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Moving soon with partner to Utrecht/Den Bosch

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ellewy
  1/22/2015 17:25 EST

My partner is being transferred to the Den Bosch branch of his company in the next few months and I was hoping to get some advice/tips/tricks. We'll be there for roughly 2 years.

We've been considering getting an apartment either in Den Bosch (easier commute to work) or in Utrecht, as it's a larger city and might have more going on. We've been living in Madison, WI which is a college town/state capital hybrid, but we both went to school in the more urban Milwaukee. Both of us enjoyed living in these two areas, though we somewhat prefer the Madison area to the hustle and bustle of the big city.

Does anyone have any positive/negative experiences regarding living in either Utrecht or Den Bosch that you could share? Or anything in general that a soon to be American expat should know?

WoodenShoes
  5/19/2015 10:41 EST

Hi! Den Bosch is a very nice city, old, historic and great for all sorts restuarants, bars etc. The same can be said for Utrecht, but the daily commute to Den Bosch is not something I would advise. Den Bosch is well connected (trains and roads), so daytrips to Amsterdam etc. not a problem, and being fairly close to Belgium means further opportunities to go exploring. Good luck!
WS

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