We moved from the U.S. a month ago and love the Netherlands! This has been the least stressful move ever. You feel like this country has your back. I’ve never felt more relaxed or supported in my life. We don’t foresee leaving either. Everything just works here compared to where we came from. Our next project is learning Dutch!
I tune in every now and then, but it’s really cool that you show off the Netherlands and not just Amsterdam. Given how small the country is a lot of people don’t appreciate how well connected everything is they never explore further than the Randstad.
Congrats, and finally a blog that says Amsterdam is overrated for tourists! There are so many beautiful other cities like Utrecht, Haarlem, Leiden, Delft, Maastricht, Groningen and many more.
Amsterdam is a beautiful city not over rated but over crowded with tourist. And yes there is more then amsterdam but not over rated . One of the most beautiful cities in this world❤
Van harte gefeliciteerd met jullie verlenging voor het verblijf in Nederland. Dat jullie nog maar vele jaren vol geluk in Nederland mogen wonen. Ik volg jullie nu een jaartje denk ik en ik ben ondertussen een vaste volger en geniet enorm van jullie humor. Een tip voor jullie steden tour probeer eens Elburg te bezoeken. één van de kleinste stadjes van Nederland. Groetjes DeToov. 🥂
You are happy that you can stay in the Netherlands for another five years and we are happy that we can enjoy your videos for (at least) another five years. That's what they call a win-win situation. Congratulations.
@@zjweele13 Er zijn zeker problemen in Nederland wat betreft geloof en huidskleur, maar ga daar eens over nadenken! Zijn we daar niet allemaal, zowel hun kant als onze kant niet fout in geweest? Ik ga zeker niet alles goed praten, maar even eeen voorbeeld. Een hele goeie vriend van mij is begin jaren 90 als politiekvluchteling als 9 jarig jochie uit Iran naar Nederland gekomen. Irak (Sadam Hoesein) had op hun familie een bedrag geplakt! De vader was een een hoog aangeschreven tandarts in Iran, moest eerst inburgeren, watt logisch is, maar moest daarna een beroep kiezen om te volgen voor zijn toekomst, van een lager niveau (met alle respect) hij kon kiezen uit de bouw sector en dat soort opleidingen. Na 20 jaar heeft hij zich aangemeld voor toetsing en opleiding tandarts, het vak waar zijn hart ligt, maar nee kwam er niet door, zijn denk niveau in Nederland werd te laag geschat, terwijl tandartsen zeggen, waar hij dagje mee mocht lopen (7 totaal), hij is goed opgeleid en leergierig, verstaat zijn vak (moest wel bijscholen wat logisch is), maar waarom dit dan weer tegenhouden, want die stomme kut opleiding is niet alleen tandarts, maar bijvoorbeeld ook je talen vaardigheid! Zoals Engels, waarop hij gezakt is, kan hij dan niet werken in een praktijk met enkel Nederlandse cliënten of Nederlands talige cliënten? Ik zeg niet dat alles zo gaat, maar als je goedwillende mensen met verstand van een beroep zo gaat weren en ze ongelukkig maakt in een sector waar ze het eigenlijk niet naar hun zin hebben, moet jee ook niet raar opkijken dat het gaat botsen.
Congrats and well deserved!! I've been living in the Netherlands since birth, 58 years now..and still learning new things from your video's, and love the way you try all the dutch things. Talking about integration 😊, next stop: 50.000 subscribers!!
Great news guys! Nice to hear you love living here. Buying a house will be a very tough challenge. Real estate prices have gone through the roof lately. Living close to Amsterdam, I fully agree Amsterdam is not the best city to visit, although it has its hidden gems.
Gefeliciteerd Lex and Michelle on that renewal. Now onward to the next one, with you maybe even have permeant residence if you want. Great to see it all works out for you and i wish you the best of luck for the coming years on becoming even more Dutch! 🥳🎉
Glad to see you're gonna be with us for a while. I would gladly be your guide to the Eindhoven most people don't get to see (even many people from Eindhoven itself). Good luck in the next five years and way after that!!
Congrats on at least another 5 years! I really enjoy both canals and would hate to see you guys leave. You two have a chemistry that is fun and touches the heart! I'm hungry for way more of your adventures.
Congratulations 🎉🎊🍾. It’s great that you can stay here. More great videos to come in the next years. It’s great to see you embrace the Dutch culture. I have to check your second channel. I am one of your subscribers that would watch videos of you in other countries. ❤❤❤
I just found this channel but I love how you introduce me (Dutch) to my own country from a different perspective. Also love seeing how you treat each-other.
Hey, Michelle and Alex. Congrats on staying 5 more years in the Netherlands. Having seen quite a few vids of you both, it's obvious you both feel well here 😊 Your perspectives on the Netherlands are really great 👍 We love having smart and funny people coming over to our small country. Thanks you both. Keep'm coming, the vids.👍👌
A big congratulations for growing the channel so successfully and doing such an amazing job of learning how to settle in as immigrants. Not easy. It's truly an inspiring story. Love the whole "of course we're staying" vibe to the whole video. Keep the car-free life going. That too is inspiring and proves the concept of what a great mass transportation nation NL is. It's no secret what a housing-challenged country NL is right now, so it will be fascinating to see you explore what area works for you best. Gefeliciteerd!
subscribed to your channel as a way to say thank you for staying ❤ I like your content, and I love the idea that there will be more! Please keep up the good work 👍
Don’t scare me like that! “Are we leaving…” and I was like: “Nooooo!” This channel teaches me stuff ‘n things about The Netherlands even I didn’t know. And you have the best (sexy) puns of UA-cam! Congrats you two!! 🥳
Go visit the old Hanze cities on the IJssel, Doesburg, Zutphen, Deventer, Zwolle, Kampen. Mediëval cities that have been lovely restored. In Zutphen there is the Librije, the oldest public library in the world and very special. Books are on chains. Looks like a scene from a movie like name of the rose
Congratulations my dutchies 🎉 a second subscription is on its way. By the way.. With the amount of subscribers you two have at this very moment, You could fill half the football stadium the kuip Rotterdam with people (fans) 😮 and believe me..! That's insane! Because I experienced it myself. Can't wait to see your next dutch and other advantures.
Darlings, you are more than welcome here. I follow your posts and you seen to be an asset in this crazy country. You two are loved very much here. Congratulations. And love you for knowing that The Netherlands are not Amsterdam. A fresh stroopwafel is great.
Great channel guys. I have lived 8 years in Vlaardingen great public transportation cheaper and quieter than Rotterdam. Really missing it. Now I live in Oostburg.
Congrats on the renewal!! Glad you have enjoyed living in the Netherlands. It has produced a lot of nice videos! ...And now I'm secretly praying to learn which city you guys didn't like 😅
Amsterdam-Zuid and Amsterdam-Centrum outside of the Tourist area around Amsterdam CS are beautiful to go for a long walk on a warm sunny day in May or September. But I agree that the Rokin on a rainy day in November is rather miserable.
A second channel, Toe Maar. Visit islands all over the world, nice weather, relaxed sightseeing. Did you know that you can visit, for cheap, the island of Dord? Yep, Dord has an island too.Going there on a nice sunny day, perhaps.
I am sooo glad you guy’s are having so much fun while being here. It is a joy to watch, glad you answered all those questions. Thank you for that. I like the way you talked about going nude too, but most of all the food talk….❤
I was afraid you decided to move to another country! Im so glad to hear you like it here in the Netherlands and that you will stay for another 5 years! Great!
congratulations!!!!! Cheers from Canary Islands. As a new yorker living here I believe you are doing the right thing. Hope you guys come to visit. See you soon
As a Dutchy, i love to watch your channel and truely discover some things i never knew about my own country. About what you told about Amsterdam.. I was born and raised in Amsterdam (south-east side and North) but i left Amsterdam and moved to Deventer 12 years ago with my girlfriend who is from Groningen. Amsterdam was once a nice city but i don't enjoy it anymore to visit. To many tourists and tourists shops, bars etc. The last time i visited the city is 3 years ago and i left that day after one hour of shopping. I got really angry for the fact i needed to talk English in 3 of the 5 shops i visited because they didn't speak any Dutch. It offended me that i can't be helped in my own language in my 'own town'. Sure for the tourists it's a blessing, but for a local it almost feels like discriminating.. Enjoy your next 2 years of the Netherlands and hope you find a nice house in a nice place!
Congratulations on being approved to stay in this beautiful country. I know my Mom always wanted to return there. They never did but she always missed it.
Nice! There are tons of things to do and see here. And often easy to reach by train. Dordrecht is not a bad spot to start travelling. Although I have no idea how it is to live there daily. Amersfoort in the middle of the country might be a good spot when you take public transport and easy to reach in consideration. Plus, there are nice houses in Amersfoort all within cycling distance from the train station. (It comes at a price though). Now it's perhaps an idea to expand your trips a little: Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent in Flandres. Münster, Düsseldorf, Aachen, Bad Bentheim in Germany. And Leer, NE of Groningen is worth a visit as well. Over centuries, the Dutch border has 'shifted'. A lot of 'foreign' towns just across the border have a Dutch heritage and it's nice to explore how our neighbouring countries have incorporated the Dutch 'traces' into their current town. For smaller towns: have a look at Salland (the 'Vechtdal area), and Twente in the east. The Achterhoek or the Veluwe and the area around Maastricht. All are easy to reach by train. There are more areas like these, but these spring to mind.
We love having you here in The Netherlands.
We moved from the U.S. a month ago and love the Netherlands! This has been the least stressful move ever. You feel like this country has your back. I’ve never felt more relaxed or supported in my life. We don’t foresee leaving either. Everything just works here compared to where we came from. Our next project is learning Dutch!
As a Dutchman who used to live in the US I could not agree more 😊
Where do you live? Can I help you with learning Dutch in any way?
@@atropatene3596 Thank you for your offer but we are signed up for Dutch classes to start soon and have online resources until then.
Welcome to our small country 🤗
@@xxleonie1987xx Dank je wel!
You cannot leave. You're the best ambassadors for that country. Greeting from Germany!
I appreciate the Amsterdam comment 🙌 people always only talk about/go to Amsterdam, but there are so so many other places.
Please, stay in Amsterdam.
I tune in every now and then, but it’s really cool that you show off the Netherlands and not just Amsterdam. Given how small the country is a lot of people don’t appreciate how well connected everything is they never explore further than the Randstad.
Congrats, and finally a blog that says Amsterdam is overrated for tourists! There are so many beautiful other cities like Utrecht, Haarlem, Leiden, Delft, Maastricht, Groningen and many more.
To a great extent, it is the tourists that make it overrated. We just sacrifice A'dam so the rest of the country can remain okay.
@@landsgevaer Yes, for instance Groningen is shit, don't come here! (I live in Groningen 😄😉)
@@joostdriesens3984 So do I. Stop the Lelylijn! ✊
Amsterdam is a beautiful city not over rated but over crowded with tourist. And yes there is more then amsterdam but not over rated . One of the most beautiful cities in this world❤
Or Hoorn! Great city with greath history 👍🏻
Dear Michelle and naughty Alex, it is nice to hear that you will be here among us in the coming years. Have a good time and give us fun vlogs pls 😘
I was afraid they would leave us. Sooo glaadddd they dont.
Van harte gefeliciteerd met jullie verlenging voor het verblijf in Nederland. Dat jullie nog maar vele jaren vol geluk in Nederland mogen wonen. Ik volg jullie nu een jaartje denk ik en ik ben ondertussen een vaste volger en geniet enorm van jullie humor.
Een tip voor jullie steden tour probeer eens Elburg te bezoeken. één van de kleinste stadjes van Nederland.
Groetjes DeToov.
🥂
Thank you for staying with us. Be and feel welcome! I'm hoping for full Dutch videos from you. Love, Robin.
Someday in those 5yrs i will sponsor you guys, big times!! Note my words, so for now veel geluk....
Congrats to all of us! We don't have to miss your shenanigans in the Netherlands and abroad.
You are happy that you can stay in the Netherlands for another five years and we are happy that we can enjoy your videos for (at least) another five years.
That's what they call a win-win situation.
Congratulations.
CONGRATULATIONS! , Positive people are always welcome 🙂
Except when they are brown or muslim. At least voting outcomes suggest that
@@zjweele13Why reply that negative when it is just a very positive message?
@@DeToov positive, but not true
@@zjweele13 Er zijn zeker problemen in Nederland wat betreft geloof en huidskleur, maar ga daar eens over nadenken! Zijn we daar niet allemaal, zowel hun kant als onze kant niet fout in geweest? Ik ga zeker niet alles goed praten, maar even eeen voorbeeld. Een hele goeie vriend van mij is begin jaren 90 als politiekvluchteling als 9 jarig jochie uit Iran naar Nederland gekomen. Irak (Sadam Hoesein) had op hun familie een bedrag geplakt! De vader was een een hoog aangeschreven tandarts in Iran, moest eerst inburgeren, watt logisch is, maar moest daarna een beroep kiezen om te volgen voor zijn toekomst, van een lager niveau (met alle respect) hij kon kiezen uit de bouw sector en dat soort opleidingen. Na 20 jaar heeft hij zich aangemeld voor toetsing en opleiding tandarts, het vak waar zijn hart ligt, maar nee kwam er niet door, zijn denk niveau in Nederland werd te laag geschat, terwijl tandartsen zeggen, waar hij dagje mee mocht lopen (7 totaal), hij is goed opgeleid en leergierig, verstaat zijn vak (moest wel bijscholen wat logisch is), maar waarom dit dan weer tegenhouden, want die stomme kut opleiding is niet alleen tandarts, maar bijvoorbeeld ook je talen vaardigheid! Zoals Engels, waarop hij gezakt is, kan hij dan niet werken in een praktijk met enkel Nederlandse cliënten of Nederlands talige cliënten? Ik zeg niet dat alles zo gaat, maar als je goedwillende mensen met verstand van een beroep zo gaat weren en ze ongelukkig maakt in een sector waar ze het eigenlijk niet naar hun zin hebben, moet jee ook niet raar opkijken dat het gaat botsen.
Gefeliciteerd, ik hoop in de toekomst nog meer vlogs van jullie te zien uit en in Nederland.
Congrats, glad you are staying for another 5 yrs. Love your videos, so keep them coming 😊😊
🎉🎉🎉 yeey!! More enjoyable content for the next five years from you guys!!! Congratulations!
Yay 5 jaren erbij! Heel benieuwd hoe het kanaal groeit in deze 5 jaar! En elke reisvlog die jullie maken is leuk om te kijken! Have a great weekend! 😊
I don't comment much but I watch almost every video. They are very fun and relaxing to watch!!
Groetjes uit Katwijk (near Leiden)❤
Congratulations! You’re most welcome here. Nice to have you here for another 5 years. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!
Really great to hear you’ll be staying with us and focus on vlogging even more. Looking forward to see the upcoming video’s.
Congrats and well deserved!! I've been living in the Netherlands since birth, 58 years now..and still learning new things from your video's, and love the way you try all the dutch things. Talking about integration 😊, next stop: 50.000 subscribers!!
Great news guys! Nice to hear you love living here. Buying a house will be a very tough challenge. Real estate prices have gone through the roof lately. Living close to Amsterdam, I fully agree Amsterdam is not the best city to visit, although it has its hidden gems.
Good to hear your staying here........ 🙂. Thanks for your video's and hope for more.
Gefeliciteerd! I'm very happy to hear I can enjoy your lovely video's for at least 5 more years
Gefeliciteerd Lex and Michelle on that renewal. Now onward to the next one, with you maybe even have permeant residence if you want. Great to see it all works out for you and i wish you the best of luck for the coming years on becoming even more Dutch! 🥳🎉
Congratulations and an extended welcome!
Happy to see you are staying. Keep the good mood.
Glad to see you're gonna be with us for a while. I would gladly be your guide to the Eindhoven most people don't get to see (even many people from Eindhoven itself). Good luck in the next five years and way after that!!
Congrats, looking forward to many fun videos!
Congrats on your best decision! Love the energy!
Congratulations to the next 5 years. You are very welcome. Enjoy your life here.❤
Congratulations! So glad to hear you are staying for at least another 5 years.
Would love to meet you one day...
Congrats! Glad you two can stay for another 5 years. I really enjoy the videos you two make :D
Congrats.....and.... WE all love to keep you here !!!!! 😊😊❤
Congratulations! Hope to see more of your explorations of our wonderful country!
Ik ben benieuwd wat er allemaal nog op de planning staat!
Gefeliciteerd. 🎉 We're happy to keep you! Nice you enjoy the beachhouse in Vlissingen. Very close to my residence.
Gefeliciteerd en super leuk dat jullie blijven!
Congrats! Happy you guys stay! Love your videos and see my country through your eyes :)
Congratulations! Love your videos, and I hope _y'all_ continue to grow the channel.
Yay! Happy to know that you both are staying here in The Netherlands! :)
Great to hear you're staying. I hope you keep making video's about the things you do in the Netherlands.
So glad you are staying! Looking forward to watching many more vlogs!
Congrats on at least another 5 years! I really enjoy both canals and would hate to see you guys leave.
You two have a chemistry that is fun and touches the heart! I'm hungry for way more of your adventures.
Gefeliciteerd!!! Tis ook super leuk om jullie video’s te zien!
Good for you guys, keep on making great content!
Congrats, I very much enjoy your videos and it is nice to have you here.
Great news. I bid you welcome and hope you have lots of fun the next five years!
Congratulations 🎉🎊🍾. It’s great that you can stay here. More great videos to come in the next years. It’s great to see you embrace the Dutch culture. I have to check your second channel. I am one of your subscribers that would watch videos of you in other countries. ❤❤❤
I just found this channel but I love how you introduce me (Dutch) to my own country from a different perspective.
Also love seeing how you treat each-other.
Hey, Michelle and Alex. Congrats on staying 5 more years in the Netherlands. Having seen quite a few vids of you both, it's obvious you both feel well here 😊
Your perspectives on the Netherlands are really great 👍
We love having smart and funny people coming over to our small country.
Thanks you both.
Keep'm coming, the vids.👍👌
A big congratulations for growing the channel so successfully and doing such an amazing job of learning how to settle in as immigrants. Not easy. It's truly an inspiring story. Love the whole "of course we're staying" vibe to the whole video. Keep the car-free life going. That too is inspiring and proves the concept of what a great mass transportation nation NL is. It's no secret what a housing-challenged country NL is right now, so it will be fascinating to see you explore what area works for you best. Gefeliciteerd!
Congratulations, Gefeliciteerd!!
Thanks for answering my question at 13:00. I love your video's!
Glad to hear you guys are staying with us for 5 more years !!
Congratulations, Gefeliciteerd. 🎉🎂❣️
Congrats!! Totally stoked and happy for y’all! Here’s to 5 more years and hopefully more! And congrats and the 20 bajillion subs!
Slagroomtaart for a celebration is so very Dutch!
Normally it’s eaten differently 😉
Echt niet! Bleah...zo overrated 😮
@@gember1382 spelbreker!
@@Corremans Yes, normally you spread it all over your body. Oh well, maybe in another video.😁
I thought the DAFT renewal was just 3 years! I’m excited that it’s 5!🎉 Congratulations 😄 we’re only 7 months in but I hope we can stay forever 💗
Just make sure to have a minimum of €4500 in your account.
Gezellig 😃!, fijn dat jullie mogen blijven!
Thanks for staying, The Netherlands is a better place because of you guys. Maybe there should be a patreon for your channel.
we’re working on it! ❤️
fijn dat jullie blijven !!!
onder de voorwaarde dat jullie video's blijven uploaden? haha
ga zo door
subscribed to your channel as a way to say thank you for staying ❤ I like your content, and I love the idea that there will be more! Please keep up the good work 👍
Yay!!!!!!!!! I love watching your vlogs Gelukkig blijven jullie nog even!
Amazing! Gefeliciteerd!
Glad to hear you guy’s are staying! Congrats on the approval of your residence permit and enjoy your stay!
Keep it up y'all! 5 more years! 5 more years!
Yay! So happy you're staying!🎉
Guys, cheers to your achievement!! 🏆Your positivity in your videos is apreciated, keep on growing and ▶, the best luck to y'all!
Gefeliciteerd en op nog vele jaren! ❤🙏
Don’t scare me like that! “Are we leaving…” and I was like: “Nooooo!” This channel teaches me stuff ‘n things about The Netherlands even I didn’t know. And you have the best (sexy) puns of UA-cam! Congrats you two!! 🥳
Congratulations guys 😊🎉 love the video ❤👍as always I'm looking forward to it.
Go visit the old Hanze cities on the IJssel, Doesburg, Zutphen, Deventer, Zwolle, Kampen. Mediëval cities that have been lovely restored.
In Zutphen there is the Librije, the oldest public library in the world and very special. Books are on chains. Looks like a scene from a movie like name of the rose
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 congratulations on the renewal 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Waddinxveen has great transportation options and great houses.
You’re welcome for following you from the beginning!!!
Congratulations my dutchies 🎉 a second subscription is on its way. By the way.. With the amount of subscribers you two have at this very moment, You could fill half the football stadium the kuip Rotterdam with people (fans) 😮 and believe me..! That's insane! Because I experienced it myself. Can't wait to see your next dutch and other advantures.
Darlings, you are more than welcome here. I follow your posts and you seen to be an asset in this crazy country. You two are loved very much here. Congratulations. And love you for knowing that The Netherlands are not Amsterdam. A fresh stroopwafel is great.
Great channel guys. I have lived 8 years in Vlaardingen great public transportation cheaper and quieter than Rotterdam. Really missing it. Now I live in Oostburg.
Congrats! Hope you'll keep enjoying your time there! 🎉
your videos are well done, enjoy them a lot
Such an inspiring story and also helpfully content for the Dutchies that want to be tourist in their own country.
Congrats on the renewal!! Glad you have enjoyed living in the Netherlands. It has produced a lot of nice videos!
...And now I'm secretly praying to learn which city you guys didn't like 😅
Good news to hear that you will be staying with us for a while, you are most welcome...
Amsterdam-Zuid and Amsterdam-Centrum outside of the Tourist area around Amsterdam CS are beautiful to go for a long walk on a warm sunny day in May or September. But I agree that the Rokin on a rainy day in November is rather miserable.
Amsterdam was a nice city during the pandemic when most tourists stayed away…..😊
What a tension, staying or not staying..... ;-) I'm glad you both can continue making great vids about the Netherlands. Enjoy!
A second channel, Toe Maar. Visit islands all over the world, nice weather, relaxed sightseeing. Did you know that you can visit, for cheap, the island of Dord? Yep, Dord has an island too.Going there on a nice sunny day, perhaps.
I'm glad you're staying 🎉🎉🎉
I am sooo glad you guy’s are having so much fun while being here. It is a joy to watch, glad you answered all those questions. Thank you for that. I like the way you talked about going nude too, but most of all the food talk….❤
I was afraid you decided to move to another country!
Im so glad to hear you like it here in the Netherlands and that you will stay for another 5 years! Great!
Gefeliciteerd!!!🎉🎊
Ik ben blij voor jullie ☺️💖
I'm happy for you both that you can stay. If you come to Arnhem you are welcome here🤗
congratulations!!!!! Cheers from Canary Islands. As a new yorker living here I believe you are doing the right thing. Hope you guys come to visit. See you soon
which island? we went to lanzarote last year and loved it. might visit fuerteventura next!
@@buncharted hi guys
I live in Tenerife, exactly Puerto de la Cruz, moved from Fair Lawn, NJ here with family
Let me know if you decide to visit this island. I have an Alrbnb business
Sweethearts! Great to hear my favorite (ex-) Americans are staying to become even more like a Dutchy! Love your dutch adventures, keep it up..
Congrats and a great 5 yrs to come
As a Dutchy, i love to watch your channel and truely discover some things i never knew about my own country.
About what you told about Amsterdam.. I was born and raised in Amsterdam (south-east side and North) but i left
Amsterdam and moved to Deventer 12 years ago with my girlfriend who is from Groningen.
Amsterdam was once a nice city but i don't enjoy it anymore to visit. To many tourists and tourists shops, bars etc.
The last time i visited the city is 3 years ago and i left that day after one hour of shopping.
I got really angry for the fact i needed to talk English in 3 of the 5 shops i visited because they didn't speak any Dutch.
It offended me that i can't be helped in my own language in my 'own town'.
Sure for the tourists it's a blessing, but for a local it almost feels like discriminating..
Enjoy your next 2 years of the Netherlands and hope you find a nice house in a nice place!
gelukkig blijven jullie nog even, laat de video's maar komen. 🎊🎉🎈
Congratulations on being approved to stay in this beautiful country. I know my Mom always wanted to return there. They never did but she always missed it.
It makes me happy that you guys are happy here :)
Yessssssssssssssssss gefeliciteerd hup naar nog 5 jaar leuke video`S , Toppers
Nice! There are tons of things to do and see here. And often easy to reach by train. Dordrecht is not a bad spot to start travelling. Although I have no idea how it is to live there daily. Amersfoort in the middle of the country might be a good spot when you take public transport and easy to reach in consideration. Plus, there are nice houses in Amersfoort all within cycling distance from the train station. (It comes at a price though).
Now it's perhaps an idea to expand your trips a little: Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent in Flandres. Münster, Düsseldorf, Aachen, Bad Bentheim in Germany. And Leer, NE of Groningen is worth a visit as well. Over centuries, the Dutch border has 'shifted'. A lot of 'foreign' towns just across the border have a Dutch heritage and it's nice to explore how our neighbouring countries have incorporated the Dutch 'traces' into their current town.
For smaller towns: have a look at Salland (the 'Vechtdal area), and Twente in the east. The Achterhoek or the Veluwe and the area around Maastricht. All are easy to reach by train. There are more areas like these, but these spring to mind.