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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
The PhD is officially in english. All courses are in english, all the conferences and workshops that I go to are in english. All the articles that are written are in english. My thesis will be in english.
The PhD is supposed to be international. In my department a little bit more than half of the students are from other countries.
People in the shops speak english and my 70yr old landlady speaks english. I didn't need to learn dutch.
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I discovered this too during my visit there. Netherlands is a good starting point for Americans visiting Europe. A chance to adjust to a different culture, currency and transport while being able to communicate freely.
Just be alert to cyclists.