American Living in Amsterdam - Adapting to Dutch Culture
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Gabby is from the US but lives in Amsterdam in The Netherlands. She talks to Kalie from ExpatsEverywhere about how to meet people, safety, how much money you need to make to live comfortably, Amsterdam as a travel hub, jobs, and much more.
She starts off by discussing her job as a freelancer along with her husband's corporate job and what brought them to Amsterdam. She talks about different large companies there. In the middle part of the interview, we talk more about finances and life as an expat. Gabby goes into depth about salaries with expectations for singles and a family of four. She highlights how the banking system is different than America and how getting a bank account is one of the first things you should do there. She then finishes the interview with pros and cons of life as an expat in Amsterdam along with information about Amsterdam being an amazing travel hub.
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Thanks for sharing. I’m enjoying the expat interviews as well as your Portugal journey.
You're welcome. We're glad that you're enjoying all of our content.
The foundation of what we do are these informative interviews and city guides meant to be a start or a shot of courage for people looking to become an expat or simply moving from city to city.
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Thanks for this wonderful video, an interview with an expat in Amsterdam,
There is a survey by an expat network, Internations for 2020. 4 cities in Spain r in top 10 n Valencia rated on top. Singapore n Malaysia r also in d top 10.
Thank, Yasin. We appreciate it.
@@Yasin_Affandi Do you want to put that link here?
@@ExpatsEverywhere It was reported in a Malaysian local news, NST online. I will send d link later.
@@ExpatsEverywhere www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/11/645354/kl-places-8th-expat-city-ranking-2020
Cheddar cheese is sold in some supermarkets and certainly in specialized cheese stores. I live in a town of 20,000 inhabitants and I can buy cheddar at Albert Heijn supermarket, the cheese store and at the organic supermarket. I know because I use cheddar for salads and cheeseburgers. It isn’t as orange as in the States though, it’s more yellow-orange. It looks more natural. So if you look for the bright orange cheese in the cheese section, you could miss it. I know the cheese section in a supermarket is huge in The Netherlands, so you must take your time to search, because it is a niche cheese over here.
Great, detailed comment!
Love the video, very informative, just a question. An apple laptop bought in the USA can be repaired in the Apple store in Amsterdam NL? Thank you.
When I relocate to Portugal, I will certainly visit Amsterdam. Interesting she moved from PDX. Portland Oregon is great. But maybe it got too popular.
The job offer they received was really enticing.
Portland great? Sorry but all the homeless nightmare in your face omg all over the place.
I've considered Amsterdam to relocate/retire, seriously a cool city with amazing people.
I'd reconsider... Housing all over the Netherlands is becoming unaffordable due to fugitives and immigrants. On top of that authorities are prioritising the housing of fugitives, forcing Dutch citizens to postpone their plans of renting a house and settling down. It does not take a lot of imagination to know that right wing political parties will point out that Dutch people are being discriminated and that's why all foreigners should leave the country.
Seeing how a growing number of idiots is believing all kinds of conspiracy theories, I seriously doubt if the Netherlands will be a welcoming place for foreigners in the near future.
Co pay per person is 385 euros maximum per year for medication and specialist. Huisarts ( GP) has no co payment.
Groceries for one person and for a whole week ONLY 25 Euro? Sorry; more like minimum of 65 to 70 for basic things.
To live comfortably (a very subjective standard) for one person: sure 35K net (!!) is good, which means say 50K gross per year. This includes the mandatory 8% vacation money, medical health insurance, income taxes. For a family, well that depends a lot on the age of the children, college and uni are affordable but not free. Lucky many part time jobs available for a partner. Total family income for comfy living...70-80K gross/annum is a good starting point.
I have a old 1925 fhisingshouse, in Spakenburg (40 minuten) for Amsterdam.
For €640,- Ex. And every maand, i get tacks back. Arond €200,-.
If you not live in amsterdam, life is less expensive.
True story.
@Jordie Cruyff thanks for the comment and context you provided. Also, strong last name 💪
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Expat = immigrant