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Five differences between Dutch and British girls

Posted by Simon Woolcot | Jun 15, 2015 | Dating | 26

5 Differences Between Dutch and American Girls

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the four most important dutch verbs for expats

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Firework ban in the netherlands this new year̵...

Posted by Simon Woolcot | Nov 19, 2021 | The Netherlands | 1

the anti-vaxxer who loved me

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Dating

Dating a Dutch Man, Seven Deadly Mistakes to Avoid

by Simon Woolcot | Jan 16, 2014 | Dating | 105

The Seven Deadly Mistakes to Avoid When Dating a Dutch Man Before telling you about the mistakes...

Essential Tips on How to Date Dutch Men

by Simon Woolcot | Sep 21, 2013 | Dating | 84
7 Things You Need to Know about Dating Dutch Women

by Simon Woolcot | Dec 13, 2014 | Dating | 43
Why I’ll Never Do a Dutchman Again

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The Amsterdam Shallow Man Podcast

by Simon Woolcot | Apr 11, 2021 | The Netherlands | 0

In the year of our Lord 2021 I’m pleased to announce that I’ve finally got round to...

Five differences between Dutch and British girls

by Simon Woolcot | Jun 15, 2015 | Dating | 26
5 Differences Between Dutch and American Girls

by Simon Woolcot | Aug 10, 2014 | The Netherlands | 35
the four most important dutch verbs for expats

by Simon Woolcot | Dec 13, 2021 | Learning Dutch | 0

Amsterdam, Dutch Tolerance, Learning Dutch, Zwarte Piet

the four most important dutch verbs for expats

the four most important dutch verbs for ...

Dec 13, 2021

The City of Amsterdam to be renamed to Amsterdorp

The City of Amsterdam to be renamed to A...

Feb 6, 2021

Facebook and Instagram ban the blackface Zwarte Piet and stereotypes about Jewish people

Facebook and Instagram ban the blackface...

Aug 12, 2020

Dutch people angry that a TV presenter is being called racist for making racist comments

Dutch people angry that a TV presenter i...

Jun 23, 2020

Bigoted Dutch Politician publishes a Zwarte Piet Matters MEME

Bigoted Dutch Politician publishes a Zwa...

Jun 6, 2020

Clubs and Music Venues in Amsterdam to Remain Closed Until September 1st

Clubs and Music Venues in Amsterdam to R...

May 1, 2020

A Third of Housing Agencies in Amsterdam Are Willing to Discriminate

A Third of Housing Agencies in Amsterdam...

Apr 24, 2020

212 Covidiots Fined in Amsterdam During the Easter Weekend for Breaking Coronavirus Safety Rules

212 Covidiots Fined in Amsterdam During ...

Apr 15, 2020

Avoid Amsterdam Canals and Parks this Weekend

Avoid Amsterdam Canals and Parks this We...

Apr 3, 2020

Being Offended is a Choice and can get you beaten unconcious

Being Offended is a Choice and can get y...

Feb 24, 2020

In the Netherlands Being Racist to Asians is the New Black (Darling)

In the Netherlands Being Racist to Asian...

Feb 10, 2020

Dutch Erasmus Student Studies Degree in English Whines About Too Much English Being Spoken

Dutch Erasmus Student Studies Degree in ...

Feb 7, 2020

Dutch Phrase of the Day ‘Dat was niet de Bedoeling’

Dutch Phrase of the Day ‘Dat was n...

Nov 28, 2019

Discrimination Case Against Amsterdam School by Moroccan Mother

Discrimination Case Against Amsterdam Sc...

Nov 26, 2019

Football Match Stopped Due to a Black Player Being Called Zwarte Piet

Football Match Stopped Due to a Black Pl...

Nov 18, 2019

The Sinterklaas Dutch Vocabulary Guide

The Sinterklaas Dutch Vocabulary Guide

Nov 15, 2019

Amsterdam is Full Can Somebody Please Tell IAmsterdam ?

Amsterdam is Full Can Somebody Please Te...

Nov 5, 2019

Breaking News A Cyclist Has Stopped at a Red Traffic Light in Amsterdam

Breaking News A Cyclist Has Stopped at a...

Oct 25, 2019

The Dutch Burka Ban Law

The Dutch Burka Ban Law

Sep 5, 2019

How To Get A Job in the Netherlands if you’re from an immigrant background

How To Get A Job in the Netherlands if y...

Jul 19, 2019

KPN Responds To A Racist Tweet From A Customer in a Typically Dutch Direct Way

KPN Responds To A Racist Tweet From A Cu...

Jul 11, 2019

Dutch Tolerance and the Xenophobia of University Students When Looking For Flatmates

Dutch Tolerance and the Xenophobia of Un...

Jun 27, 2019

Sea Container Hired Out As A Room in Amsterdam AirBnb Scam

Sea Container Hired Out As A Room in Ams...

May 13, 2019

How To Reduce the Number of Tourists Visiting Amsterdam

How To Reduce the Number of Tourists Vis...

May 10, 2019

Amsterdam Newcomers from Haifa to the Dam

Amsterdam Newcomers from Haifa to the Da...

Mar 29, 2019

Why Can’t an Expat be an Amsterdammer?

Why Can’t an Expat be an Amsterdam...

Mar 23, 2019

English Speakers Discovered Working In Shops and Cafes in Amsterdam

English Speakers Discovered Working In S...

Feb 7, 2019

The Imaginary Black Friends Of Zwarte Piet Supporters

The Imaginary Black Friends Of Zwarte Pi...

Nov 13, 2018

Food Delivery Services In Amsterdam The Good The Bad and The Bloody Cheeky

Food Delivery Services In Amsterdam The ...

Sep 27, 2018

Dunkin Donuts Opens In Amsterdam Zuid Definitely Not Fast Food

Dunkin Donuts Opens In Amsterdam Zuid De...

Sep 8, 2018

The Top Five Status Symbols in Amsterdam

The Top Five Status Symbols in Amsterdam

Jun 15, 2018

The Netherlands Is Number One For Hate Speech On Facebook

The Netherlands Is Number One For Hate S...

Apr 23, 2018

Geert Wilders Call For A Ban of Zwarte Piet

Geert Wilders Call For A Ban of Zwarte P...

Apr 1, 2018

Romantic Things To Do On Valentine’s Day in Amsterdam

Romantic Things To Do On Valentine’...

Feb 14, 2018

The Sexism of Rapper Boef and Double Standards on Social Media

The Sexism of Rapper Boef and Double Sta...

Jan 17, 2018

Albert Heijn Teaches Workers That Budget Clients Are Black Females With Curly Hair

Albert Heijn Teaches Workers That Budget...

Jan 15, 2018

Amsterdam Hotelnacht

Amsterdam Hotelnacht

Jan 13, 2018

Airbnb rentals in Amsterdam Reduced to a maximum of 30 days

Airbnb rentals in Amsterdam Reduced to a...

Jan 10, 2018

Only People of Dutch Origin Allowed To Rent An Apartment

Only People of Dutch Origin Allowed To R...

Dec 13, 2017

How To Fake Being A Pro Zwarte Piet Activist in Six Steps

How To Fake Being A Pro Zwarte Piet Acti...

Dec 4, 2017

The Zwarte Piet Action Group Making the Dutch Look Like White Supremacists

The Zwarte Piet Action Group Making the ...

Nov 30, 2017

Tolerancia Holandesa And The Escobar TU Delft Coffee Bar

Tolerancia Holandesa And The Escobar TU ...

Nov 28, 2017

She Does it For The Children Jenny Douwes The Dutch Martin Luther King

She Does it For The Children Jenny Douwe...

Nov 22, 2017

The Living Hell of Finding An Affordable Place to Rent in Amsterdam

The Living Hell of Finding An Affordable...

Nov 15, 2017

Black is black and so is Zwarte Piet!

Black is black and so is Zwarte Piet!

Nov 8, 2017

Dutch Tolerance and Indian Expats In Amstelveen

Dutch Tolerance and Indian Expats In Ams...

Oct 10, 2017

Are expats to blame for high rental prices in Amsterdam?

Are expats to blame for high rental pric...

Sep 28, 2017

How Former Refugee Sifan Hassan Can Avoid Upsetting Intolerant People

How Former Refugee Sifan Hassan Can Avoi...

Aug 14, 2017

Dutch Tolerance If You Have An Arab Sounding Name You’re Screwed!

Dutch Tolerance If You Have An Arab Soun...

Jul 11, 2017

Living In Amsterdam Is Killing The Woman In Me

Living In Amsterdam Is Killing The Woman...

Jul 1, 2017

Five Essential Tips For King’s Day In Amsterdam

Five Essential Tips For King’s Day...

Apr 25, 2017

The Seven Types of Amsterdam Bike Lane Users

The Seven Types of Amsterdam Bike Lane U...

Mar 31, 2017

Keep Zwarte Piet Black New Law To Protect Dutch Culture

Keep Zwarte Piet Black New Law To Protec...

Feb 16, 2017

Racial Discrimination in Amsterdam Temp Agencies

Racial Discrimination in Amsterdam Temp ...

Jan 31, 2017

Doe Maar Normaal or Rot Op Naar Je Eigen Land

Doe Maar Normaal or Rot Op Naar Je Eigen...

Jan 25, 2017

Dutch Tolerance and How to Get Into Clubs in Breda if You’re Not White

Dutch Tolerance and How to Get Into Club...

Dec 1, 2016

Ik ben geen racist maar….. Sylvana Simons and the Death of Dutch Tolerance

Ik ben geen racist maar….. Sylvana...

Nov 27, 2016

Seven Tips for Justin Bieber about life in Amsterdam

Seven Tips for Justin Bieber about life ...

Oct 31, 2016

What Expats Need to Know About RTL Changing Zwarte Piet

What Expats Need to Know About RTL Chang...

Oct 25, 2016

Five Common Scams of Amsterdam Taxi Drivers

Five Common Scams of Amsterdam Taxi Driv...

Oct 20, 2016

The Kinderombudsman Zwarte Piet and Discrimination in Dutch schools

The Kinderombudsman Zwarte Piet and Disc...

Oct 3, 2016

The Uitzwaaidag Islam Dutch Tolerance Strikes Back!

The Uitzwaaidag Islam Dutch Tolerance St...

Jul 26, 2016

Five Tips for the World’s First Fietsburgemeester in Amsterdam

Five Tips for the World’s First Fi...

Jul 12, 2016

Dutch Tolerance Political Correctness and Racism in the Netherlands

Dutch Tolerance Political Correctness an...

May 31, 2016

Dutch Tolerance and the Uitzwaai Dag for Sylvana Simons

Dutch Tolerance and the Uitzwaai Dag for...

May 24, 2016

5 Reasons to Learn Salsa Dancing in Amsterdam

5 Reasons to Learn Salsa Dancing in Amst...

Feb 14, 2016

What Expats Need to Know About Black Schools in the Netherlands

What Expats Need to Know About Black Sch...

May 27, 2015

Dutch Tolerance and Refugees in the Netherlands

Dutch Tolerance and Refugees in the Neth...

Apr 29, 2015

Why Amsterdam Taxis are the Best in the World!

Why Amsterdam Taxis are the Best in the ...

Apr 1, 2015

Dutch Tolerance and the Jobs Market

Dutch Tolerance and the Jobs Market

Mar 23, 2015

Dutch Cuisine the Not so Famous Five Dishes

Dutch Cuisine the Not so Famous Five Dis...

Feb 26, 2015

25 Insider Facts about Amsterdam

25 Insider Facts about Amsterdam

Feb 11, 2015

More Almost Deadly Sins of Cyclists in Amsterdam

More Almost Deadly Sins of Cyclists in A...

Feb 10, 2015

That Is Another Cook, How to Speak English like Louis van Gaal

That Is Another Cook, How to Speak Engli...

Feb 4, 2015

The Seven Almost Deadly Sins of Amsterdam Cyclists

The Seven Almost Deadly Sins of Amsterda...

Jan 27, 2015

The Hangover Comes Later/De Kater Komt Later

The Hangover Comes Later/De Kater Komt L...

Jan 11, 2015

Oud en Nieuw in the Netherlands

Oud en Nieuw in the Netherlands

Dec 31, 2014

Seven Tips on How to Survive Dutch Service

Seven Tips on How to Survive Dutch Servi...

Dec 18, 2014

How To Flirt With The Dutch In Three Easy Steps

How To Flirt With The Dutch In Three Eas...

Dec 1, 2014

Seven Shades of Neuken

Seven Shades of Neuken

Nov 20, 2014

Dutch swear words

Dutch swear words

Nov 5, 2014

How to survive your first Sinterklaas season in the Netherlands

How to survive your first Sinterklaas se...

Oct 29, 2014

Boeie! Dutch phrase of the week

Boeie! Dutch phrase of the week

Oct 27, 2014

Dutch tolerance and Zwarte Piet a personal view

Dutch tolerance and Zwarte Piet a person...

Oct 16, 2014

Guest Blog piece on Amsterdam Yuppies

Guest Blog piece on Amsterdam Yuppies

Sep 16, 2014

Learn Dutch! Contact Koentact

Learn Dutch! Contact Koentact

Aug 29, 2014

Stuff Dutch people hate

Stuff Dutch people hate

Aug 26, 2014

Essential Dutch phrases part two

Essential Dutch phrases part two

Aug 20, 2014

Seven Essential Dutch Phrases

Seven Essential Dutch Phrases

Aug 18, 2014

Morning Gloryville Amsterdam

Morning Gloryville Amsterdam

Aug 3, 2014

The Amsterdam Casual sex guide

The Amsterdam Casual sex guide

Jul 26, 2014

An interview with Sinterklaas

An interview with Sinterklaas

Jul 11, 2014

A week in Amsterdam

A week in Amsterdam

Jun 21, 2014

How to be asocial

How to be asocial

Jun 13, 2014

How to fit into Dutch society on a sunny day in Amsterdam

How to fit into Dutch society on a sunny...

May 19, 2014

British tourists in Amsterdam

British tourists in Amsterdam

Apr 17, 2014

Take the Shallow Man Inburgering test

Take the Shallow Man Inburgering test

Apr 15, 2014

Amsterdam the Most Bike Friendly City in the World

Amsterdam the Most Bike Friendly City in...

Mar 10, 2014

Dutch women and smoking

Dutch women and smoking

Dec 12, 2013

The Shallow Man guide to Amsterdam Zuid

The Shallow Man guide to Amsterdam Zuid

Oct 23, 2013

The Shallow Man’s Guide To Amsterdam West

The Shallow Man’s Guide To Amsterd...

Oct 13, 2013

The Shallow Man’s Guide To Amsterdam

The Shallow Man’s Guide To Amsterd...

Oct 12, 2013

Update from the Amsterdam mouse catcher general

Update from the Amsterdam mouse catcher ...

Sep 5, 2013

The Other Amsterdam Red Light District in Ruysdaelkade

The Other Amsterdam Red Light District i...

Aug 24, 2013

Amsterdam

How to fit into Dutch society on a sunny day in Amsterdam

by Simon Woolcot | May 19, 2014 | Amsterdam | 18

The Shallow Man must be dreaming, we’ve had beautiful sunny weather in Amsterdam for three...

The Seven Almost Deadly Sins of Amsterdam Cyclists

by Simon Woolcot | Jan 27, 2015 | Amsterdam | 11
The Day of the Amsterdam Makelaar

by Simon Woolcot | Nov 1, 2013 | Amsterdam | 6
Avoid Amsterdam Canals and Parks this Weekend

by Simon Woolcot | Apr 3, 2020 | Amsterdam | 5

Learning Dutch

Seven Tips on How to Survive Dutch Service

by Simon Woolcot | Dec 18, 2014 | Learning Dutch | 12

How to Survive Dutch Service, Seven Essential Tips The Netherlands, and Amsterdam in particular is...

How To Flirt With The Dutch In Three Easy Steps

by Simon Woolcot | Dec 1, 2014 | Learning Dutch | 9
Dutch swear words

by Simon Woolcot | Nov 5, 2014 | Learning Dutch | 6
A good way to learn Dutch

by Simon Woolcot | Nov 19, 2013 | Learning Dutch | 5

The Netherlands

Firework ban in the netherlands this new year’s eve

by Simon Woolcot | Nov 19, 2021 | The Netherlands | 1

Louis XVI was in his palace, bored out of his mind waiting for the invention of Netflix. When one...

the anti-vaxxer who loved me

by Simon Woolcot | Nov 17, 2021 | The Netherlands | 0
The Amsterdam Shallow Man Podcast Episode Two Stuff Dutch People Hate

by Simon Woolcot | Apr 20, 2021 | Podcast, The Netherlands | 0
The Amsterdam Shallow Man Podcast

by Simon Woolcot | Apr 11, 2021 | The Netherlands | 0

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My First Two Dates With Dutch Guys in the Netherlands

Today’s post is a guest blog piece by the lovely Maja, who previously wrote about some of...

Dutch people angry that a TV presenter is being called racist for making racist comments

The Dutch are incredibly proud of their alleged directness. To quote a common saying, the Dutch...

The City of Amsterdam to be renamed to Amsterdorp

Amsterdam to be renamed to Amsterderdorp The Mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema has announced that...

Firework ban in the netherlands this new year’s eve

Louis XVI was in his palace, bored out of his mind waiting for the invention of Netflix. When one...

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