Amstel Dutch

Feeling Dutch yet? 🇳🇱

Swipe through and count your score:
0-3: Still warming up (and probably still complaining about the weather)
4-6: Getting there! Your Dutch friends are impressed 7-9: Congratulations, you’ve earned your right to complain about tourists blocking the bike path 🚴

Drop your score in the comments 👇
And tell us: which one took you the longest to adopt?

(Bonus point if you’ve ever said “lekker” as a complete sentence)

The Dutch language glow-up, in stages:

📈 Month 1: “HAL-lo?”
📈 Month 3: “Hoi! Hoe gaat het?” (slow but sweet)
📈 Month 6: “Goeiemorgen!” – with swagger
📈 Year 1: Complaining about the weather like a local
📈 Year 2: Fluent in sarcasm and small talk
📈 Year 5: Correcting other expats, unironically

Drop your current stage below 👇

Feestdagen in Nederland: come for the gezelligheid, stay for the oliebollen and mild confusion.
How’s your stamina holding up?

Dutch superpowers, ranked:

#5 – Parking in spaces only visible to Dutch eyes
#4 – Biking with groceries, a kid, and an umbrella
#3 – Reading Buienradar like a meteorologist
#2 – Splitting the bill like a human calculator
#1 – Saying “no” without guilt. Like, ever.

Which one do you want to unlock?

Dutch dating, through the eyes of an expat 🇳🇱💘

🚩 Splits the bill — down to 3 decimal places.
🚩 First date = coffee… at Albert Heijn Café (romance!).
🚩 Brings you to meet the parents… for stroopwafels.
🚩 Says “gezellig” about literally everything.
🚩 Texts back? No. But checks Buienradar 12x a day.

Plot twist:
These are not red flags.
They’re practical, honest, unapologetically Dutch.

Which part of Dutch December surprised you most?
Or are you just here for the oliebollen?

Which ones have you bravely tried?

Dutch personality unlocked: “Direct, but make it gezellig” 🗣️ Week 1: “Did they really just say that out loud?”
🗣️ Month 3: “Wow, that was… honest.”
🗣️ Month 6: “I actually like how clear that was.”
🗣️ Year 1: “Let’s skip the small talk, shall we?”
🗣️ Year 2: Sends brutally honest feedback with a smiley face

Welcome to the land where direct = caring (sort of).
Have you mastered the Dutch art of blunt kindness?