In the category Editor's Pick you will find a growing collection of articles which were originally published in The XPat Journal. The XPat Journal ® is the premier English-language magazine for expatriates living in the Netherlands and has been in publication since 1998. The quarterly magazine guarantees high-quality and timely editorial content, articles and interviews covering a variety of topics such as Dutch culture, legal and financial issues, international education, expat management, housing and health care. Those of you who are considering building a new life in the Netherlands or are already settled here will surely benefit from the local knowledge we share through these articles. So feel free to browse through this archive and make yourself more familiar with the ins and outs of the Low Countries.





It was the summer of 2001, when we moved to the Netherlands. So far, I had lived my entire life on a tiny Island in the Caribbean Sea. A tiny, hot Island. And then we moved here: Dutchieland. The land of the windmills, the wooden shoes, the tulips, the legal marijuana, the prostitutes and the …
