Guides
Relocation guides for the Netherlands
Practical, data-based guides to moving to and living in Dutch cities: neighbourhoods, housing, cost and settling in.
Registration within 5 days, health insurance within 4 months, DigiD and your driving licence: the first steps, with their sources.
Maestro is on its way out: which debit card Dutch banks now issue, why credit cards can be refused, and how people pay.
Which banks let you start without a BSN, what a basic account costs, the card you get, and what to do if a bank says no.
Three networks, many brands: what a Dutch SIM runs on, how contracts and number porting work, and antenna sites in 17 cities.
Cable, copper or fibre: how to check what a Dutch address gets, what contracts allow, and how far fibre reaches in 17 cities.
What the WOZ value is, how to look it up and object to it, how it counts in your rent, and what it is in 17 Dutch cities.
What moving to the Netherlands involves: housing, cost, work, and choosing where to live.
What moving to Amsterdam really involves: neighbourhoods, housing costs, and choosing where to live.
What moving to Rotterdam involves: neighbourhoods, housing, and choosing where to live.
What moving to The Hague involves: neighbourhoods, housing, and choosing where to live.
What moving to Utrecht involves: neighbourhoods, housing, and choosing where to live.
What moving to Eindhoven involves: neighbourhoods, housing, and choosing where to live.
What changes when you move from the US to the Netherlands, and where Americans tend to live.
What changes when you move from the UK to the Netherlands, and where Brits tend to live.