely a con and I think it is, sadly, quite common in general in the world

I'm kind of surprised you didn't mention the health system 😅 I agree with most points, I correlate with the last point, one Dutch girl at uni once told me "stop eating the olives by hand, we are not in Greece" and I said to her "yeah, you know we also use forks in Greece" and she said "oh, I didn't mean it like that" obviously I told her I know exactly what you meant!🤣 still I have good Dutch friends and a Dutch partner, but I don't know many internationals unfortunately, maybe in the future!

I did the unplanned visits a lot with my friends in the Netherlands, not sure if that has changed since I left?

Hello from Seattle. Yes the weather there is the same as Seattle for the most part. At least we have the mountains and lots of hiking in forests. I agree very much with everything your saying. Especially the chit chat small talk stuff. Keep your. Ideas in English. I’m thinking of moving there so I’m getting all the information I can pro and con.

Researches conducted by separate institutions showed that the candidates who have Turkish surnames were less likely to be called for a job interview, even if they are as qualified as other applicants. I think racism problem in Netherlands is much bigger than some ignorant people name-calling foreigners. Not to mention other instances such as the police commenting "One less Turk" upon a death of a Turkish girl.

I am Dutch but spent about two decades outside of NL and recognise a lot of your point. I migrated back 3 years ago and yeah the planning in life, "micro agression" or no filter as I call can be very annoying, size of the country... Well is it a country or a city. Dutch directness is difficult for many who are not Dutch. People just make statements without any filters (often). As for turkey spent a lot of time working in instanbul and did experience snow over there

the weather sounds perfect! planning things sounds dreadful but i could learn to get used to it. not the biggest fan of it being super expensive or the housing situation though. didn’t know about the microaggression, but i’m used to that anyway. i think the netherlands sounds like a great place to live. : ) i can’t move there though... but maybe one day!

Super good video! Im considering for moving to the Netherlands and even thats the title is shouldn't I still suits me very good.. So thanks for that 😊

Amsterdam is very expensive - 1200 for a studio Me in Dublin sipping my pint of Guinness from a 1800/month studio

Hi, I am living in the Netherlands for the past 2 1/2 years as an ex-pat I too agree with what you said , especially the climate here really sucks..sorry to say but it is, and the last point I too noticed about it directly from dutch people and it is not only for Turkish, Moroccan, I too experienced it personally, got up these question like why do come out of your country, don't you miss your family, what reason you stay to earn money ???? How do you know about dutch people ??? How long you are going to stay???..OMG!!!. I love this country but I agree with your 5 downsides.

Nice selection of whiskey behind you. Particularly Glendalough. As an Irish man I have to say it’s underrated. Has a heavy corn bill leading to a very sweet almost bourbon flavour.

👍Great video Murat , thank you for sharing your honest opinion. It does picture pretty much what to expect in Amsterdam. Insane the rent /living . Would you think in terms of accommodation cost in Eindhoven is a very different history € any advice from you will be very helpful ? Regards from London.

I am Dutch and I think I get what you mean by 'microagressions'. Obviously the ones you mentioned were actually quite bad and blatant, but in my head I can "see" even smaller ones happening. I hate it when that happens because these microaggressions are often so subtle that it's actually difficult for me to say something about it, to step in and defend the foreign person. When you can't quite tell whether it was insulting or not, or you can't quite find the words to explain why it's offensive, it's hard! I've lived abroad, so maybe that's why I am a bit more sensitive to this issue? I think a lot of Dutch people, for all our internationalism (people coming here but we also travel a lot), have little experience being the outsider. One thing that I hypothesize happens/goes wrong, is that in Dutch culture, some people have this weird thing that by making a mildly offensive joke about you, they signal that you are good friends. Because if you aren't good friends you wouldn't be permitted to make jokes at each others' expense. So this could be a joke linking to your country or culture. However, a lot of Dutch people somehow don't have the sensitivity that if someone is already the outsider this will not feel inclusive at all. This will secretly hurt. They don't think they need to adjust/tone down this behavior, but they really should when the other person may come from a different culture. Sometimes I want to say to my fellow Dutchmen "you don't *have* to say these so-called funny things that come into your head". Also, I don't think most Dutch people realize how bad they themselves handle jokes or a little bit of criticism as in this video about Dutch culture. (NB: I don't say this to make excuses for Dutch people by explaining it away as a cultural difference; I just try to understand why they do it and why they can't see how it's hurtful)

How can the weather suck? I love it. I HATE hot humid weather . I live in India and its torture summers are mad I visited TN in December and I loved the cold. Plus it's to each his/her own. I love rainy weather, dark skies, hate the sun. So its upto each individual. Moreover I hate it when people call the last minute to "make plans." I block my dates and plan my calender even here for a month. That's called planning esp if you have a consistent work or studied. I think being organized is a good thing.

You got the social aspects on point

Hey I have planned move to Netherland and this video is really helpful. Thanks

Born and raised here, I totally get all your points. People can get quite nasty sometimes, just like the weather its not intentional haha.

Everything Murat says is 100% reasonable and zero% outright BS. Good job!

Great video! Watching from Texas, only know English so far so thank you for this version

You are extremely kind in your remarks, especially in the last part.

You NAILED it !!!

the second one is so not true, almost every time i meet up with my friends it’s spontaneous

Totally agree with you👏🏽

I just applied for studies there and never knew this. thank you

1. True 2. Really depends on the people you know. There are plenty of people I know that do just call a buddy and go out for a drink 5 minutes later. Honestly not sure what the trend is here -- or if there even is one. Maybe this is a trend among expats and the people that live around there? I'm not sure. My only suggestion here would be: try some different social circles. There are plenty of people in here the Netherlands that don't live their life planned and structured. About the small talk: I agree. It's really annoying -- and I was born in the Netherlands. You can get more depth in some places and in some circles, though I agree that the overall trend is that most social interaction in the workplace is pretty shallow (and annoying). 3. I don't really see the issue here. I for one highly doubt you'll have trouble finding friend, because you ran out of people. There is also plenty of jobs and job opportunities imo. Housing can be a bit difficult atm though, but that is due to mismanagement by the government. 4. Mostly true. Don't really want to get into a discussion about taxes though. Taxes are there for a reason and also give something back. Housing is pretty bad atm though (again, due to missmanagement). Food on the other hand is pretty cheap when compared to other EU countries. Besides the housing issue(whiich is pretty important), it honestly isn't so bad when compared to other EU countries. 5. Some of those examples are blatantly racist, while others are things any foreigner has to hear any most countries(at least in my experience), and I don't see them as an issue. I've heard things like: "how come your English is so good" plenty of times -- which imo isn't a problem at all. Most of the other things I haven't heard ever. So unsure how big of an issue this is really.

Haha the planning and being indoors and the small country part are pros for me 😂 I'm a sad sad person.

Hey Can I know where did you buy your sweater ? It looks damn good !!

I'm moving from New Zealand and we only have 4M people lol 17 seems huge from my perspective! Great Video dude!

Well Netherland is nice but Turkey)))is such a cool place)) I have been to Marmaris lately...such a paradise

That was the reason I left Netherlands after 15 years west my time in the Netherlands I am now in London much better feeling and freedom but yes every country has own negative and positive

Thankyou for sharing 😊 and now I become your subscriber ☺ keep bloging 😄🤗

Güzel taktik :) Thanks for video!

You can hardly survive without a side hustle 😂

I agree 100% with all you've said in this video. I am living here and these are also the hardest points for me.

I mostly agree with this video. One thing I do want to say about the social experiance. I think it depends a lot on who your friends are and possebly where you live. I regularly call friends to ask if they have time for a visitor, or to do something together right now. Or, more likely, wthin an hour or so. And to the point of cost. Yes, Amsterdam is expensive. Groningen, for instance, a lot less so. A studio or smaller appartment will cost you half or less, compared to Amsterdam. And that's something really important. Don't focus on amterdam or the "randstad" to much. There is so much more to our little dot on the globe.

I don't know where you were during the last three summers, but these were the most hottest and consistent summers I've witnessed. Which makes for an enjoyable experience. Other than that, you're pretty spot on.

Sounds like a perfect place to live to me.

I have been in Netherlands twice for 2 months and I love Netherlands. I want to spend my whole life there. I wish I can do that 😍

Dutch are friendliest and willing to talk and listen..i live in the border of Germany and Netherlands and Im very happy living here when i just came bcoz they are willing to help and everywhere i go just like Supermarkets and everything document related i can go alone without my husband unlike in Germany im always hesitated although o can speak good german..

It is kind of funny hoe foreigners can react quite differently about the Dutch weather. I once met an Italian in that country and he told me how pleasently amazed he was with the fact that in the Netherlands you could get to your hotel when the sun was radiantly shining without a cloud in sight and five minutes later you had to use an umbrella to avoid getting soaking wet. He loved that. I had a friend who was born and raised in Australia and married a Dutch man, came to live in the Netherlands and she often said how she loved the change of seasons here so much that she never wanted to live in her native country again coz here she felt so much more alive here. The first few years, she couldn't stop buying warm sweaters coz in Australia people wear the same summer clothing all year long.

those problems sounds great when u compare it with Austria XD

I never heard the "microagresion" part

Hoi Murat. I partially agree with your reasons. However I don't recognize nr.2 in my own surrounding. I can visit everyone (of my friends) any time I want to, day or night. When you're talking about people who are not relatives or friends you maybe right, but I think that's also the case in other countries. I also don't agree with nr.3. We live in a small country which makes it easier to get to know new friends. My wife lives in Italy which means you have to travel for hours to visit friends and relatives. In Holland you can travel the wole country in 4 hours(?) maybe less. Nr 5 is a subject that emerged the last 20 years or so. Since the start of Social media we didn't pay to much attention to the lack of social communication that followed. We met "friends" online and all of a sudden we connected with hundreds of virtual friends which all agreed with everything you 'stand' for. This is logical because FB, YT and other media will automatically connect you with people that share the same interest. This means the world will appear more one-sighted than people are in real life. This is causing diversity and tension between people which is fed by people who benefit from it. Compliments for your video and fortunately we agree about one thing that sucks in The Netherlands... the weather :-(( Stay safe, behave and be brave Murat :-)

It seems like it’s always the afternoon in the Netherlands. But I miss the bicycle culture and all the great Turkish pizza parlors.