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Blogs and Articles for Expats

Blogs and articles that are nice to read if you're an expat or international
living in the Netherlands or the Leiden region.

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Expat Centre Leiden Blogs and Articles

  • 6 Reasons Why You Should Stay in the Leiden Region Over Christmas Break

    6 Reasons Why You Should Stay in the Leiden Region Over Christmas Break

  • 5 Reasons Expat Teenagers Love Living in Leiden

    5 Reasons Expat Teenagers Love Living in Leiden

  • Cultivating Hobbies in the Netherlands: Bringing a Garden Indoors

    Cultivating Hobbies in the Netherlands: Bringing a Garden Indoors

  • Interview with Co-Founder International Football Club: Football Is like an International Languageuage

    Interview with Co-Founder International Football Club: "Football Is like an International Language"

Expat Life

  • 15 Tips on how to expand your Dutch vocabulary

    15 Tips on how to expand your Dutch vocabulary

  • How to Survive Your First Trip Home as an Expat

    How to Survive Your First Trip Home as an Expat

  • 10 Things an Expat Should Do before Leaving the Netherlands

    10 Things an Expat Should Do before Leaving the Netherlands

  • Expats Share Their Top 20 Tips for Moving Abroad

    Expats Share Their Top 20 Tips for Moving Abroad

  • How to Get Dutch Citizenship

    How to Get Dutch Citizenship

  • Working in the Netherlands: 5 Things to Get You Started

    Working in the Netherlands: 5 Things to Get You Started

  • What to Do When Relocating to the Netherlands by Yourself

    What to Do When Relocating to the Netherlands by Yourself

  • Five Ways to Help Prepare Your Child for a Move Abroad

    Five Ways to Help Prepare Your Child for a Move Abroad

  • Third Culture Kids Aren’t a Triangle–They’re a Wave

    Third Culture Kids Aren’t a Triangle – They’re a Wave

  • Language

    Speaking Dutch in the Netherlands? Harder Than You Might Think..

  • Why More And More Millennials Are Choosing To Become Expats

    Why More And More Millennials Are Choosing To Become Expats

  • Making Your Life Your Own as the Expat Partner

    Making Your Life Your Own as the Expat Partner

  • 30+ Useful Dutch Apps for Expats in the Netherlands

    30+ Useful Dutch Apps for Expats in the Netherlands

The Leiden Region and the Netherlands

  • Leiden’s Not-So-Visible Oddities: Mysterious Stairways, Stone Tables and Gandalf

    Leiden’s Not-So-Visible Oddities: Mysterious Stairways, Stone Tables and Gandalf

  • A Royal Region

    A Royal Region

  • 5 Things You Have to Do When in Leiden

    5 Things You Have to Do When in Leiden

  • Leiden: The Eccentric City That’s Worth Leaving Amsterdam For

    Leiden: The Eccentric City That’s Worth Leaving Amsterdam For

  • IamExpat - 14 Best Escape Rooms in the Netherlands

    IamExpat - 14 Best Escape Rooms in the Netherlands

  • Must-Sees and Must-Dos  During Your Visit to Katwijk

    Must-Sees and Must-Dos During Your Visit to Katwijk

  • History of Leiden

    History of Leiden

  • 70 Interesting Facts About the Netherlands

    70 Interesting Facts About the Netherlands

  • Why the Netherlands Needs to Be on Every Art Lover’s List This Year

    Why the Netherlands Needs to Be on Every Art Lover’s List This Year

  • Exploring Leiden with Kids

    Exploring Leiden with Kids

  • 4 Reasons Why the Netherlands Is the Best Place to Live for Expat Families

    4 Reasons Why the Netherlands Is the Best Place to Live for Expat Families

  • 21 Best Restaurants for Dinner in Leiden

    21 Best Restaurants for Dinner in Leiden

The Dutch

  • Debunking Dutch Stereotypes

    Debunking Dutch Stereotypes

  • It’s almost summer in Dutchland… Niets nieuws onder de zon (nothing new under the sun). Now that we’re expecting sunny skies again, people will open up and become more approachable. Use this opportunity to practise the Dutch that you have been cramming du

    IamExpat - 7 Dutch Expressions About the Weather

  • Flowently - How To Speak Dutch, Tips From A Native English Speaker

    Flowently - How To Speak Dutch, Tips From A Native English Speaker

  • Dutch Quirks You Will Inevitably Encounter

    Dutch Quirks You Will Inevitably Encounter

  • The Netherlands and Dating: 6 Things About Dating the Dutch

    The Netherlands and Dating: 6 Things About Dating the Dutch

  • A Quick Guide to a Typical Year in The Netherlands

    A Quick Guide to a Typical Year in The Netherlands

  • Podcast: Why the Dutch are Different

    Podcast: Why the Dutch are Different

  • Cultural Differences: Dutch Directness and Beyond

    Cultural Differences: Dutch Directness and Beyond

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