On Queen’s Day (April 30th) the municipal waste removal workers in in the Netherlands went on strike in Amsterdam and Utrecht. Their demand? A contract (they’ve gone a year without one) and a 1.5% pay raise (basically a cost of living increase). The strike was originally supposed to last for 24 hours– just long enough [...]
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Dirty dirty Amsterdam
Posted in Adventures, Bureaucracy, Neighborhood, Sights, tagged amsterdam, filth, garbage, strike, trash on 17 May 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Verblijfsvergunning
Posted in Adventures, Bureaucracy, tagged ov-chipkaart, procrastination, residence permit on 7 April 2010 | 1 Comment »
I woke up this morning with a single, simple task to complete today: Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the day when I will go and pick up my residence permit (verblijfsvergunning) from the immigration authorities (IND). I had meant to do this yesterday, but I procrastinated just long enough to remember that I was supposed [...]
Readying to Register
Posted in Adventures, Bureaucracy, Cultural Differences on 11 March 2010 | 2 Comments »
Hi Team! There is so much to catch you up on and I have been quite delinquent, I’m sorry. I will start in reverse with the most recent events, but then I might cheat a little and back post some new stuff so that it ultimately shows up in chronological order. You have been warned. [...]
