Recommended Sites For Expats in the Netherlands I’ve put together this list of recommended sites for expats in the Netherlands as I’m often asked to recommend good sites for expats. So below in no particular order is a selection of the sites I myself visit on a regular basis. This …
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From Blogger to Amsterdam Vlogger At the time of writing this, my blog has been around for two years. As I’ve stated before, the purpose of my blog, like the BBC is to inform, educate and to entertain. Some might add an additional purpose, which is to annoy, something I’ve certainly …
Read More »Dutch Fashion Hell the Seven Levels After delivering the seven deadly sins of Dutch fashion to my readers, the Shallow Man thought that it would be wise to keep a low profile. I decided to stay in a part of Amsterdam that no one in their right mind spends too much time …
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The 2017 Dutch General Election Unless you’ve been living in a cave, (no offence to my readers in Afghanistan hiding from US drones), you can’t but have noticed that the 2017 Dutch general election will soon be taking place. Dutch politics, are complex, challenging, and often completely contradictory. Not unlike Dutch women. So …
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Stuff Dutch Men Hate the Top nine The Shallow Man believes in equal opportunities for all. Having written about stuff Dutch people hate, as well as stuff Dutch women hate, It’s only fair that I turn my attention to Dutch men. In order to avoid the inevitable accusations that I …
Read More »More Questions For the Dutch Inburgering Exam In his never ending quest to assist his readers, the Shallow Man recently developed the Shallow Man inburgering exam test. For those of you who are not familiar with the inburgering exam process, Dutch residents from non-EU countries are expected to take a …
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Amsterdam Confessions of a Shallow Man Life in the Netherlands through the eyes of a sarcastic expat