A (Dutch) friend told me last week: Ik vind Hilversum heel saai (I find Hilversum very boring.)
Oh contraire, my dear friend!! That’s because you’ve lived here for 6 years and have seen everything already!!
I, on the other hand, have lived here for 6 weeks. Everything is new, exciting, beautiful… Buzzfeed summed it up perfectly in 21 Life Struggles All Expats Will Understand – every day feels like an adventure!
That sounds totally cheesy with extra brie on top, but it’s true. Moving to another country is like being a kid again… everything is interesting, fun and well, NEW!!
Trip to the stadskantoor (council office) to do boring paperwork and get your Bull Shit Number (BSN = Burgerservicenummer = Citizen Identification number.) Oh no my friend! An expat sees an exciting challenge. Walk 30+ mins, navigate to City Hall without getting lost and marvel at Dudok’s finest and most famous piece of architecture…
Raadhuis van Hilversum
View of Raadhuis from outside of the stadtskantoor
Walk to the supermarket for milk and bread…
Summer snow
Find yourself in a summerwonderland!
Pop into town for a drink…
Street art in Hilversum
Discover amazingly talented street art, right on your doorstep!!
Trudge to the train station…
Dancing ladies
Find beautiful scupltures which make you smile from ear to ear!!
Walk to the gym…
Oranje gekkenhuis!
Discover your local football hooligans 😉
Pop to town to print some photos…
Studio 54…
KRO studio, Hilversum
KRO Studio, Hilversum
Moody looking Sint-Vituskerk in Hilversum
Stumble across Studio 54 and other interesting old buildings…
Go to buy wedding hair accessories…
Street art, Hilversum… if you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it…
Another visit to Albert Heijn…
Cafe Zuid
Post-dinner walk…
Getting our bearings with the local area
Early-evening borrel…
Blue lights in Hilversum
Open je ogen… Hilversum is mooi. (Open your eyes, Hilversum is beautiful.)
I can’t wait to discover more…
What’s the most underrated sight where you live?
Hayley x
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I love this post, it’s a like ‘a day in the life’ – I didn’t realize how pretty Hilversum is!
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Awwww shucks!! Thanks Sophie! 😀
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Wat heb je een superleuke blog! Ik moet erg lachen om je uitleg van de Nederlandse cultuur. Merk ineens wat een raar volkje we zijn. 😀 Ik blijf je volgen!
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Bedankt, Nikki! *Blush* 😀
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Amazing blog! I’m from the Netherlands (Arnhem) and your blog really makes me laugh. And it’s interesting to read about my own country from an outsider’s point of view. Keep up the good work! Oh, and for you being a grammar Nazi, it’s “Oranje gekkenhuis” 😉
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Thank you! Changed! 🙂
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