'My first apartment had the toilet in the kitchen!'

'I draw the line at sitting in the circle at my own birthday party'

'As much as I complain about Amsterdam, it is the best city I have lived in'

'On my first day at work I told my colleagues not to speak English to me'

'Don’t just stick to expat groups if you really want to enjoy living in Holland'

'It's important to know what people are saying, it makes life richer'

'Amsterdam's character is being whittled away by council policies'

'Kapsalon is by far the best post exam food on the planet'

'As soon as I arrived in the Netherlands I needed to go to the Van Gogh museum'

'I love the Amsterdam lifestyle. You can’t beat Amsterdam on a sunny day'