This richly illustrated handbook offers 256 full color pages of essential information for expatriates on all aspects of living and working in the Netherlands such as: permits and visas, career, housing, finance, international education, fiscal and legal issues, health care, telecommunications and insurances. The reader can also find general information on the Dutch culture and habits, tourist issues, learning the language, international clubs, etc. All these subjects are approached from the perspective of the expatriate – both newcomers and expats who have been living in the Netherlands for some time.This and many useful addresses, phone numbers and websites make The Holland Handbook an indispensable guide for the employee expat, the expat's partner who does not have a paid or volunteer job (yet), foreign entrepreneurs, the many foreign students who have come to the Netherlands to train or study, and professionals who want to keep abreast of the latest developments in expat affairs.

The Holland Handbook

Travel

Dijkstra, Stephanie

Europe

XPat Scriptum Publishers

Previously unpublished work by Holland's most renowned aerial photographer, Karel Tomeï. Humorous and refreshingly different: spectacular and surprising photographs are supported by contributions from Dutch writers, cabaret artists, poets, actors and aphorists.

Over Holland

Arts & Photography

Tomeï, Karel

Photography & Video

With more than 200 aerial photographs, Karel Tomeï shows us the Netherlands from above. From the vantage point of a small aircraft, he has taken photographs that have been organized around a specific theme, city or province, taking the viewer along full beaches, urban areas, churches, scrap yards, winter landscapes, harbors, rivers and other aircraft. Cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht are given special attention. The crystal-clear photographs, meticulously composed and oblong-shaped, displayed in a colorful, no-nonsense layout, are interspersed with poems and short texts. The photographer is a recognized specialist, whose aerial photographs can be found in numerous publications.

Flying over ABC: (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao)

Surinam Discovered brings us a huge variety in sights and colors, found in few other countries. This is remarkable as Surinam, compared to most other Latin American countries, is quite modest in size, not to mention population: 500,000 inhabitants. The question therefore arises: to what does Surinam owe this overwhelming wealth and diversity? Largely, this is thanks to the physical properties of the country; more than 80% of it is unspoiled nature, specifically tropical rainforest. The wealth and pureness of the Surinam inland – much of which has been declared a nature reserve – is, compared to other tropical countries, spectacular.

Suriname Discovered

Fey, Toon

Curacao is a magical island. The hundred thousand tourists who annually visit this small piece of the Caribbean will certainly agree. It all seems so hospitable and inviting from the air and from the water that you can hardly wait to set foot on land.That is a big compliment for such a relatively small island. For if we are honest, Curacao, with a surface area of 444 square kilometres, can hardly be considered more than a speck on the globe and, apart from the azure blue seas which wash its shores, has only one major site worth seeing: the historic centre of Willemstad, which was placed by UNESCO on the World Heritage list in 1997. Aerial photographer Karel Tomeï, who has visited and photographed so many countries, was initially troubled by this fierce attack on his retina. ‘The colours exploded in front of me,’ he explains. What’s more, he was also astounded by the changes the island had undergone since his previous visit, now more than forty years ago. ‘Then everything was still very pure. It had the simple joy of a developing country. There are still traces to be found of that poverty, such as poor houses and ramshackle fishing huts. And a nasty smell still hangs round the refinery. But the island is indisputably more prosperous.’

Flying over Curacao

Thanks to the development of satellite photos, drones and Google Earth, aerial photography appears to have become quite commonplace. Precisely now that we are becoming used to the view from above - which we can evoke on our screens with the click of our mouse - and that we are photographing our immediate surroundings on a daily basis, a meticulously accumulted series of photographs such as those by Karel Tomei is so valuable. It is a continuation of centuries-old tradition, that can be led back to the 17th century prints of Dutch cities while it also meets our desire to enjoy the beauty of the landscapes around us that are recorded by photographers time and again. This book unites these systematic and esthetic approaches. Tomei took his first pictures at age five and specialized in aerial photography in 1973. His shots are a silent compilation of endless flights over our land, influenced by the elements, wind gusts, changing cloudscapes and reflections on the ground. Tome shows us the Netherlands as we know it, but have never actually seen it.

NLXL: Made in Holland (Dutch Edition)

Doe maar gewoon dan doe je gek genoeg – Act normal, and that will be crazy enough Nine out of ten people in the Netherlands will quote this well-worn saying if asked to come up with a basic trait of the Dutch character. Expatriates who have been here for a while see it differently. For them, Dutch society is a weird and wonderful maze full of unpredictable people. At times Dutch people will ignore you politely; other times they will go out of their way to help you. You will get into trouble with the authorities for putting up a fence without permission but, in the late evenings, many family television channels broadcast pornography and advertisements for telephone sex into the privacy of your home. Even your best friends reach for their diaries to make a dinner date, because you don’t just drop by without being invited. And when you buy them a present they will open it in front of you without batting an eyelid. A country and a people full of paradoxes. Or is there some kind of system behind it all? Han van der Horst paints a picture of Dutch society and the Dutch psyche that will help expatriates understand the country they are living in and will help them function properly at work and in their free time. The Low Sky – Understanding the Dutch is the best guide to the Netherlands and its people. This latest edition has been completely reviewed and updated to do justice to the major social changes that have affected Dutch society in recent years.

The Low Sky: Understanding the Dutch

History

Horst, Han van der

Gregory Shapiro – the American Netherlander – brings you a must-have alternative to the Dutch assimilation course. What is the true Dutch identity? Shapiro shares his hilariously clumsy assimilation into Dutch culture and blasts some well-known stereotypes along the way. The book includes questions from the real Dutch Assimilation Exam, whose logic Shapiro delightfully dissects to reveal the Dutch identity they’d rather you didn’t know. How to Be Orange includes a photo essay of the most awkward Dutch product names and is illustrated by award-winning cartoonist Floor de Goede. How to Be Orange makes you redefine the Holland you thought you knew. Shapiro examines the dialogue from Pulp Fiction to find out how many ‘little differences’ have changed. He asks ‘If Holland is the Drug Capital of the world, why is it so hard to get antibiotics?’ And Shapiro tells how the Dutch tradition of Zwarte Piet made his children into little racists. If you’re looking for an official guide to Dutch culture, this is not it. If you’re looking for one man’s completely subjective and utterly biased impression of Dutch culture, this book is for you.

How to Be Orange

Humor & Entertainment

Shapiro, Gregory

Humor

Moving to a new country is an adventure equal in scope to the expeditions of great explorers. Your goal is more than to just move house, it is to move your life. The Mobile Life describes how you can plan and build a successful life for yourself (and your family) anywhere in the world. From making the decision to leave, to fitting in among new neighbors, this book describes a structured and innovative approach to relocating. Each chapter links the amazing story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic expedition to the skills, tools and mindset that help you manage the transition to create a new life anywhere. Whether you move once or multiple times, whether you are about to move for the first time or have already moved, this book will make it possible for you to enjoy the mobile life.

The Mobile Life: A New Approach to Moving Anywhere

Lemieux, Diane

Parker, Anne

Reference

This richly illustrated handbook offers 256 full color pages of essential information for expatriates on all aspects of living and working in the Netherlands such as: permits and visas, career, housing, finance, international education, fiscal and legal issues, health care, telecommunications and insurances. The reader can also find general information on the Dutch culture and habits, tourist issues, learning the language, international clubs, etc. All these subjects are approached from the perspective of the expatriate – both newcomers and expats who have been living in the Netherlands for some time. This and many useful addresses, phone numbers and websites make The Holland Handbook an indispensable guide for the employee expat, the expat's partner who does not have a paid or volunteer job (yet), foreign entrepreneurs, the many foreign students who have come to the Netherlands to train or study, and professionals who want to keep abreast of the latest developments in expat affairs.

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The Holland Handbook

Over Holland

Flying over ABC: (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao)

Suriname Discovered

Flying over Curacao

NLXL: Made in Holland (Dutch Edition)

The Low Sky: Understanding the Dutch

How to Be Orange

The Mobile Life: A New Approach to Moving Anywhere

The Holland Handbook