Tag: expats

The quality of life, culture, the balance between work and leisure and the central European location, are among the main reasons for expats and foreign students to come to Amsterdam.

This group is growing, primarily due to an increase of so-called ‘free-movers’ from other countries within the European Union.

Tourists tend to rate Amsterdammers as both tolerant and helpful, but many expats have a hard time adjusting — and want to leave the city barely one year after settling here.

Now a newly-formed business coalition intends to develop initiatives that will help foreigners feel more at home in Amsterdam.