• daanzel@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Dutch here; while learning new languages is always a good thing, speaking Dutch is the least of your worries if you’d want to move here. Many expats don’t even try, since the majority of Dutchies is quite fluent in English.

    If you’re serious, make sure you have job skills that are wanted over here so a company can sponsor you (and prove they cannot fulfill the vacancy). It’s basically how it works in the US too.

    Or, if shit really hits the fan over there, you might be able to get a visa as a refugee :)

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      1 year ago

      I agree, French and German are more useful to know in Europe as the biggest countries where one could live and be in the EU.

      • grue@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        French is also useful because of Overseas France. Personally, I don’t necessarily want to move to Europe; I want to buy a sailboat and travel the world. French-speaking islands are relatively evenly-distributed all the way around it.