Three Common Misunderstandings about Holland by Immigrants

Many people will choose to immigrate to the Netherlands, so what are the common misunderstandings of Dutch immigrants? This is a problem that many people care about. Let's take a look at three common misunderstandings of immigrants about the Netherlands. Welcome to reading.

First, I don't know Dutch, so I can't communicate in my daily life.

Although the official language of the Netherlands is Dutch, as a highly international and inclusive country, the English penetration rate in the Netherlands is over 90%. In daily life, it doesn't matter much that you can't speak Dutch, because even beggars can speak English in Holland, let alone waiters in shops and public places.

Maybe you can't travel all over Europe in English, but you can definitely travel all over Holland in English only.

Second, drugs are rampant in the Netherlands and social security is not good.

Although marijuana (only marijuana) is legal in the Netherlands, it does not mean that marijuana can be seen everywhere and can be touched at will.

Dutch law strictly restricts the distribution channels and smoking places of marijuana. Only a few authorized coffee shops can buy marijuana, and you need to register your passport when you buy it. The Dutch police also have the right to search and take enforcement measures against individuals who possess more marijuana than the law requires. Smoking marijuana is also confined to certain fixed places, and addicts can never be seen everywhere in the streets as many people think.

The law and order in the Netherlands is top-notch in Europe and even the world. There is no news of people being robbed, and there is no tragedy of people being shot. Even if you walk on the streets of Amsterdam in the middle of the night, you can walk boldly with confidence.

Third, there are no good universities in Holland.

Hogeschool in the Netherlands, translated as University of Applied Science and Technology, will make people feel that it is a junior college or technical school in China. That's not true.

First, from the perspective of academic qualifications and degree certification, both U and H universities in the Netherlands offer formal undergraduate degrees, and there is no difference in degree level. At the same time, most H-level university degrees in the Netherlands have been certified by the Ministry of Education of China.

Secondly, judging from the knowledge learned, the contents taught in U-type and H-type universities are basically the same. U-type universities emphasize theory, while H-type universities emphasize application.

Thirdly, from the perspective of employment, there is no obvious gap between the employment flow of H-type university graduates and that of U-type universities, and the knowledge learned by H-type universities is more practical. In some fields, H-type university graduates are more popular than U-type university graduates.

Therefore, class U and class H are by no means the difference between domestic undergraduate and junior college, but only the difference of training mode. There are also many world-famous universities in the Netherlands, such as Vakhnin University, Amsterdam University, Utrecht University, Delft University of Technology, Leiden University, Erasmus University in Rotterdam, university of groningen, Masret University and so on.