Anyone living in Amsterdam?

FakePie

How is it?

How do you find the people, culture etc??

I understand it's heavily multicultural.

Nightlife?

Thinking of going there to study.

How is it finding accommodation?

redcup342

FakePie wrote: »

How is it?

How do you find the people, culture etc??

I understand it's heavily multicultural.

Nightlife?

Thinking of going there to study.

How is it finding accommodation?

Great City, Dutch are a bit more closed than the Irish

It is heavily multi cultural, big Turkish Population but Amsterdam has expats from all over the world.

You could party for 3 days without going to bed if you wanted in Amsterdam

Foreign Students don't have the same benefits as local ones, you can't get the DUO Grant or Public Transport pass for example.

Accommodation is expensive

zweton

is it as hard to find accom there as it is here in ireland?

redcup342

zweton wrote: »

is it as hard to find accom there as it is here in ireland?

How long is a piece of string .. Dublin you can find accommodation if you are willing to pay for it.

Same as Amsterdam

zweton

but in gereral are things as bad as dublin? whats the best rental site for amsterdam?

redcup342

zweton wrote: »

but in gereral are things as bad as dublin? whats the best rental site for amsterdam?

You want an NVM Bonded Makelaar (Estate Agent)

All of the listing can be found on:
https://www.funda.nl/huur/

The quality of accommodation is better but renting unfurnished is more common, furnished accommodation is quite expensive, rule of thumb is if you plan to stay more than a year go for unfurnished.

zweton

any recommendations on nice towns outside amsterdam (within 30 mins) that would be commutable for work in the city? presumably rent would be a bit cheaper too.

redcup342

zweton wrote: »

any recommendations on nice towns outside amsterdam (within 30 mins) that would be commutable for work in the city? presumably rent would be a bit cheaper too.

Haarlem or Zaandam are nice, although any saving on rent would be wiped out by the Public Transport costs

zweton

cheers both seem nice. Would you have a preference? Would be looking to flat share initially if i go over, anything similar to daft for this sort of stuff?

elefant

zweton wrote: »

cheers both seem nice. Would you have a preference? Would be looking to flat share initially if i go over, anything similar to daft for this sort of stuff?

https://kamernet.nl/

freeze4real

Hello guys,


I flirting with the idea of moving to amsterdam myelf. I'm work in a sprecilised area in finance. How do one go about finding a job? I've applied to quite aa few on linkedln and added my cv to some recruitment agencies but no replies.