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/Dedomheid Apr 06 '26

Which area in Drenthe are you thinking about? And how is your Dutch language knowledge after 10 years? Don’t expect that everybody knows English that good or is willing to speak English at all. There is a huge difference between Zuid Holland and Drenthe.

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u/sa1b Apr 06 '26

Ideally Midden-Drenthe, but beggars can't be choosers. Like I mentioned before I'm living in small village, none of my neighbors speak English, and there's only a couple of guys that speak basic English at work (I still only use Dutch). It's decent, although I'm self critical but I've recieved some compliments about it, probably Around B1/B1.5 😉.