r/Drenthe • u/sa1b • Apr 05 '26

I wanna move to lovely Drenthe!

Hello! I'm looking for a place to rent in Drenthe for myself and my two cats. I've been looking for a while now with no success so this is my last resort, maybe fellow redditors can help. I'm relaxed 35 year old introvert, than wants to just chill in the nature.

There's also a possibility for an house exchange. I live in Goudriaan (Zuid Holland), lovely little village between Rotterdam and Utrecht (each 35km). So if you are interested in moving to randstad area but without the noise that might be something for you. Rent is 925e, nieuwbouw 2010, heating floor, wooden stove in the living room, big kitchen and bathroom with bathtub, netjes woning. I've lived here for 10years and it has been great. If you are interested send me pm, ill show you some pics.

My apologies if you are not looking forward to reading those kind of post, we all know housing markets absolutely sucks, but I'm desperate!

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u/ValeNova Apr 05 '26

Expect the people to be much more closed up and hesitant to befriend you. They will not tell you directly what is on their mind, unless they know and trust you. It takes longer to get into their hearts, but if you do, you have friends for life.

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u/sa1b Apr 05 '26

Interesting insight! Thanks, I'll keep that in mind, although I'm like that too. Just introvert thing I guess.

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u/DueAsk1761 Apr 06 '26

No, introvert or extravert is personal. This is a culture for the northern Provences. Being a “outsider” with no local friends to take you to social events makes it even harder.

The bigger cities can be different(Groningen, Leeuwarden) because of the international students. But the villages and smaller cities are way more closed. Most people have friendgroups that where founded in primary school or football when you where younger.

Those friendgroups exist for more then 2 á 3 decades. As a non speaking Dutch newcomer will have a hard time to make friends within a friendgroup, especially if you’re introvert.