Thursday, November 28, 2013

i am going to be a foreign exchange student?

i am going to be a foreign exchange student?
I am only interested in countries in Europe: Austria Belgium Flaners Denmark Finland Iceland Netherlands Norway Sweden(yeah! im 100% swedish!) Switzerland Turkey which sounds best?? I will be leaving August 2008 an ruturn July 2009 I will be 17 when I leave and 18 when i return.. ahh im sooo excited!!
Other - Europe - 13 Answers
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France
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i think all of those sound amazing!!!! look into all of those countries and find out which one interests YOU and your personality the best
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i say sweden or denmark. learn the language while your there.
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Iceland!!
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Sweden, if you are Swedish!
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I've been to Switzerland before. Kinde boring in my opinion. Depends on where about in Switzerland. Turkey?
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I always thought Spain as cool but if you're swedish go there.
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Congratulation! Sweden and Switzerland sounds good.
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Australia (the outback)would be nice, not to mention Japan.
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You should have gone to GERMANY my friend did and she loved it! but I say Sweden so you can explore your roots!
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ICELAND
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The Netherlands are big as far as foreign exchange programs go, Sweden would be cool because of your heritage, and Austra would be a great choice if you are into history, art, and music (Mozart was born there, Beethoven lived there for a time, and a lot of art was made there). Those would be my choices. Between the three, I would choose Austria because I am a history/music buff.
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Switzerland, have the best things anyway, respected neutral country m, which education worth a lot

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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Which schengen country's visa get easily and quickly in short period of time from UK?

Which schengen country's visa get easily and quickly in short period of time from UK?
I want to go to Italy , France, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands as a tourist. I want to apply for a Schengen Visa from UK. So, which country's Schengen visa can be get easily and a short period of time? I am in UK as a student. I came from Bangladesh. I am here almost 3 months. Now, I have 1 month holiday. My class will be start at 4th February, 2010. Please read all of information about me and give me response immediately.
Other - Destinations - 1 Answers
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You are required to apply to the Embassy of the Country where you intend to spend the most of your time on your stay ( not necessarily the first Country ) - if you are flexible on this then I would suggest that you chose the Country that has an Embassy situated close to you so you can deliver and collect the required documents quickly and easily. This link should help - http://www.tumbit.com/how-to-guides/articles/103-schengen-visas.html

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Living in Netherlands?


Living in Netherlands?
Hi everyone. I will be living in the Netherlands as from next year and that is only if I make it through the final internship interviews in Septermber. Basically I would like to have more information about the country (i.e. the cost of living including accomodation and anything suitable for a 21-year old foreigner). I will be staying in Amsterdam if that would help. I would love to know the approximate monthly cost...i do not mind living at a students' residential area (i'm a student now...). Your help will be highly appreciated. If there is anyone who has done an internship in Netherlands... please feel free to share the experience. Thank you very much!!!
Netherlands - 2 Answers
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My son is a student in AMS, and he is living on an allowance of 700 euro, inclusive everything, even holidays and washing his clothes. Apparently he was able to save money to visit Greece this summer. So I guess 700 is enough. Of course it all depends on how simple you want to live. Do you need your cell phone, and make a hundred telephone calls each day, or do you just visit them? Do you want to be lazy and have a car, use public transport, or do you want to visit your friends using your bicycle. Do you make your own dinner, or do you want to order pizza a few times per week? Do you want to clean your own house or hire someone to do it for you?
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I worked in NL for some time. About the cost of living that depends on what you are used to. If you live in UK then it's more or less the same. Housing sure is expensive! However if you live in a student house, with shared kitchen and share toilet than it might be cheaper, say 200 to 300 euros minimum. If you want your own kitchen and toilet then prices go higher! Renting a room is someone house might be an intermediate solution. As for what you would spend monthly, that depends on your lifestyle, if you eat out often (that is expensive in NL at least when compared to southern countries), if you go to the movies, etc. Also if you use public transport or go by bike. Bike is cheaper, sure, as it should be one time investment (unless it gets stolen, of course). But again, depends on what is your country of origin (to compare) and what you are used to.

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Friday, November 1, 2013

I'm considering moving to the Netherlands, can anyone give me some information?


I'm considering moving to the Netherlands, can anyone give me some information?
I'm currently an American university student, I'm considering moving to the Netherlands after I finish graduate school. I'm of Indonesian descent, so I do know plenty of people that live in the Netherlands. I have begun learning some conversational Dutch, but I'm taking my time since it will be at least 5 years before I'll even begin any serious work on moving. I have some questions about the country, can you please answer them for me? 1. How are the schools in the Netherlands? 2. How much is English spoken in the country? Is it spoken rarely? Often? Is it used much in the workforce or in schools? 3. I'm a devout Catholic, are there many Catholic churches there? 4. What about cost of living? Is it high in Amsterdam? And taxes, how high is income tax? 5. I heard that the Netherlands is one of the most densely populated nations, how does this affect your lifestyle? 6. Are there any noteworthy differences between Dutch and American culture? 7. I usually don't like to venture into politics, but I'll make an exception in this case. Do most Dutch people approve of Balkenede? Are the Christian Democrats well-recieved? Or do people usually favor the Socialist or Labor parties better? 8. How's the weather? Does it snow in the winters? Are the summers humid or dry? How much rain do you get per year? 9. Do you air a lot of American tv shows on TV? How do you personally like Dutch shows? Thank You, and Happy Holidays!
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1. The schools in the Netherlands are mainly public schools. We have elementary schools (kindergarten + primary schools, from 4 till 12 years), secondary schools (4, 5 or 6 years long, depending on what level) and higher education (university etc.) The secondary school is divided in vmbo (4 years), havo (5 years) and vwo (6 years). Only with vwo you can go to university. You'll probably do havo or vwo. In the havo and vwo, you have to choose your subjects. You have different 'directions', alfa and bèta. You'll see when you get here. 2. Knowledge of English is widely spread in this country. English is a compulsory subject in secondary schools, and almost all primary schools offer English in the last two years. You won't have any problems with that. Only some older people might not speak English at a decent level, but children learn English very early because almost all tv programs are not translated but subtitled (they see English everywhere). 3. There are lots of Catholic churches here. Although the Netherlands were, originally, a protestant country, there are Catholic churches. You'll find more of them in the south (south of the big rivers), where the majority of the people is catholic. But most of the people here aren't engaged with any religion, the majority does not have a certain religion (you can check wikipedia). 4. The cost of living is relatively high in the Netherlands. Also Amsterdam is expensive, but that's everywhere in Western Europe. There is not one percentage of income tax, it varies from 30% to more than 50 %, depending on your income. http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_inkomstenbelasting_2001 5. Because the Netherlands are densely populated (and because it's a really flat country), we always use the bicycle for transport. You'll find bicycle parking lots at every railway station (those are numerous too). Almost everybody goes to school by bike. 6. Well, one of the main differences is that we are not so materialistic, the size of plates is smaller, practically everything is smaller. We have to share the little space we have with everybody ;) We also don't celebrate Christmas in the same way you do. We don't 'do' Santa, we celebrate with family and decorate, but not much more. Some people go to church. What we do do, is Sinterklaas. He arrives in late November on a steam boat with his 'helpers' (black petes, Zwarte Pieten), and he gives gifts to children. It is celebrated on the 6th of December (Saint Nicholas' Day), or the evening of the 5th (pakjesavond). Sinterklaas was brought to America by Dutch colonists and 'transformed' to Santa Claus, by the way. 7. Well, most people do actually. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been re-elected. But there are really many political parties in the parliament, so the majority of the people favor somebody else. Although Labor parties are favored, there is a shift to the right-wing (Geert Wilders), who is against people from other countries (Allochtonen) 8. The Netherlands have a sea climate, soft winters and cool summers. The average temperature in July is around 18 degrees, in January around 3 degrees. But the weather can be treacherous, sometimes we have cool wet summers, sometimes it is 30 degrees, sometimes it freezes in winter (or snows like now, though that is rare), sometimes it does not get below zero the entire winter. Sometimes it even freezes at night in late April! 9. There are lots of American tv shows on Dutch television. Oprah Winfrey, dr Phil and as the world turns are all broadcasted here. But personally I favor Dutch shows, they're more suited for us and made for the Duch, I think. Good luck in the Netherlands!

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