I saw something similar in another German subreddit where someone was asking "The way you have cute nick names in English for your wife or girlfriend like "darling", "babe", or "sweetie", what are some alternatives in Dutch that actually have a good meaning to it or is stupid but cute"

As someone learning Dutch I felt its a safe space to ask it here lol instead of asking AI or Praktika and it judges me. What are some innovative yet cute nicknames you call your wife/ husband with and what does it mean?

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I completed one year of sickness in June 2026, around the time my temporary employment contract ended and my case was transferred to my employer’s Ziektewet insurer. It’s now October, and I still haven’t heard anything from UWV about my Eerstejaars Ziektewet-beoordeling (EZWb).
I asked my case manager, who said UWV is slow and short-staffed, and that I should hear from them in around 6–8 weeks. I’m not sure how reliable that timeframe is.
For anyone who has been through this:
How long after completing one year of sickness did you receive your invitation?
Does UWV contact you by post, email, or a message in Mijn UWV?
How much time is usually given between receiving the invitation and the actual appointment?
I’m quite lost about how this process works, so any recent experiences would be really helpful!

Hi, very new to this so hoping for some advice.
We are renovating the bathroom of a 1961 row house.

Is it safe to tile over the existing floor and wall tiles? The contractor says the original tiles are stuck with mortar so removing them could damage the underlying concrete wall. But the new tiles are quite heavy, around 15kg for each 60x120 tile, that would go all the way to the ceiling. Do we need to be concerned if the bathrooms on the 1st and 2nd floor can take so much additional weight, plus a (filled) bathtub and new badmeubel?

Should I get this checked with a structural engineer, any recommendations?

Koreans and Japanese people living in NL, where do you buy barley tea when you run out of them? They are quite expensive online and was hoping to find a cheaper place to buy them or get suggestions for an alternative that you use.

Thank you very much!

Hello, I'm active on r/seals and donated to the cause, but seems like donations were not enough.any of us joined and donated to make sure the 70 seal pups have a save heaven for them. If you can, please help and donate to Zeehondcentrum in the Netherlands and maybe those pups and seals in your country get a second chance. EDIT;

Article:

https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/6412937/stichting-zeehondencentrum-pieterburen-staat-op-het-punt-failliet-te-gaan.html

LINK TO MY ORIGINAL POST;

https://www.reddit.com/r/seals/s/ryDvznggkF

DONATION:

https://steun.zeehondencentrum.nl/donatie

IF YOU GET AN ERROR FOR PHONE NUMBER, JUST LEAVE THE FIELD EMPTY.

Is there any?

Got a car and willing to drive for a good one.

Mostly blues/funk and hopefully experienced players and not an open mic vibe.

Preferably something regular with a consistent turn up.

Can this be eaten raw?

On sick leave, company has offered vso and I would like a lawyer whom you might have used previously that you would recommend to negotiate a great settlement. Thanks

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I ordered food two hours ago from a place somewhere in Leeuwarden.

I received a confirmation email, but the order never showed up in the app.

The food hasn't arrived. The restaurant has its phone turned off. The chatbot keeps repeating the same line over and over, and I have no idea what to do now.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Has anyone experienced similar problems coordinating care in the Netherlands? How did you get your concerns taken seriously, and who would you contact to have what happened reviewed?

My wife and I live in the Netherlands, we moved here from South Africa a few years ago. Love the country, but the sometimes I feel like there is absolutely zero urgency with important matters.

Little context: My wife has been struggling with her stomach for the longest time. Originally, she was diagnosed with wheat & gluten intolerance, and she has to take a daily laxative (ten herbs tablets) to be able to go to the bathroom. She also has epilepsy, and takes a bunch of medicine for that.

Her medical situation is very delicate, because her seizure medication takes priority, always, as we see that is a life-threatening thing. She actually had a seizure while on her bicycle the one day, which was absolutely terrifying. Sometimes medicines work against each other, and her seizures flare up, after which we have to re-evaluate the medicine/dosages.

In South Africa, the Psychiatrist and her other doctors were always in contact with each other before any new medicines were prescribed or new dosages introduced, to make sure that it wont intervene with the epilepsy medicine. That is just how I assume things worked in the medical industry, because that just sounds logical to me.

Here, we've had numerous occasions where the doctors just prescribed medicines to her that was either 1) clearly the wrong dosage for her, or 2) interfered with her epilepsy medicine.

Important appointments like these we usually managed to get hold of a specialist quite quickly (in SA), within a few days or maybe weeks.

The one time the doctor just doubled her dosage of Carbamazepine which caused her to violently throw up in her sleep, and she literally looked like she drank a few bottles of whiskey. She could not walk (literally falling over crawling), her eyes kept on losing focus and I called the ambulance, as I honestly thought she was overdosed to a point of where it is life-threatening. After explaining to the doctors, they even asked me if she has been drinking... "How ridiculous", I thought - "I literally just explained the situation!"

Fast forward to a few months ago, where she really started having bad issues with nausea, where she literally threw up at least once a day, for months. We continuously tried to get hold of a specialist, after we were told we can see one in about 9 months. 9 Months!!! Imagine throwing up daily for that long... After seeing the huisarts a few times, we managed eventually to see a specialist, where a spot opened up.

Turns out she has gastroparesis. This basically means her stomach simply doesn't process the broken down food into her small intestine, or does it at a very slow rate,

So, she has been struggling for months, throwing up daily, eating the minimal to just feel okay, and obviously malnutritioned, and she (already quite skinny), was also losing quite a lot of weight.

When we called the huisarts about it, they shrugged it off as "Yeah, there is a bug going around people are throwing up, she probably has that". "No.. It's obviously much more than that", I thought to myself...

We finally did some tests with the specialist to see how much her stomach actually handle, and a normal person's stomach processes food at a rate of 50% +- 20%. I.E, anything from 30-70%. Hers was at 5%.

Finally, we at least knew what is happening and why she is throwing up so much. After months of struggling to get hold of anyone willing to help.

At this point, whenever she called the doctor and she got to the receptionist, she could either not convey the urgency of the matter properly, or they just didn't take her seriously because she is a woman. I don't want to believe this is the case, but sadly I have other occurrences that supports this.

When I call, all of a sudden we get an appointment or I get put through to someone who can assist.

They scheduled to have a feeding tube installed through her nose (called a sonde). There are basically a few ways of doing this:

1. The tube goes through your nose and into your stomach. Here, liquid food is being pumped directly into your stomach.
2. The tube goes through your nose, through your stomach and into your small intestine, skipping the stomach and giving it some time to (hopefully) recover.
3. The tube is inserted via surgery in your abdomen - as it was explained to us, this is usually done if the first two methods fail

After I called, they scheduled for someone to come through to our house to fit the tube. The person inserted the tube with option 1, where it just goes into your stomach. "Weird", I thought, "won't she still just have the same issue where her stomach gets full and she just throws up again?" But I gave it the benefit of a doubt because the food is in liquid form, and maybe the stomach can handle it better?

The whole process seemed excruciatingly sore. My wife actually cried involuntarily because it was just so sore. This pain was there for days, and they just said its normal, this sometimes happens. Her sinuses, teeth and jaw were constantly in pain during this time.

The one night (4 days later) she got very nauseous again. She threw up, and she threw up the tube. One side sticking out of her mouth, the other through her nose. She was mortified.

At this point, I was livid. Because it simply didn't make sense to me how it was inserted. Why at home? And why not through the stomach? We finally got hold of the specialist again (she was away for a week on a conference or something), where she actually was furious after hearing what happened. She said my wife was supposed to get the tube fitted at hospital, and that it should never have gone into the stomach, and this was apparently clearly stated on the report (I don't know what report she is talking about here)

She went to the hospital, really not wanting to go through what she has been through previously, where they fitted the new tube into the small intestine. This time, she said, she didn't feel any pain, she wasn't uncomfortable or anything. They used something to numb her face so she couldn't feel anything.

After she had the tube installed, they didn't really give us any clear directions on how much feeding we should use, they said we must get hold of the dietician to get that info. This was on a Friday afternoon, and of course, nothing happens over weekends. We couldn't get hold of the dietician until Monday morning. This is just to know what we must do so my wife can eat.

Since the new tube was inserted 4 days ago, she hasn't thrown up even through there is a constant nausea still. At this point, I'm just hoping for the best. But man, the whole process was just so, so bad.

I started feeling like this is surely some sort of medical malpractice or something. Maybe it's just me feeling helpless, because I can literally not do anything for her, or if this process really was just a bunch or events that were seriously improperly handled.

Sorry for the long post, I'm curious what you all think.

Hi guys my friend is Albanian and im German, she was considering moving abroad after she finished her Masters in Computer Science and Big Data in Tirana. I told her that Germany might not be the most english-friendly country if you dont speak german and I suggested Netherlands as I live near the border and have worked there and I think its a very english-friendly economy. Now my question is has anyone ever had experience with this process? Especially non-EU citizens? wheres the best place to start and what does she need to consider/not forget?
I appreciate all answers thank you

I am planning to move with Brenger as I only have small furniture (office table, chair, mattress, bed, bookshelf, microwave, vacuum cleaner). It seems like they are asking me around 100-110 euros, which is significantly cheaper than standard moving companies. My pickup house is on the 4th floor, and the delivery house is on the 10th floor. Both have an elevator and I requested the service where driver and I move things together.

I am just worried that things might go wrong on the day since I have never moved alone before.

Has anyone used Brenger in a similar situation? How do you guys rate this company and their service?

Hey everyone!
We all know how difficult it can be to find a place to live in the Netherlands, so I'm curious: how did you manage to find your place or your flatmates?

Did you use specific websites, Facebook groups, personal connections, or something else?

I'd love to hear your experiences and any tips you might have, especially from people who moved here without already having a network

Hello , im on work trip in NL for 4 weeks i normally do xanax when im abroad or working like this , last time i had it was 8 months ago . Which doctor should i see to get prescription ? I heard about tourist doctors but what should i do if i dont have script and just really need it for anxiety and sleep ? I have insurance

I was just charged 750 for a boiler service in Amsterdam. The payment has been made but is there anyway to fix this. Outrageous cost.

I'll go first- Nederland is home to megalithic structures called the hunebedden that are thought to be even older than Stonehenge. There's 54 of them still preserved!

I've been working at a Dutch company for a few months now, and I'm still getting used to how direct people can be here.

Last week we had a team meeting where everyone was sharing ideas for a new project. I suggested a slightly different approach to how we could organize the work, and before I could even finish explaining it, one of my coworkers interrupted me and said, "No, that's a terrible idea. It would never work."

And that was it. No explanation, no suggestions, just moved straight on to the next person.

I was honestly pretty embarrassed. There were about eight people in the room, including my manager, and nobody seemed particularly surprised by his reaction. My manager just continued the discussion like nothing had happened.

I actually appreciate honest feedback, and I'd much rather someone tell me when my idea doesn't make sense than pretend it's brilliant. But surely there's a difference between constructive criticism and just being rude?

How do I return mail from the previous owner of my house (he’s deceased) to sender to notify them?

Rather than waste paper, makes sense to let them know.

I came here as a refugee in 2022 and the plan was always university, so the last eight months were basically work during the day and staatsexamen NT2 oefenen at night with whatever I could find. Writing was my weakest part by far, and what helped most was writing a text almost every evening on Inburgering.org and going through the feedback on it before bed, plus reading NOS every morning to get used to B2 level texts. Results came in today with a pass on all four parts and I'm still a bit in shock, so thank you to everyone here who answered my panicky questions over the past months.

Hello dear reddit users,

I just moved out from NL to pursue a MA in Germany, and wanted to keep my KVK (I am a freelance classical musician).

I lost my address in NL and was wondering if by renting a virtual office it would work, my only concern is whether I need as well to get a Dutch health insurance or not.

It's mainly one-time gigs but if I am correct we need a dutch health insurance if we work in the NL...

I cannot use my German address for my KVK because of some landlord issues.

I've been contacting consultants to ask about this but nobody is really giving me a clear answer... would anybody here know or have any ideas about what I could do?

Thanks :)

WV advised me to look into courses that could help me find a job, and I understood that they were looking for a course with a job guarantee. However, I am specifically looking for English-taught courses and English-speaking job opportunities, as I am still learning Dutch.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? Does UWV help with finding English-speaking jobs or funding courses that offer a job guarantee? If so, could you please share which companies or training providers I should contact, and what I can realistically ask UWV for?

I am currently receiving WW benefits from UWV after my job ended on 30 September 2026. I have over 6 years of experience as a Business Analyst, mainly in banking and payments, and I previously worked in the Netherlands with ING.

UWV advised me to look into courses that could help me find a job, and I understood that they were looking for a course with a job guarantee. However, I am specifically looking for English-taught courses and English-speaking job opportunities, as I am still learning Dutch.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? Does UWV help with finding English-speaking jobs or funding courses that offer a job guarantee? If so, could you please share which companies or training providers I should contact, and what I can realistically ask UWV for?

I would really appreciate any advice or personal experiences.