Hi everyone,

Local garages like Profile are quoting around €1,200 for all-season tyres, while online shops like BandenConcurrent and BandenLeader offer them for almost half the price, including fitting at partner garages.

Has anyone bought tyres online? Is the quality of fitting and after-sales service good? Any recommendations for reliable and affordable options?

Thanks!

Hoi! I am sure I used that option on independer last week, but now I can’t find it on any of the portals.
I am either blind or that is some php outfall.

Hey everyone!

I'm a complete beginner and I just bought my first crossbow, an EK Archery JAG 1 Standard (150 lbs recurve).

Obviously doing my own search but thought I'll ask here. I'm looking for:

A club or range in South Holland, or nearby, where I can shoot regularly

An instructor, or an experienced member, who could give me a lesson or two

Ideally somewhere that welcomes beginners and where English works

If you know a club (NKB or otherwise), a friendly range, or a coach, I'd really appreciate a pointer. I'm happy to pay for a lesson or a trial session. Thanks in advance!

Reselling my ticket as I can’t attend, Netherlands Haarlem ticket on the 4th of November the bands citizen + modern color

Dm me :)

Ever feel like your mind has 20 tabs open at once? 😅

If you’ve been curious about meditation but aren’t sure where to start, we’re hosting a free, one-hour online introduction to the Art of Meditation.

The session will be facilitated by Wim van Rijswijk and is designed for complete beginners. You don’t need any previous experience or special equipment — just a little curiosity and a quiet place to sit.

What to expect:

• An introduction to the basics of meditation
• A chance to explore mindful breathing
• Simple ideas for bringing a little more calm and clarity into everyday life

Details

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Whether you’re dealing with study stress, a busy work schedule, or simply curious about meditation, you’re welcome to join.

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I have been reading news articles around this and it made me wonder.

Just a random search on google shows almost all youth care and such facilities are rated extremely poor with very sad reviews. Despite all of this millions of € are spend on taking children away from their parents and given to foster care and correction facilities and youth care.

When did such a system start?

What is the jurist prudence of youth care system?

Why is it often that officials cover up and decline investigating the people responsible and atrocities covered by youth care?

When parents take away children they are recommended treatment https://nltimes.nl/2026/06/18/dalfsen-biological-parents-convicted-abducting-children-triggering-amber-alert

What does court prescribe for these officials who put children in Spain?

Someone needs to make a music video or a science fiction movie on the top floor of the Fletcher Leeuwarden.

I lived in the Netherlands for several years, left to work overseas (outside the EU) and rented out my property. I never received an income tax request from the Belastingdienst since then, and have check online and do not see any request for an assessment.

Partly because of not having access to a DigiD (there was a period when you had to have a Dutch mobile number to retain access, though that has since been updated), partly through laziness, I never did a tax return. I realise this was a poor decision and I will pay interest on anything I owe.

A quick chat with ChatGPT tells me that the Belastingdienst has 5 years to get NL-sourced tax from me, and if they don't request the tax in this five year period (so before the end of 2026 for 2021 taxes), then they can no longer request it. Can this really be true?

To be clear, I'm intending to file a tax return and imagine that before the 5 year window closes, they will run some checks (and see rental income coming into my Dutch bank account), but is it really so simple that if I were to wait a few more months, I don;t need to pay? Surely this is a loophole that the Belastingdienst looks into?

Can anyone confirm or correct this?

Thanks

Hi all, I'm Laurie from Brighton in the UK. I've been skating for about 16 years, and this month I finally did something I'd wanted to do for ages, which was skate across an entire country. I went solo from Scheveningen Pier to Utrecht, then Arnhem, Enschede and on to the German border. About 239km over a few days, with zero training, which my legs reminded me of every single morning 😅 The cycle paths are unreal. Smooth red tarmac, separate from the cars, going pretty much everywhere. At home I'd be skating next to buses. Day 1 was 80km and almost all of it was on proper fietspad. The cobbles were another story. Every time I got comfortable, some village would throw a full cobbled street at me. Klinkers on inline skates is a special kind of suffering. My favourite moment was crossing De Meernbrug into Utrecht at golden hour with a barge going underneath. And an old man near Bodegraven who didn't speak a word of English still gave me biscuits, absolute legend. I genuinely lost count of how many times I said "beautiful". I filmed the whole trip too, happy to share if anyone's curious. Anyway, for next time, where's the best stretch of cycle path in the country that I really need to skate?

Kind Regards Laurie :)

Infos are welcome

I would like to share my experience about the healthcare system and work in the Netherlands. I've been contemplating writing this for a while but i think i need to at this point cause I've seen so many similar experiences and it's just sad.

I came here 2.5 years ago and around a year and a half ago i started having very bad bowel issues. Or so i thought. I found a GP near the place i live (the one with the highest ratings on google, not many around anyway) and i went to see what was happening. I got the usual answer all know here, "get some paracetamol, come back if it gets worse". A month after that, i started having very severe fever and bad flare ups where i could barely walk from the pain i was experiencing (have posted about this before). Meanwhile, i was working as a production worker at a factory. It started getting so bad that i had to take many days off at a time because it was physically impossible for me to go to work. I started feeling helpless after realizing that the doctor's appointments were moving incredibly slow. At first, i had an ultrasound, they couldn't find anything. Weeks on and off with 40 degrees fever, coughing and vomiting blood, not being able to drink water for 3 days straight. That's when i decided that i need to go the ER, a day where i literally felt like i was going to die and i could barely breathe. So i go there, it's my turn to get checked and i meet the doctor. After explaining everything, they ask me, "what's your pain level from 0 to 10" and i tell them an 8 or a 9. I was in so much pain and i could barely focus to answer. I asked if there is anyway i can get a CT scan to see if we can find something or an endoscopy or anything. They said we are sorry we cannot do that. I was there having had NO WATER for 3 FUCKING DAYS. I can't even begin to fathom now how i had the strength to get there and what i looked like. I think back and i feel like i must have looked like a talking corpse. Did they not see that? All this happened after me begging at the GP to get a CT scan to which they scheduled an appointment for 4 months later. 4 MONTHS LATER.

So 4 months later, after losing my job to "many sick days" apparently, i get the CT scan. Literally a day later they find out from the scan that i had chronic appendicitis. Same day, they call me in at the hospital for surgery cause they know that the appendix can burst any moment now. It's a miracle it hasn't already. I go there, get the surgery, 2 days later i am out.

Now it's been around 7 months after i had the appendectomy. My body has gone through incredible pain and trauma and I'm sure the whole thing has left scars that will appear eventually, one of them being that even after 7 months of a laparoscopic surgery, i can barely lift 10 kilos, i still have pain when doing sudden movements, both at the belly button and the appendix area which means i cannot get a new job cause i can't do labor work and i don't have a degree to get an office job or whatever. I am getting paid 319 euros a week on sickness benefits, can barely pay my rent and i am scared to go back to a GP for physiotherapy, psychotherapy for all that I've been through cause i know that it will take such as long. If ever. I am in complete despair and i don't know what to do. I feel hopeless and helpless.

This is more like a rant rather than asking for advice on what to do but if anyone has any advice it would be much appreciated.

I also apologize if the timeline of my story doesn't make much sense. This year and a half felt like a really bad dream that i woke up from and i can hardly recall most of it. It was TRAUMATIC.

Was in a stiltecoupe yesterday on an arriva train. The area is quite small and two older (dutch) women, friends, came into the coupe and started whispering to each other until the man behind them told them too keep it quiet. They were so flabbergasted that someone called their talking out and that someone told them to go to the regular coupe. I am just shocked at this audacity to feel offended when you re clearly in the wrong AND dutch, so you know the rules.

Hi guys, does anyone know how one applies for euthanasia in the Netherlands as a foreigner? Asking for terminally ill cases. What medical documentation and criteria would need to be met and how much would it cost?

Thank you

Hey is there any organisation where you can donate your hair so cancer patients get wigs for free?
In other countries there are such NGOs where you donate your hair and they make free wigs for kids who battle cancer.

Hi guys, it took a lot for me to post this. I am Dutch and working my ass off, living alone in an apartment in the north, and I am so far in financial debt. The reason I’m posting this is because this morning, I also got scammed out of €500, and won’t be able to pay my rent anymore this month. The reason why is a long story, but I thought it would get me more money so I would’ve been able to pay off my debts. Stupid.

As I said, I work full time, and I don’t spend much. Usually I can get by, but since I live alone again (break-up 5 months ago), things have been hard. The bills have been piling up. Recently I even started selling nudes so I could have some more money. It doesn’t feel good but I don’t know what else to do.

I sell stuff on Vinted & Marktplaats too, as much as I can. I plan my groceries and get them at Lidl. I really don’t know what to do. I get huurtoeslag & zorgtoeslag. I’m looking to move as well.

I’m so desperate at the moment. I’m left with nothing after this morning. I have no savings account, I don’t know how people get by.

Any advice and help would be appreciated.

The UK has launched a campaign against people blasting music and videos on trains, reminding them they can face fines if they refuse to stop. Great. We should do the same here.

And yes, I think cultural differences are part of this. Some cultures are much more accepting of loud behaviour in public spaces. That doesn’t mean people should bring those habits onto Dutch public transport and expect everyone else to tolerate them.

The Netherlands used to pride itself on consideration for others and respecting people’s peace and quiet. We should be willing to defend that standard.

Use headphones. Stop having speakerphone conversations in a packed carriage. And if you refuse when asked, face a fine.

Would you support this here?