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Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Aug 27th 2015, 9:03 am
Replies: 12
Views: 2,310
Posted By Netpon

Re: What's your experience in The Netherlands?

I've been here for a year now and whilst I agree with some of the above, I am very happy here and we are planning to stay long-term rather than the original 2 year we had planned. There are...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Jul 28th 2015, 4:14 am
Replies: 18
Views: 5,766
Posted By Netpon

Re: Single mum of 2 looking to move to NL

The work/life balance is definitely better here. I am a year in, with a 12 and 10 year old and the quality of life for them is way better. My husband's bosses tell him to go home and be with his...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Jun 4th 2015, 4:40 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,712
Posted By Netpon

Re: We have finally arrived in Arnhem - dogs

I'm in Hoek van Holland and there are signs up telling you where you can let your dogs off lead but I also find that people don't tend to take much notice!! There is a no dogs rule on the beach...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
May 20th 2015, 4:24 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,498
Posted By Netpon

Re: Buying an apartment instead of renting upon move

I would rent at first so you can get to know the areas and property styles. Dogs are generally not a problem, we got turned away from one property because of it but have rented 2 different houses...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Apr 26th 2015, 1:58 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,082
Posted By Netpon

Re: Best way to learn Dutch

I learnt French up to A Level and found that quite easy.

With Dutch it's just the sentence structure I can't get the hang of, there is a different one for every single instance 😬
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Apr 14th 2015, 7:30 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,082
Posted By Netpon

Best way to learn Dutch

I am attending a Dutch language course that is run by the Gemeente and I am struggling to get my head around the sentence structure. The whole lesson is in Dutch and we move from one topic to another...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Feb 4th 2015, 6:46 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,639
Posted By Netpon

Re: Education

Thanks for all your advice. I had also heard that the TT schools pick the cream off the top and only choose fluent dutch speakers.

There is only one TT school local to me and that is a MAVO...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Feb 2nd 2015, 3:19 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,639
Posted By Netpon

Re: Education

Wow, that's really interesting. Thanks so much for that. So she would stay with her year group if she does this course?
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Jan 30th 2015, 7:18 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,639
Posted By Netpon

Education

We moved to the Netherlands last June with my 11 and 9 year old children. Initially they both went to international schools but we moved my 9 year old to the local dutch school in November. He is...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Jan 17th 2015, 12:29 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,373
Posted By Netpon

Re: new to Netherlands!!!

I moved to Hoek van Holland last June. My son, who is now 10, was at the international school in rotterdam to start with but just didn't settle there so we moved him to a local dutch school and he is...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Oct 13th 2014, 3:31 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,156
Posted By Netpon

Re: UK cars in The Netherlands

We have a Nissan Navara twin cab pick up. Its a 57 plate but has done 156000 miles as my husband used it for work.
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Oct 7th 2014, 5:24 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,156
Posted By Netpon

Re: UK cars in The Netherlands

Ok thank you. I had read we could use it for 185 consecutive days but may have got my wires crossed!

We're trying to arrange to get it back to the UK

Thanks for your reply
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Oct 5th 2014, 7:21 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,156
Posted By Netpon

UK cars in The Netherlands

We brought our UK car with us when we moved here in June, our insurance only covered us for 3 months use abroad so we need to quite urgently sort something out with it!

We looked at Dutch...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Sep 22nd 2014, 6:19 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,044
Posted By Netpon

Re: Leaving a bike overnight in Rotterdam

Thank you, I'll have a look
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Sep 17th 2014, 8:40 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,044
Posted By Netpon

Leaving a bike overnight in Rotterdam

Hi, my 9 year old son is attending a school in Rotterdam so he has to catch the train in to Rotterdam Centraal station each day and the school is about 10 - 15 minutes walk from there. At the moment...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Aug 21st 2014, 5:35 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 8,581
Posted By Netpon

Re: Moving to the Netherlands with an almost 11 year old?

My two are going to schools that are part subsidised by the government, primary school is 3000 euros per year and senior school is 6500 for the year, so a lot cheaper than UK private education. I...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Aug 20th 2014, 8:59 am
Replies: 22
Views: 8,581
Posted By Netpon

Re: Moving to the Netherlands with an almost 11 year old?

We moved to the Netherlands in June with our 9 and 11 year old children. We have opted for an International school as we currently speak little Dutch. The Dutch senior school system was the main...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Jul 16th 2014, 7:33 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,539
Posted By Netpon

UPC - have we just been unlucky?

We arrived from the UK 6 weeks ago and got in touch with UPC to arrange for TV, Internet and Broadband to be installed (their top/most expensive package) After taking 2 weeks to get it working we've...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Jul 8th 2014, 10:25 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 880
Posted By Netpon

Re: English children in South Holland

Thank you all. I don't mind English or Dutch activities really, I just want to find some children for my two to socialise with. I'll try the library tomorrow
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Jun 22nd 2014, 8:48 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 880
Posted By Netpon

English children in South Holland

We have been in The Netherlands for 3 weeks now and my 9 year old son is really struggling and missing his friends in the UK.

Timing hasn't been great as his school here won't let him start until...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Jun 19th 2014, 12:34 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 10,535
Posted By Netpon

Re: English week at Lidl

Yes, I've tried both. As well as Action and Albert Heine
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Jun 19th 2014, 8:04 am
Replies: 16
Views: 10,535
Posted By Netpon

Re: English week at Lidl

I've been searching everywhere for a filter jug as the water here has put me off my regular cuppa (I even brought teabags with me from the UK), where can you buy them?

I went to the British shop...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Jun 14th 2014, 5:56 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 531
Posted By Netpon

Dog Boarding Kennels??

I have been searching for somewhere for my dogs to stay when we go back to the UK for a few days in July and am struggling to find any boarding kennels! There are lots of dog sitters but no kennels....
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Jun 13th 2014, 7:48 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 953
Posted By Netpon

Re: Family friendly Dutch courses

That would be great, thank you.

We are now in The Netherlands and although everyone speaks English really well, I hate not knowing the language!!
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
May 10th 2014, 9:12 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 953
Posted By Netpon

Family friendly Dutch courses

My 2 children and I will be joining my husband in the Netherlands next month. We have been having Dutch lessons and have picked up the very basics but I would like to find an intensive course for...
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