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Travel Guide to the Netherlands Living in The Netherlands

Key Expatriate Web Sites and Resources

Articles on the Netherlands
Business and Economy in the Netherlands
Expatriate Websites and Resources
Government and International Organizations
News and Media in the Netherlands
Recommended Reading on the Netherlands
Travel Information for the Netherlands

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 Business and Economy in the Netherlands

U.S. Commercial Service offers assistance to help U.S. businesses export goods and services to markets worldwide, including the Netherlands.

The Economist is a British weekly newsmagazine reporting on the global economy, politics etc. The Country Briefings, compiled for 60 countries by the Economist Intelligence Unit, provides extensive economic and political data, as well as links to articles. Take a look at the Netherlands Country Briefing.

American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands, www.amcham.nl. Scheveningseweg 58, NL-2517 KW The Hague, Netherlands; Tel: (31-70) 365 98 08; Fax: (31-70) 364 69 92; office@amcham.nl.

U.S. Government Export Portal, www.export.gov, publishes Country & Industry Market Reports, Commercial guides, and other essential information for doing business abroad, including the Netherlands.

AmCham EU - American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, www.eucommittee.be. Avenue des Arts 53, 1000 Brussels, Belgium; Tel: 32 2 513 68 92; Fax: 32 2 513 79 28; amchameu@amchameu.be.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provides a lot of economic information about its member states, including the Netherlands.

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 Expatriate Websites and Resources

Expat Exchange provides a wealth of resources and articles, as well as a forum.The site has a few useful articles and links about the Netherlands.

Expat Focus provides information and resources for expatriates for a large number of countries, including the Netherlands. The website also host forums and blogs for expats.

Expatriates.com is an online community for expatriates, has a section on the Netherlands, with classified ads, links, and a bulletin board.

Just Landed provides expat information on the Netherlands as well as a forum.

Network for Living Abroad provides miscellaneous information and articles for expatriates for a variety of countries, including the Netherlands.

Newcomers Club Worldwide is a worldwide directory of newcomers clubs for newly arrived expatriates, including the Netherlands.

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 Government and International Organizations

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, www.minbuza.nl/en.

Government.nl, www.government.nl, is the website of the Netherlands Government Information Service.

European Union - Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, www.eurunion.org. 2300 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037; Tel: (202) 862-9500; Fax: (202) 429-1766.

Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the United Nations, www.pvnewyork.org, provides general information about culture, politics and the economy, as well as a variety of useful links, or visit the United Nations web portal at www.un.org/english/ or www.un.int.

CanadaEuropa, the website of the European Bureau of Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC), has a section on the Netherlands.

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 News and Media

Kidon Media Link is an online directory of world newspapers and news media, has an extensive listing of news media in the Netherlands.

Live-radio.net provides continuously updated links to thousands of online radio stations worldwide, including the Netherlands.

Online Newspapers lists over 1000 links to online newspapers worldwide, including the Netherlands.

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 Recommended Reading
The Undutchables: A Observation of the Netherlands: Its Culture and Its Inhabitants by Colin White, Laurie Boucke.
Culture Shock! Netherlands by Hunt Janin.
Lonely Planet the Netherlands by Neal Bedford.
Rough Guide to the Netherlands 
Holland Eyewitness Travel Guides by Jane Ewart (Editor).
Amsterdam Eyewitness Travel Guides by DK Publishing.
Rick Steves' Amsterdam, Bruges, and Brussels by Rick Steves
Frommer's Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg by George McDonald.
Fodor's Holland by Robert I. C. Fisher (Editor).
Living & Working in the Netherlands: All You Need to Know for a Long or Short-Term Stay by Pat Rush

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 Travel Information

Holland.com, www.holland.com, is the website of the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions.
New York Office: Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions; 355 Lexington Avenue, 19th floor, New York, NY 10017; Tel: (212) 370 7360; Fax: (212) 370 9507; information@holland.com.

Lonely Planet Worldguide provides a lot of useful travel information. Check out the link for the Netherlands.

Rough Guides Destinations offers much useful travel advice and information for most countries, including the Netherlands.

Trotty.com, in its Europe section, provides useful links and resources for travelers, with a section on the Netherlands.

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Compiled by Volker Poelzl and Gregory Hubbs