What is Reddit's opinion of The Undutchables: An Observation of the Netherlands, Its Culture and Its Inhabitants?

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Fluent for me means without Dutch accent. Plus I probably use a ton of "undutchables" - Dutch expressions directly translated to English. But I can say most of what I want to say.

Gonna be honest with you OP, I have lived all my live (27) in the Netherlands and in Amsterdam (bijlmer area) as a native Dutch from Dutch descent.

There will always be dumb and ignorant people, sadly they got a racist representative in politics (Geert Wilders), whom I have strong opinions on.

But luckily for you Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague, and Utrecht (a combined area known as the Randstad) is super multi cultural, and more open minded on a whole.

As long as you try to integrate into dutch society and respect everyone's culture, roots, etc you will absolutely love it here.

May I recommend you the book "The Undutchables: An Observation of the Netherlands, Its Culture and Its Inhabitants" it is a great read, funny, and very insightful into our weird and quirky cultural norms, values, and habits.

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Undutchables-Observation-Netherlands-Culture-Inhabitants/dp/188858047X

Ps: always happy to make new friends, so pm me if you want to know some of the best restaurants in town. ☺️

Ah, good for you! Where/What are you studying?

Few things:

1. You should be able to pick up the language fairly quick, probably in 3-4 months you can get pretty good. When Im there, I start to hear Dutch better after about 3-4 weks.
2. I find Dutch children's shows to be handy in learning Dutch as I need the audio/visual aspect. Search YouTube for Nijntje, Jip en Janneke, Kikker en Vriendjes, and Kabouter Plop.
3. The Dutch like to show off their knowledge of English, and will probably switch to English automatically. It is difficult when you want to learn. So I suggest to try and keep going in Dutch if you can, rather the letting them switch, especially when shopping or so.
4. If you have no visited NL before, you may want to look for the book, The UnDutchables. It is a parody book, but does give you a bit of culture as well.
5. I pirated Rosetta Stone and found that super helpful as well. So, maybe go for that as well.

EDIT: Added #5

The UnDutchables: an observation of the netherlands, its culture and its inhabitants

Yeah odd bunch. great book if you enjoy reading.