'There is a buzz in Amsterdam, but also the stillness of the water'

'Left to my own devices, I’d eat at the snackbar every night.'

‘The Dutch are very practical, it feels like every problem has a solution’

'I don’t feel completely at home in either the US or the Netherlands'

'The Dutch are good at panicking in advance about the weather'

'I might not speak much Dutch but I do cycle like them'

'The work life balance has to be my favourite Dutch thing'

'The Hague is the perfect balance of the old and the new'

'I am addicted to riding the train with my trusty OV-chipkaart'

'I am here because of the international feeling and flavour of Amsterdam'