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Planning to move to the Netherlands. Which city would be a great place to live: Amsterdam or Utrecht? (self.thenetherlands)

submitted 8 months ago by SpiceDealer to c/thenetherlands

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I'm an American and I'm thinking about moving to the Netherlands sometime in the future especially if a "certain presidential candidate" gets elected. Now, I've never been to the Netherlands or anywhere in Europe for that matter. Everything I "know" about the country comes from Youtube videos/channels that brag about how great it is. One of the things that gets that touted the most is the cycling infrastructure and walkability. As someone trying to move away from car dependency this seems to be a no-brainer. Amsterdam seems like the obvious choice but I've been told that Utrecht has a better cycling infrastructure. What do you think?

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[–] slazer2au 5 points 8 months ago

Neither. Find a smaller satellite town on the main lines between the province capitals.

A bit cheaper housing, still good connectivity, and as they aren't major cities the cycling infrastructure is just as good.

If you plan to buy a place keep in mind it takes a couple months for the keys to hand over after signing this place.

Useful links.
Public transport 9292.nl and NS.nl
Housing: funda.nl