You will have access to excellent health care, but there will be some limits. You should have no trouble practising your religion. Keeping in touch with the news will be no problem. Each major city has its own character. The population is made up of various ethnic groups, and immigration is a political issue.
Most Dutch people lead independent, busy lives.
Asking for help can be a good way of making contact. Dutch hospitality and gift-giving follow rules of their own. They tend to treat each other as equals and are generally non-competitive. The system features two parallel forms of higher education, unique diplomas, and study programmes that are valued equally despite being highly varied. Although secondary school can be harrowing, students do not undergo a selection procedure and competition is nearly absent.