International Top Tips
Arriving in a new country and adapting to a new culture can be daunting at first, trust me I know. There are many things
that I wish I’d known as a first year in The Netherlands so I talked to some of our fellow mADE international students to
see what advice they would give to their former first year selves.
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Name: Laura Court-Jones
Country: UK
Best things about the Netherlands: Biking everywhere in the summer is lovely and peaceful. I love that you can go out to bars in
trainers and jeans and it’s perfectly acceptable, where i come from
you’re expected to dress up, you might not even get in if you’re not.
Top Tip: If you want finance, you need a job and if you don’t know
the Dutch lingo this can be a pain in the arse. Try hotels, dishwashing
in bars or restaurants and if all else fails McDonalds will hire you,
it’s not that bad you will get a discount card and you’ll be ‘lovin’ it!’
Name: Lukas Ansteeg
Country: Germany
Best things about the Netherlands: The Dutch are open-minded,
friendly and insane. Breda always seems to have events on every
week, so there \