Weather conditions can be quite challenging for foreigners living in The Netherlands. And what about our health service facilities? In this episode of 'Internationals on living in Holland', STE Dutch language teacher, Merel Meijer, talks about these topics and our New Year’s Eve tradition with Yusuf from Turkey, who works as a software engineer at ASML ..read more

Studying in Holland can be a liberating experience, especially when you’re coming from Africa. And what about all the special festivities in December? In this episode of 'Internationals on living in Holland', STE Dutch language teacher, Merel Meijer, talks about these topics with James from Zimbabwe, who originally came to The Netherlands to study at the TU Delft ..read more

The Dutch are very attached to their work life balance. Giving feedback openly is also part of work culture. In this episode of 'Internationals on living in Holland', STE Dutch language teacher, Merel Meijer, talks about these topics with Nimrod Pery, from Israel, who works for Philips. She also gives a short lesson on the use and pronunciation of the long and short 'e ..read more

For internationals, the Dutch infrastructure and efficiency can be quite impressive at first sight. But how about the work culture and decision making processes? In this episode of 'Internationals on living in Holland’, STE Dutch language teacher, Merel Meijer, talks about these topics with Chris Mabson from the United States. He works as a mechanical engineer at DAF ..read more

Merel Meijer, Dutch language teacher at STE Languages, talks to Jorika Domalapally from Czechia and Thiago Persia from Portugal about shopping culture in the Netherlands and the benefits of learning Dutch together with other internationals. They also share their opinions about funny(-sounding) words and difficult pronunciation ..read more

STE Languages Dutch language teacher, Merel Meijer, talks to Michal Siemienczuk from Poland and Aurimas Savickas from Lithuania about Dutch party culture, eating 'frietjes', funny words, cycling and the way people make appointments in the Netherlands ..read more

In this first episode of 'Internationals on living in Holland’ Dutch language teacher Merel Meijer of STE Languages talks to Lauiry Roa Fuentes from Colombia. She has been living in the Netherlands for seven years now, consecutively in Nijmegen en Maastricht. Lauiry talks about her first impressions, the direct communication by the Dutch and some funny words she has learned along the way ..read more