It’s time to put all the tips together from the Live Like a Dutchie month. Follow these 8 tips and you’re sure to integrate into Dutch society in a way that even Geert Wilders would be proud of (if that’s anyone’s aim in life, which I doubt).
- Tip 1: Gratis is good!
- Tip 2: Give in to the gel.
- Tip 3: Play in a speelpolder.
- Tip 4: Do birthdays Dutch style with a traktatie.
- Tip 5: Embrace your inner hoor.
- Tip 6: Hang at the beach. A lot.
- Tip 7: When staying in a hotel be sure you stick a chair at the end of your bed.
- Tip 8: Learn from the experts.

There was actually so much more I wanted to share with you this month but time got the better of me – so there’ll certainly be more on this topic in the future. Meanwhile you can browse some older posts that will help you live like a Dutchie too!
- Visiting a Dutch doctor
- How to spend New Year’s Day in the Netherlands
- A Dutch New Year’s Eve
- Surviving a Dutch winter
- Raising children in the Netherlands
- Public toilets in the Netherlands
- Surviving a Dutch autumn
- Sports and the Dutch
- Slicing cheese (yes, seriously)
- Visit the sights
- Being married to a Dutchman



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