{"id":89291,"date":"2018-08-31T13:51:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T11:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=89291"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:04","slug":"how-do-i-survive-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/08\/31\/how-do-i-survive-the-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you survive… The Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Netherlands, freshmen. These could turn out to be the best years of your life (something that will actually be said about various life phases). But these years are full of typical dangers: from stress, STDs to a probable culture shock. A crash course in surviving your first year in this kikkerland:<\/em> how do you make it through unscathed?<\/p>\n

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First things first: for practical information like arranging somewhere to live, opening a bank account or getting yourself registered at the town hall, check out the guide<\/a> compiled by EUR\u2019s international office. Now that you know that, we\u2019ll walk with you one season at a time to make sure you have a smooth sailing during your first year in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n

Autumn: buy a bike and complain about the weather<\/h2>

Chances are, you arrived in Rotterdam by the end of August and got to enjoy a few days full of sunshine and summer-like temperatures. When it gets to nearly October, however, you\u2019ll be having an inner monologue that goes like: \u201cLook at that grey sky, so depressing. Why does it rain almost every day? No, it rains a couple of times a day! Sometimes the sun does peek through, but it\u2019s gone again in seconds. And why does the wind act like a first class b*tch all the time? How can I live like this? What am I getting myself into?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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