IamExpat - Top Stories of 2014

In a review of the year, we have collated the top articles for 2014. Don’t forget to check out the profiles of the writers you particularly enjoyed to see if there’s anything else you might have missed.

Enjoy & Happy New Year 2015!

› 10 things I love about the Dutch by Zsuzsa Jonas

› Working in the Netherlands: changes to Dutch labour law by Willemijn Lenders

› A step-by-step guide to the unemployment benefit (WW-uitkering) by Efthymios Kotronias

› How did the Dutch get so tall? by Beatrice Clarke

› Friendship or networks in the Netherlands by Katerina Pouliasi

› Expat dilemma: should I stay or should I go? by Vivian Chiona

› Even more warning signs of becoming Dutch by Stuart B

› 10 useful apps for expats living in the Netherlands by Ellen Keith

› Working in the Netherlands: non-compete clauses by Godelijn Boonman

› Bilingual children: what parents need to know by Marja-Ilona Koski

› Are Amsterdam’s canals clean enough to swim in? by Beatrice Clarke

› Things I wish I'd known sooner about the Netherlands by Chris Kirk

› Basic Dutch: 50 ways to leave a Dutchman by Zsuzsa Jonas

› 7 deadly sins you could be doing on LinkedIn by Dorota Klop-Sowinska

› 14 things newcomers need to know about the Netherlands by Beatrice Clarke

› Dutch customer service. What customer service? by Caitriona Rush

› 7 words that defined the Netherlands by Ruud Hisgen

› Healthcare insurance in the Netherlands: an overview
 by Bart Koenraadt

› How optimism can ruin your Dutch by Albert Both

› 5 tips for working with a rental agency in the Netherlands


› Tax time in the Netherlands: Annual tax return by Patricia van der Hut

› Dutch honesty & cross-cultural conflict by Louise Dancet

› Useful weather apps for the Netherlands by Alexandra Gowling

› The 7 best Christmas markets to visit in the Netherlands by Benjamin Garstka

› Traditional Dutch food by Andy Baker

› Lost in the couple: the danger of symbiotic relationships by Melania Zampieri

› How do you say "cycling" in Dutch? by Vivien Collingwood

› Renting in the Netherlands: Getting your housing deposit back by Marie-Christine Veltkamp-van Paassen

› How guilt, shame and fear poison sexuality by Somesh Valentino Curti

› As long as the message gets across... by Roelof van Deemter