Thanks for the incredible review, it was an absolute pleasure working with you both and we look forward to having you happy in your home for many years to come.
Great to see you back! I was just an hour ago thinking of you guys👍. Hope you love your new home and see you both healthy. Gefeliciteerd met jullie nieuwe huis en woonplaats🎉🍾🥂
Gefeliciteerd met jullie nieuwe 'stekkie'. De Baron is a fav pub of mine (close to Felix II). I was born and raised near by Hilversum. 't Gooi (the area, Hilversum included) is a very calm peacefull place to live in. I wish you all the best in your new home.
@@SoultoSoulTravelsI was right about the christmas lights. It was your behavior (I had to see the vid several times) towards each other.. non-verbal that let me choose for the christmas lights.😄😉
Another suggestion: If you are both happy with the christmas tree; take a big garbage bag, slide it over the tree, place the tree somewhere you can store in the house, your marriage is saved. It has to be a plastic tree not a real one of course and it saves money. My parents are still married ..this year 60 years and doing this for years.
Realtors, or "makelaars", are currently the best way to get a good place to live here. I found my new apartment through one as well, and I'm moving this July because it's still being built right now...
I think it is a good move. Hilversum is a wonderful town, some of my family lives there. It is surrounded by beautiful nature. Also it is good for public transport, you can travel in all directions in the Netherlands
Congrats with the new home and still being married and the need of more Christmas lights 😂 ect. Maybe a tour in the apartment would be nice?! Hilversum is a great place to be. My cousin lives there, close to the forest! I love to be in Hilversum!
Smart choice. (I even moved further north!) big cities like Rotterdam Den Haag Amsterdam and Utrecht become un Livable. So moving north east is a very smart plan.
Congrats on the apartment! Looks great and cosy furniture. Have fun exploring Hilversum by e-bike. It’s gorgeous there. Great vid, guys. As it comes to christmastree lightning: 💯same here 😆!
Gefeliciteerd met jullie nieuwe huis èn met het heelhuids doorkomen van de gehele verhuizing. (I have a great deal of trust in you two so I congratualeted you both in Dutch….)
Recyclable waste you can drop off for free anytime! Paper, pmd, old electronic stuff. Ask de gemeente Hilversum for drop off points closer to your home. Or maybe there is a GAD-app? Also paper gets collected by schools and clubs to make some money.
you guys are lucky some of us have to be on a waiting list to get a house for 2 years or more that is wahy we need the formation to be done and over with so the pvv can do what they have promised
The #1 reason why you would move out of Rotterdam .... because it it Rotterdam! As long as you don't move to Almere or Lelystad it is always an upgrade.
@@SoultoSoulTravels I think that area is called Boombergen in Hilversum Noord-west. A tip for the next time you take your e-bikes out: de Hoorneboegse heide is beautiful this time of year, or actually any time of year😊
Welcome to Hilversum! You're almost there, just 50 more miles East and you're in the better part of The Netherlands.🙃The Hanzesteden are the place to be when it comes to nice, cosy, medieval towns, but for a change of pace you can also go to the Achterhoek, Veluwe or even Drenthe and above.😊Get yourself a nice farm or bungalow! Don't forget to go for a walk in Lage Vuursche and have a pancake or two there. Also, good idea to visit Oudewater, which is a little more south to where you are. The Heksenwaag there is the most famous of our country. Hilversum is one of the strangest towns to drive in imo though. A lot of these roads make no sense, so be careful, but maybe that's me.🤭 Also, my dears, next time you need help, look to your viewers, alright? Would have helped and had your back as I'm certain many others would. I think you still have my email and probably others too! Please use us and step over that polite, American shadow, deal? It would have been my absolute pleasure & delight, truly. One tip, I don't know if you're renting still or bought your home, but in the end buying will be less expensive. Buying a 'nieuwbouw huis' is cheaper due to certain taxes you won't have to pay, but it does depend where you'd like to live & of course what your budget is. You do have a traincard for cheaper fares, right? I'm sure you've gotten this info already, but if you travel between 9.00 and 16.00 you can travel 40% cheaper with a NS dalurenkaart. You'll get used to the trash thing! However, there should be containers near supermarkets etc. where you can throw away excess glass, paper etc. if your own containers are full. One final tip (I'm doing it again, aren't I...🤭) make sure you have enough locks on your E-bikes, they get stolen a lot especially if the battery is present. Enjoy your new home. Here's to many more years of happiness in The Netherlands.
Gefeliciteerd! I hope you soon will feel at home in Hilversum. Just don't make the mistake to call Hilversum a city. It's a village and we are very proud of that! 😄 It's difficult to recommend a 'huisarts', when I don't know where in Hilversum you are living. Personally I can recommend Medisch Centrum Dudokpark. They are situated close to the Raadhuis. Good doctors and convenient place, because they have everything you need in the same building. Dentist, physiotherapists and pharmacy. Good luck!
@@MaartjeTosca It is both. There is "official definition" (which makes any place over a certain amount of people a city these days) and there is the "perceptive definition" where Hilversum very much feels like a village. It isn't an accident that one of the nicknames for Hilversum in the surrounding towns is "Hilverdorp". As Sigrund mentions, this is what the people in Hilversum feel about their place.. it is a village, a big village but a village nonetheless. And it is a very nice and goodlooking village at that (except maybe the mediapark and industrial areas but that is always the case with those places)
Yeah, when you go to the center you will say, ik ga even naar het dorp.. you will not say, ik ga even naar de stad. What I will say when I am in Utrecht and go to the center
Hilversum is home to the Hilversum Hurricanes at Sportpark Loosdrecht ('t Jagerspaadje): American Football, baseball and fastpitch softball. You are always welcome to warch or follow live streams on youtube by Johan Els.
It has taken some time but finally you're "getting your feet wet" in The Netherlands. From big city life to, let's say, town life. Last steps: learn Dutch, move to a village with less than 20,000 inhabitants and enjoy your "golden years".
4:25 No, not supply and demand: A massive housing crisis. A seriously massive housing crisis that government seems absolutely not willing to solve. If it takes any longer, I'm afraid it'll have very dire consequences, resulting in some serious chaos. I'm superpessimistic about this given how it has been a problem for decades now and government explicitly wanted to make it worse by allowing investments companies onto the Dutch housing market giving them a big go ahead to completely abuse and exploit an already bad situation and make it way worse. 6:40 That might be a makelaar trying to abuse it's position as a third person (which still happens, even with regulations in place to combat that problem). 12:58 As anyone knows: the way to test a marriage or relationship is to put together either an Ikea building package, or set up a tent on a camping. 19:00 Fun stuff: I work in Hilversum at a media company and I don't know about the Saturday thing :P .
On the "Causing dissagreement" christmas deccorations, you should look up a video from "Tiny & Lau met kerst" mind the cussing, but its should be taken lightly as they are "happily" married for years as far as I know.
Oh nice, you are living in my old stomping grounds. I grew up in Bussum and Hilversum (mainly Bussum though). This area is called "' 't Gooi" and border the "Utrechtse Heuvelrug", There are some awesome nature areas close by that I can highly recommend. Of course "Het Hilversumse bos", "de Lage Vuursche" (bordering het Hilversumse bos) where the village with the same name houses some of the best pancake restaurants in the country (and is home to former Queen Beatrix in Castle Drakensteyn) In the direction of Bussum you will find large moorlands/heath lands and Bantam. There are the Loosdrechtse Plassen in the direction of Utrecht, the Ankeveense/'sGravenlandse plassen in the direction of Amsterdam. So many opportunities to just cycle for hours on end. I am sure you will love the area, go explore and tell us all about it. :)
Reminds me of our own return to the Netherlands from living in Thailand, and having the whole livingroom filled with Ikea-boxes. Wishing you all the best in Hilversum for the years to come.
Those are usually hard to reach without a car and those large pieces of cardboard are difficult to transport on a bike. In their case I would call the ‘grofvuil’ to have it picked up.
Hi you guys, I’ve been following you for quite some time and always loved your Rotterdam story’s and now you’e come to live in the neighborhood! What are the odds? I live in Hilversum. I I came here in 1996, moved from Leiden as a graduate and build my life here, had a family. The children are living and studying in Utrecht by now. Anyway, I really enjoy nature in het Gooi. Hilversum has a circle of forests and heide around it in which you can go on hikes and bike tours. It will never get old. Also seeing the seasons turn. I recommend circling to the Bluk on the Zuiderheide and getting a coffee and a Dennenkoek. Or chocolade melk met slagroom. And if you have the time, especially on an e-bike you can cycle from there to Lage Vuursche and end up at the Horneboegse Heide on the South side of Hilversum. De zuiderheide is on the North side of town. Sorry, very confusing. The trip will be an hour or so, just cycling. You can stop at De Paddenstoel for a pancake.
I want to say something about recycling. We even fish the bikes out of the canals of Amsterdam, that we call recycling. Did you happen to know that in the Netherlands virgin plastic can be made out of waste plastic. Of course we have to get rid of plastic, but this means that the volume of plastic doesn't have to grow if we want to. That's something for a start besides bioplastic. This proces can be done time after time. Paper recycling goes for seven rounds and then it is finished. So keep on afval scheiden.
So funny that you ended up in Felix II. This used to be my go to place when I was younger. Seeing the picture it still looks mostly the same as when I went there.🙂
If you want a slower phase in life come to Zuid Limburg it's better climate less wind and more sun. Different landscape and less crowded ❤😃 Welcome back👊
I recently moved from a city to a village too. Still searching for that three bin trash can though. Where did you buy it? Also there are many online furniture companies nowadays. So I ordered all sorts of stuff and an electric screwdriver. So every free moment is spent putting together my furniture. Luckily I have a brick shed in my garden to put all the cartboard boxes in, since they only collect them once a month. Plus having to pay quite a bit for dumping old furniture and even having to get it to the dumping site yourself is new for me. But hey, at some point I will have a really nice place to live...
Will see you in a few years when you move east, to Twente. Life in "the east" is more relaxed then in the "the west". Some people think the east side of the IJssel is already Germany 😂
Hi, so good to hear that in the end it all worked out. I lived in Hilversum for 18 years and I still miss the fact that you are only 10 minutes away from the forrest and that I could bike for more than an hour through the forrest and hardly see anyone. It has beautiful surroundings. And you are closer to Utrecht now! Only 15 minutes by train! I think you will have lots of inspiration as you will now not only find the differences between America and the Netherlands but also within the Netherlands. The changes between Rotterdam and Hilversum are huge. Kingsday is comming next month and Hilversum has a lot of podia with lots of music. Enjoy your new place!
The day you went to Ikea Delft I was on the same bus with my girlfriend to Ikea. We are not married so we had no real pressure. But I could imagine you were nervous the day you were putting your marriage on the line. I didn’t want to embarrass you …. Happy your marriage survived 😀👍🏻.
I think you will have to change your YT account snail mail address since you now live in Hilversum. BTW: If you move again within the Netherlands, you must ask your viewers for assistance. Reach out to us. I'm sure there are plenty of people with transportation who will be willing to help you. I live in North Brabant myself and would certainly help you move to the southern Netherlands.
Congratulations on the new appartment! Finding an appartment at the moment is very difficult. The son of one of my friends wants to move out and live with his girlfriend, but they have been searching for years now to no avail. It is one of the main problems the government has to address. If ever you need help moving again just let us viewers know! I for one would have loved to help out ❤
Welcome to Hilversum. Great area ! Close to the ‘hei’ for walks. Close to Laren and Blaricum. Lovely forests for bike rides. I remember visiting my grandmother in Hilversum. Growing up in Amsterdam we would go for walks and Sunday drives around the area. It is only half hour from the city. Enjoy ! Love from California 🇳🇱👍🇳🇱👍🇳🇱
Ikea truly is a relationship test! Brings out the worst in people; that's for sure. I can understand the Toki Pona language a bit, and in that language, "ike a" means "oh horrific!". But why are UA-camrs fleeing the city where I live? Buncharted moved to Dordrecht, you two moved to Hilversum, Jovie's Home only visits Rotterdam for work... Should I try better deodorant, or why is everyone leaving?
Hello new neighbors! Good to see you found a place to live in Hilversum. If you need any advice for things to do or to visit, let me know! Greets from Naarden
Since you guys don't have a car, make sure you get an NS discount card. (There are several variants). You'll get a 40% discount during off-peak hours, weekends and holidays. Totally worth it.
Hi guys, I'm from Romania! I lived in Rotterdam for 1 year, it's wonderful, you're right, but I suggest you visit Romania, especially Brasov, you won't regret it! I wish you all the best! many kisses
trying to find a rental in the Netherlands has become really really hard in the past year or so. The governent has introduced legislation designed to increase tax revenue on investments which are exceptionally bad for property owners. Which is one of the reasons landlords are selling off properties in large numbers. At the same time new legislation was introduced with the goal to increase the amount of affordable rentals. However the stand alone result of this law is a stark reduction in rentals as the position of owners was hollowed out considerably while at the same time reducing the rent owners can ask.... So it is good to hear that you have found a good place in Hilversum. 🍾
Congrats on your new home and the next stage of your lives. Although I'm also from Rotterdam, I absolutely LOVE Hilversum and the surrounding villages and towns. It's just very beautiful there so do enjoy the scenery and people there.
We have no marriage issues with IKEA, because my wife lets me do it on my own.😂 I love putting that stuff together, would almost buy some, just for the assembly fun. I pretty weird, I know. You’re gonna love it there. If you like water sports Loosdrecht is really nice in the summer.
Hilversum is a beautiful town. It’s surrounded by nature (woods, lakes and heath) and it’s close to two great larger cities: Amsterdam and Utrecht (only 20 minutes with train). My recommendations for biking: try a tour along the Vecht or through the Lage Vuursche.
So your move to Hilversum went OK... I hope you like your new house. Ohwww... general practitioners nowadays are a hassle to find.. most practices are full. Good luck finding a doctor. Looking forward to your next video.
Praat me niet van “makelaars”. Mijn dochter wilde het appartement van een vriend huren en hij wilde aan haar verhuren, maar had al een contractje met een verhuurmakelaar. Mijn dochter meldde zich bij de makelaar. Deze makelaar, die niet wist dat mijn man en ik de verhuurder goed kenden, meldde mijn dochter dat alle bezichtingsronden helaas al vol waren. De eigenaar kreeg daarentegen horen dat er zich helaas maar één belangstellende had gemeld (niet mijn dochter). Wat zal ik zeggen: kijk uit voor vuile spelletjes. In dit geval was er waarschijnlijk een eigen kandidaat van de makelaar, waarbij je ook niet kunt uitsluiten dat er wat (zwart?) geld zou worden overhandigd.
The owner poot his foot down and everything came out ok in the end. Makelaar was swiftly replaced but they were a pain in the ass. I guess they could not handle the shame of being caught😀😀
Eric and Tami: I have been off of YT for some time. It is nice to see you two still posting great videos. I have to tell you that you two have a "Psychiatric Stamina" that most people our age would never possess. Indeed, I AM "jealous". :) Congratulations on your new home. :) Antoine
Train (PT) indeed is far from cheap in the NL. For the (NS) train there's a monthly subscription, though, that gives you 7 very cheap "choice days". But to get the cheaper subscription rate, you cannot check in during the rush hours. In your case, a month of that subscription and those days added up would have been much cheaper than you €300 - probably less than half.
Good luck in Hilversum …but …if you ever go back to,the states ….please become president and first lady …with your energy you can surely make america great and happy again ! Edd from cape town.
Gefeliciteerd you survived. 😂😂 It is a small country with no extra places to live. Are you on the social woning list? Takes a few years but you get to try until… Most are only for your area. You are in Hilversum so it would be that area and the rent is sometimes cheaper. Moving here is a trip. No getting friends together with pickups..haaa Look forward to seeing outside. Has green, looks private..ground floor? Hilversum is a nice calm village very convenient to all of the country. Enjoy
Hi Tammy and Eric, welcome to my hometown where i was born and raised. There is a lot to see and you can enjoy nature. I wish you the best of luck with your new appartement!
If you buy a discount card from the NS Dutch railways you get 40% discount when you travel out of rush hours. Can save you a lot money. If you not already done this.
Welcome in the center of the Netherlands. I live in Laren, which is very close to Hilversum and it is a very lovely village with a very nice museum and lovely houses. Actually , most people living here are rich, but not all. (I am certainly not rich, but they need care givers as much as less wealthy people.......) Hope you enjoy your new home. I am originally from the south of the Netherlands..... I had a bit off culture shock when I first came here. But, alles went...... behalve een vent....... LOL.
Thanks for the incredible review, it was an absolute pleasure working with you both and we look forward to having you happy in your home for many years to come.
Thank you, Bridgette💕
Great to see you back! I was just an hour ago thinking of you guys👍. Hope you love your new home and see you both healthy. Gefeliciteerd met jullie nieuwe huis en woonplaats🎉🍾🥂
Dankjewel, Martin!💕
Gefeliciteerd met jullie nieuwe 'stekkie'. De Baron is a fav pub of mine (close to Felix II). I was born and raised near by Hilversum. 't Gooi (the area, Hilversum included) is a very calm peacefull place to live in. I wish you all the best in your new home.
Dankjewel, Helga!! We will check out De Baron -thank you for the suggestion😊
@@SoultoSoulTravels It is in de Spoorstraat nearby the trainstation.
@@SoultoSoulTravelsI was right about the christmas lights. It was your behavior (I had to see the vid several times) towards each other.. non-verbal that let me choose for the christmas lights.😄😉
Another suggestion: If you are both happy with the christmas tree; take a big garbage bag, slide it over the tree, place the tree somewhere you can store in the house, your marriage is saved. It has to be a plastic tree not a real one of course and it saves money. My parents are still married ..this year 60 years and doing this for years.
Veel plezier in jullie nieuwe woonplaats!
Dankjewel, ringerheringa😊
Welcome to Hilversum! We have been here since 2005 and we love it here 😊
Realtors, or "makelaars", are currently the best way to get a good place to live here. I found my new apartment through one as well, and I'm moving this July because it's still being built right now...
I think it is a good move. Hilversum is a wonderful town, some of my family lives there. It is surrounded by beautiful nature. Also it is good for public transport, you can travel in all directions in the Netherlands
Thank you, John!😊
Congrats with the new home and still being married and the need of more Christmas lights 😂 ect. Maybe a tour in the apartment would be nice?! Hilversum is a great place to be. My cousin lives there, close to the forest! I love to be in Hilversum!
Smart choice. (I even moved further north!) big cities like Rotterdam Den Haag Amsterdam and Utrecht become un Livable. So moving north east is a very smart plan.
Congrats on the apartment! Looks great and cosy furniture. Have fun exploring Hilversum by e-bike. It’s gorgeous there.
Great vid, guys. As it comes to christmastree lightning: 💯same here 😆!
Thank you, Simone!💕
Gefeliciteerd met het nieuwe huis!
Dankjewel, gert-janvanderlee!!😊
Gefeliciteerd met jullie nieuwe huis èn met het heelhuids doorkomen van de gehele verhuizing. (I have a great deal of trust in you two so I congratualeted you both in Dutch….)
Dankjewel, Sylvia!😊
Recyclable waste you can drop off for free anytime! Paper, pmd, old electronic stuff. Ask de gemeente Hilversum for drop off points closer to your home. Or maybe there is a GAD-app? Also paper gets collected by schools and clubs to make some money.
nice video guys, all these stories and the IKEA test is well known
Thank you, Mike!😊
you guys are lucky some of us have to be on a waiting list to get a house for 2 years or more that is wahy we need the formation to be done and over with so the pvv can do what they have promised
The #1 reason why you would move out of Rotterdam .... because it it Rotterdam!
As long as you don't move to Almere or Lelystad it is always an upgrade.
Why did you not call DHL to pick it up? 10 boxes is not that expensive to send. The suitcases you could bring with the train to Hilversum 😀
Hi SnipeXAlligator! We did not even think about DHL!! Perhaps that could have saved us some money😮. Next time!!😊
Welcome to Hilversum! What part of hilversum did you guys move to?
Hi Suzanne! Thank you! We are between Museum Hilversum and Corversbos (not sure what that area is called)😊
@@SoultoSoulTravels I think that area is called Boombergen in Hilversum Noord-west. A tip for the next time you take your e-bikes out: de Hoorneboegse heide is beautiful this time of year, or actually any time of year😊
xmas lights....well you never had it as bad as tiny and lau.....
for reference: ua-cam.com/video/uLm6l2csLKQ/v-deo.html
Thank you for the link, eelcodehaan! That was a funny video, even if we didn’t understand a word they were saying (or yelling!)😂
There are thriftstores everywhere where you'll be able to find good pieces of furniture
Yeah In Hilversum you have the kringloopwinkel, right beside the railroad track. It's a great one.
One big question: why didn't you ask for advice here and possibly a helping hand?
The explosions are a bit much in Dutch Big City's.
Daar zijn ze weer hoor. Good to see you again. good luck in the new house. veel fiets plezier
Dankjewel, David!😊
Welcome to Hilversum! You're almost there, just 50 more miles East and you're in the better part of The Netherlands.🙃The Hanzesteden are the place to be when it comes to nice, cosy, medieval towns, but for a change of pace you can also go to the Achterhoek, Veluwe or even Drenthe and above.😊Get yourself a nice farm or bungalow!
Don't forget to go for a walk in Lage Vuursche and have a pancake or two there. Also, good idea to visit Oudewater, which is a little more south to where you are. The Heksenwaag there is the most famous of our country.
Hilversum is one of the strangest towns to drive in imo though. A lot of these roads make no sense, so be careful, but maybe that's me.🤭 Also, my dears, next time you need help, look to your viewers, alright? Would have helped and had your back as I'm certain many others would. I think you still have my email and probably others too! Please use us and step over that polite, American shadow, deal? It would have been my absolute pleasure & delight, truly.
One tip, I don't know if you're renting still or bought your home, but in the end buying will be less expensive. Buying a 'nieuwbouw huis' is cheaper due to certain taxes you won't have to pay, but it does depend where you'd like to live & of course what your budget is.
You do have a traincard for cheaper fares, right? I'm sure you've gotten this info already, but if you travel between 9.00 and 16.00 you can travel 40% cheaper with a NS dalurenkaart.
You'll get used to the trash thing! However, there should be containers near supermarkets etc. where you can throw away excess glass, paper etc. if your own containers are full.
One final tip (I'm doing it again, aren't I...🤭) make sure you have enough locks on your E-bikes, they get stolen a lot especially if the battery is present.
Enjoy your new home. Here's to many more years of happiness in The Netherlands.
Deventer, Zutphen, Kampen or Zwolle beautiful Hanzesteden!
Gefeliciteerd! I hope you soon will feel at home in Hilversum. Just don't make the mistake to call Hilversum a city. It's a village and we are very proud of that! 😄 It's difficult to recommend a 'huisarts', when I don't know where in Hilversum you are living. Personally I can recommend Medisch Centrum Dudokpark. They are situated close to the Raadhuis. Good doctors and convenient place, because they have everything you need in the same building. Dentist, physiotherapists and pharmacy. Good luck!
Hilversum has been a city when it had a population of 100,000 for a short time. I think that was in the sixties or seventies of last century.
@@MaartjeToscaindeed city because it's 90. 260 inhabitants now
Thank you for the information, sigrunwestrus!😊. We will check them out!
@@MaartjeTosca It is both. There is "official definition" (which makes any place over a certain amount of people a city these days) and there is the "perceptive definition" where Hilversum very much feels like a village. It isn't an accident that one of the nicknames for Hilversum in the surrounding towns is "Hilverdorp". As Sigrund mentions, this is what the people in Hilversum feel about their place.. it is a village, a big village but a village nonetheless. And it is a very nice and goodlooking village at that (except maybe the mediapark and industrial areas but that is always the case with those places)
Yeah, when you go to the center you will say, ik ga even naar het dorp.. you will not say, ik ga even naar de stad. What I will say when I am in Utrecht and go to the center
Sorry, I forgot to say: wishing you all the best and lots of happiness in your new home!
Thank you so much!
Eric
Hilversum is home to the Hilversum Hurricanes at Sportpark Loosdrecht ('t Jagerspaadje): American Football, baseball and fastpitch softball. You are always welcome to warch or follow live streams on youtube by Johan Els.
It has taken some time but finally you're "getting your feet wet" in The Netherlands. From big city life to, let's say, town life. Last steps: learn Dutch, move to a village with less than 20,000 inhabitants and enjoy your "golden years".
Enjoy Hilversum, if you want to move again move to zeeland, cheaper and more relaxed living. And there are still houses available
4:25 No, not supply and demand: A massive housing crisis. A seriously massive housing crisis that government seems absolutely not willing to solve. If it takes any longer, I'm afraid it'll have very dire consequences, resulting in some serious chaos.
I'm superpessimistic about this given how it has been a problem for decades now and government explicitly wanted to make it worse by allowing investments companies onto the Dutch housing market giving them a big go ahead to completely abuse and exploit an already bad situation and make it way worse.
6:40 That might be a makelaar trying to abuse it's position as a third person (which still happens, even with regulations in place to combat that problem).
12:58 As anyone knows: the way to test a marriage or relationship is to put together either an Ikea building package, or set up a tent on a camping.
19:00 Fun stuff: I work in Hilversum at a media company and I don't know about the Saturday thing :P .
Did you register with the Gemeente???
We did!!!😊
On the "Causing dissagreement" christmas deccorations, you should look up a video from "Tiny & Lau met kerst" mind the cussing, but its should be taken lightly as they are "happily" married for years as far as I know.
Living in 't Gooi. Fancy! If you ride your bike towards Laren and Blaricum you can pick out a place for when you get to a millions subs ;)
Don't you have a ns kortingskaart? It is 40% cheaper.
Hi Harry! We do have it, but most of the travel was done during peak hours.😢
If it wasn't for our grandkids ,we would move back to The Netherlands.
Us Dutchies just rent a cheap van and move our stuff and return the van. I don't have a license but then we just ask a friend. 😊
You are much to nice to "Expats on the move". If you had a real bad experience you should warn everybody. Just the way you promote J&B.
Remember Eric she is always right 😂 😂 when building Ikea stuff
Oh nice, you are living in my old stomping grounds. I grew up in Bussum and Hilversum (mainly Bussum though). This area is called "' 't Gooi" and border the "Utrechtse Heuvelrug", There are some awesome nature areas close by that I can highly recommend. Of course "Het Hilversumse bos", "de Lage Vuursche" (bordering het Hilversumse bos) where the village with the same name houses some of the best pancake restaurants in the country (and is home to former Queen Beatrix in Castle Drakensteyn) In the direction of Bussum you will find large moorlands/heath lands and Bantam. There are the Loosdrechtse Plassen in the direction of Utrecht, the Ankeveense/'sGravenlandse plassen in the direction of Amsterdam. So many opportunities to just cycle for hours on end. I am sure you will love the area, go explore and tell us all about it. :)
Reminds me of our own return to the Netherlands from living in Thailand, and having the whole livingroom filled with Ikea-boxes. Wishing you all the best in Hilversum for the years to come.
There should be a municipal waste station you can bring your trash to. Like the IKEA cardboard.
Those are usually hard to reach without a car and those large pieces of cardboard are difficult to transport on a bike. In their case I would call the ‘grofvuil’ to have it picked up.
Hi you guys, I’ve been following you for quite some time and always loved your Rotterdam story’s and now you’e come to live in the neighborhood! What are the odds? I live in Hilversum. I I came here in 1996, moved from Leiden as a graduate and build my life here, had a family. The children are living and studying in Utrecht by now. Anyway, I really enjoy nature in het Gooi. Hilversum has a circle of forests and heide around it in which you can go on hikes and bike tours. It will never get old. Also seeing the seasons turn. I recommend circling to the Bluk on the Zuiderheide and getting a coffee and a Dennenkoek. Or chocolade melk met slagroom. And if you have the time, especially on an e-bike you can cycle from there to Lage Vuursche and end up at the Horneboegse Heide on the South side of Hilversum. De zuiderheide is on the North side of town. Sorry, very confusing. The trip will be an hour or so, just cycling. You can stop at De Paddenstoel for a pancake.
I want to say something about recycling. We even fish the bikes out of the canals of Amsterdam, that we call recycling. Did you happen to know that in the Netherlands virgin plastic can be made out of waste plastic. Of course we have to get rid of plastic, but this means that the volume of plastic doesn't have to grow if we want to. That's something for a start besides bioplastic. This proces can be done time after time. Paper recycling goes for seven rounds and then it is finished.
So keep on afval scheiden.
Thank you so much for the information!😃
Eric
Check youp van t hek on his Ikea act. Hilarious
Rotterdam ... will mis the both of You !
Wishing you good luck and happiness in Hilversum
So funny that you ended up in Felix II. This used to be my go to place when I was younger. Seeing the picture it still looks mostly the same as when I went there.🙂
It is a cosy place to hang out!
Congratulations with the new place! Looking forward to hearing about your new travels and discovering your new surroundings.
Thank you, QiuArVee!😊
If you want a slower phase in life come to Zuid Limburg it's better climate less wind and more sun. Different landscape and less crowded ❤😃 Welcome back👊
Woohoo! You are still alive!
Second hand stores and they are great fun.
I recently moved from a city to a village too. Still searching for that three bin trash can though. Where did you buy it? Also there are many online furniture companies nowadays. So I ordered all sorts of stuff and an electric screwdriver. So every free moment is spent putting together my furniture. Luckily I have a brick shed in my garden to put all the cartboard boxes in, since they only collect them once a month. Plus having to pay quite a bit for dumping old furniture and even having to get it to the dumping site yourself is new for me. But hey, at some point I will have a really nice place to live...
They bought the furniture at Ikea. Big chance they got that trasi can there too.
Hi Pasunsoprano! We got the trash can from Amazon! Congratulations to you with your new home as well🎉
Will see you in a few years when you move east, to Twente. Life in "the east" is more relaxed then in the "the west". Some people think the east side of the IJssel is already Germany 😂
Lol!! You got it, Rico NL!!😊
Whooohooo back again. Welkom in jullie nieuwe huis.
Have thought about you two.
Dankjewel, Riny!💕
Have you met any cultural differences between Rotterdam and Hilversum?
Apart from the pace of life.
Not so far😊
So sorry you've left Rotterdam
Vanwege? Hilversum is echt een stuk mooier en schoner. En niet te vergeten veel socialer!
@@on-the-pitch-p3w omdat ze het naar hun zin hadden in Rotterdam.
Hilversum is a nice place to live
A lot of people in the Netherlands have a hard time finding a place or move on their own.
I grew up nearby. Nice area! Enjoy settling in.
Hi, so good to hear that in the end it all worked out. I lived in Hilversum for 18 years and I still miss the fact that you are only 10 minutes away from the forrest and that I could bike for more than an hour through the forrest and hardly see anyone. It has beautiful surroundings. And you are closer to Utrecht now! Only 15 minutes by train! I think you will have lots of inspiration as you will now not only find the differences between America and the Netherlands but also within the Netherlands. The changes between Rotterdam and Hilversum are huge. Kingsday is comming next month and Hilversum has a lot of podia with lots of music.
Enjoy your new place!
You tried dr. Kildare? 😊😊😊😊
Welkom in de buurt! I live just down the road, in beautiful Baambrugge. I am so glad that you found a place and are settling in.
Baambrugge is not really 'just down the road' from Hilversum...but it is from Abcoude 😊
Thank you, digitaldion!😊
Why did you leave Rotterda
Gefeliciteerd met jullie nieuwe woning 🙏🎊
Dankjewel, yvonnesopacua!😊
The day you went to Ikea Delft I was on the same bus with my girlfriend to Ikea. We are not married so we had no real pressure. But I could imagine you were nervous the day you were putting your marriage on the line. I didn’t want to embarrass you ….
Happy your marriage survived 😀👍🏻.
Awww, you should have said hello, kriskarpjee!!😊
E-biking is great, but without 'e' is better for your health😓
lol!!!😂
Utrecht has a great station.
Congratulations 🎉
I think you will have to change your YT account snail mail address since you now live in Hilversum. BTW: If you move again within the Netherlands, you must ask your viewers for assistance. Reach out to us. I'm sure there are plenty of people with transportation who will be willing to help you. I live in North Brabant myself and would certainly help you move to the southern Netherlands.
Great idea🎉
Awww, thank you very much, sonnylatchstring!💕😊 (we will look into changing that postbus address- thank you!)
Congratulations on the new appartment! Finding an appartment at the moment is very difficult. The son of one of my friends wants to move out and live with his girlfriend, but they have been searching for years now to no avail. It is one of the main problems the government has to address.
If ever you need help moving again just let us viewers know! I for one would have loved to help out ❤
Awww, thank you so much, Anne❤ Next time, we will ask for help!!
Welcome to Hilversum. Great area ! Close to the ‘hei’ for walks. Close to Laren and Blaricum. Lovely forests for bike rides. I remember visiting my grandmother in Hilversum. Growing up in Amsterdam we would go for walks and Sunday drives around the area. It is only half hour from the city. Enjoy ! Love from California 🇳🇱👍🇳🇱👍🇳🇱
Thank you very much, Yvonne!! We are looking forward to exploring the area!!❤
Don't forget Naarden-Vesting, a great fortified city with great restaurants.
Also very lively in the summer.
Ikea truly is a relationship test! Brings out the worst in people; that's for sure. I can understand the Toki Pona language a bit, and in that language, "ike a" means "oh horrific!".
But why are UA-camrs fleeing the city where I live? Buncharted moved to Dordrecht, you two moved to Hilversum, Jovie's Home only visits Rotterdam for work... Should I try better deodorant, or why is everyone leaving?
Lol!! It’s not you, Terry, it’s us!!😂
Thank you both! This is good information for my upcoming move to the Netherlands. I'm glad you both are back! Missed your videos!
Thank you, thomaslee!😊
Hello new neighbors! Good to see you found a place to live in Hilversum. If you need any advice for things to do or to visit, let me know! Greets from Naarden
Thank you very much, reviewerdiogeones!💕
Since you guys don't have a car, make sure you get an NS discount card. (There are several variants). You'll get a 40% discount during off-peak hours, weekends and holidays. Totally worth it.
Hi chipdale! We do have that subscription, but unfortunately, most of the travel was done during peak hours😢
Hi guys, I'm from Romania! I lived in Rotterdam for 1 year, it's wonderful, you're right, but I suggest you visit Romania, especially Brasov, you won't regret it! I wish you all the best! many kisses
Thank you for the suggestion, larisaloredana!😊 Romania is definitely somewhere we want to visit in the future!
trying to find a rental in the Netherlands has become really really hard in the past year or so. The governent has introduced legislation designed to increase tax revenue on investments which are exceptionally bad for property owners. Which is one of the reasons landlords are selling off properties in large numbers. At the same time new legislation was introduced with the goal to increase the amount of affordable rentals. However the stand alone result of this law is a stark reduction in rentals as the position of owners was hollowed out considerably while at the same time reducing the rent owners can ask.... So it is good to hear that you have found a good place in Hilversum. 🍾
Thank you, freudsigmund72!😊
Congrats on your new home and the next stage of your lives. Although I'm also from Rotterdam, I absolutely LOVE Hilversum and the surrounding villages and towns. It's just very beautiful there so do enjoy the scenery and people there.
Thank you, myafelicia!😊
Do the people of Hilversum recognize you? Enjoy your living at Hilversum
Thank you, deheermailmum! A couple of people have recognized us here😊.
Looking forward to your first video trying out foods and beers at MOUT! :D
We have been to MOUT a couple times now! What a great foodhall!! We love the different options for food and the beer isn’t bad either!😊
Good to see you guys! Your living my dream in the Nederlands 🤙👍
Thank you, Konaboy!😊
My hometown!!! Still go back every year.I love Zeeland ,go visit,it's a beautiful providence.
We have no marriage issues with IKEA, because my wife lets me do it on my own.😂 I love putting that stuff together, would almost buy some, just for the assembly fun. I pretty weird, I know. You’re gonna love it there. If you like water sports Loosdrecht is really nice in the summer.
Lol! It is kind of fun putting it together! 😊
Hilversum is a beautiful town. It’s surrounded by nature (woods, lakes and heath) and it’s close to two great larger cities: Amsterdam and Utrecht (only 20 minutes with train). My recommendations for biking: try a tour along the Vecht or through the Lage Vuursche.
Thank you for the recommendations, Edwin!😊
And Amersfoort!
So your move to Hilversum went OK... I hope you like your new house.
Ohwww... general practitioners nowadays are a hassle to find.. most practices are full. Good luck finding a doctor.
Looking forward to your next video.
Thank you, Eddy😊
Praat me niet van “makelaars”. Mijn dochter wilde het appartement van een vriend huren en hij wilde aan haar verhuren, maar had al een contractje met een verhuurmakelaar. Mijn dochter meldde zich bij de makelaar. Deze makelaar, die niet wist dat mijn man en ik de verhuurder goed kenden, meldde mijn dochter dat alle bezichtingsronden helaas al vol waren. De eigenaar kreeg daarentegen horen dat er zich helaas maar één belangstellende had gemeld (niet mijn dochter). Wat zal ik zeggen: kijk uit voor vuile spelletjes. In dit geval was er waarschijnlijk een eigen kandidaat van de makelaar, waarbij je ook niet kunt uitsluiten dat er wat (zwart?) geld zou worden overhandigd.
Oh, that is a horrible story, gerdahurtak! 😢
The owner poot his foot down and everything came out ok in the end. Makelaar was swiftly replaced but they were a pain in the ass. I guess they could not handle the shame of being caught😀😀
de ziektekosten verzekering kan jullie adviseren over een huisarts. 2
Dankjewel, Anna!😊
Eric and Tami:
I have been off of YT for some time. It is nice to see you two still posting great videos. I have to tell you that you two have a "Psychiatric Stamina" that most people our age would never possess. Indeed, I AM "jealous". :)
Congratulations on your new home. :)
Antoine
Hi Antoine! Nice to “see” you again!! 😊
Congrats on your new home 😘 do we get an official housewarming party live video ? 🥳
Thank you, Greetje💕
Train (PT) indeed is far from cheap in the NL. For the (NS) train there's a monthly subscription, though, that gives you 7 very cheap "choice days". But to get the cheaper subscription rate, you cannot check in during the rush hours. In your case, a month of that subscription and those days added up would have been much cheaper than you €300 - probably less than half.
Good luck in Hilversum …but …if you ever go back to,the states ….please become president and first lady …with your energy you can surely make america great and happy again ! Edd from cape town.
Gefeliciteerd you survived. 😂😂
It is a small country with no extra places to live.
Are you on the social woning list? Takes a few years but you get to try until…
Most are only for your area. You are in Hilversum so it would be that area and the rent is sometimes cheaper. Moving here is a trip. No getting friends together with pickups..haaa
Look forward to seeing outside. Has green, looks private..ground floor?
Hilversum is a nice calm village very convenient to all of the country. Enjoy
Hi Tammy and Eric, welcome to my hometown where i was born and raised. There is a lot to see and you can enjoy nature. I wish you the best of luck with your new appartement!
Awww, thank you, @oldman!!😊
Live now for 50 years in Michigan,but grew up in Hilversum
Is this you guys with the Christmas tree lights?: ua-cam.com/video/P3WcK9Y6w28/v-deo.html
Lol!!! Not quite that bad!!😂
If you buy a discount card from the NS Dutch railways you get 40% discount when you travel out of rush hours. Can save you a lot money. If you not already done this.
Welcome in the center of the Netherlands. I live in Laren, which is very close to Hilversum and it is a very lovely village with a very nice museum and lovely houses. Actually , most people living here are rich, but not all. (I am certainly not rich, but they need care givers as much as less wealthy people.......) Hope you enjoy your new home. I am originally from the south of the Netherlands..... I had a bit off culture shock when I first came here. But, alles went...... behalve een vent....... LOL.
Veel geluk en plezier in Hilversum! (Yes it is the moment to start exercize your Dutch! 🙂 )
Dankjewel, Hans!😊
Congratulations with your new home. It's a beautiful villige and provincie to live in.
Thank you, GewoonFrieda!😊
Congratulations with your new place !yes moving is hell lol and slower pace of life is so muts beter .
Thank you, spilln01!