Indsland

You know you’ve been in The Netherlands for too long when…

• You have a bike 
• You even know how to brake using retropedaling
• Walking from your faculty to the cafeteria has become unimaginable. You take your bike, even if it’s for 50meters
• Eating 7 slides of bread for lunch doesn’t scare you anymore
• By the way, you stopped eating warm lunch. You just eat bread
• You know what a kroket is, and you learned to avoid the orange ones
• It doesn’t surprise you anymore to eat at 18:30
• You drink beer  
• You got used to trance and electro music  
• You don’t cheat on the train, because controllers are EVERYWHERE!  
• When the cafeteria is crowed, you line up neately with the others  
• You used to use cash all the time, but now you have a pin card
• You think ducks are cute 
• As soon as the sun pops out, you make a barbecue, even if it’s 10°C outside
• You think 15°C is warm
• You know winter stops in May, and not March as everywhere else
• You don’t remember what a moutain looks like
• You still don’t know how to speak Dutch. But your English has improved
• You know what Surinam is. And where it is
• You never go out without your bike lights
• You think butter in a bottle is normal
• You know that all the guys are in Delft. And the girls, everywhere else, especially Leiden
• You go to Leiden on Saturday
• You’ve been to a flower park, and thought it was cool
• You’re ok with having only one flavour of ice cream (the white ones)
• You don’t even bother to ask “do you speak English?”, you just speak English right away
• When you go to the cinema, you are ok with being told where to sit
• And you wouldn’t dare sit anywhere else
• You have finally accepted the fact that Gouda is cheese
• Paying 6€ for a meal in the cafeteria seems normal
• You know how to repair a bike
• You eat potatoes at least once a day
• You always check the weather before leaving home
• You know what it is being late and having to wait for a boat to cross the bridge
• You can drink milk at any time of the day
• Sometimes, you only drink milk as lunch
• You have tried karnemelk at least once
• You start liking dropjes
• For you something sweet means straubwaffels
• Spring means flowers blooming and construction sites opening up all over the place
• Being tall gets a new meaning
• Blonde is back to being a hair-color, not a concept
• You have 4 seasons in one day
• you can start a mail to your teacher who happens to be a doctor by “yo, wassup doc” (exaggeration can get the message through)
• You think that paying to use the toilets is normal.
• You know that kapsalon is not a typical turkish dish, but a hairdresser
• You start to think that the strange position of the hole in the WC is not that disgusting
• You find it easier to find a good joint that a good coffee
• You have the AH bonus card
• Your windows have no curtains, and you don’t care
• If your windows have curtains, you don’t use them, and just don’t care who might be looking at you
• For you, light rain is not rain
• Professors write a “well done” comment in your assignment and still grade you with a 6
• You can drink beer in the cinema (good)
• 10°C is warm enough to wear a short or mini skirt
• You can ride your bike in the rain, wind and even snow
• Guys are very cute
• You can ride your bike wearing skirt (if you’re a girl), a suit or even high heels (if you’re a girl)
• When you start having strong opinion even if you vaguely know the topic
• When you “wash” the dishes with soap without rincing them
•  “alstublieft and dank u wel” are the only dutch words you know
• You aren’t surprised anymore that the disco closes at 4 (but it still pisses you off)
• You learn to bike without using your hands on the handle
• You go to the market and you only buy the stuffs that fit in you bike
• Riding a bike and driking coffee/smoking/eating lunch at the same time is not a problem any more
• You reformulate the saying “if you drink, don’t drive” by “if you drink, don’t ride”
• You’ve been asked where the coffeeshop is
• You start wearing orange during soccer events, even when you’re not dutch
• You get used not to use napkins when eating. You just eat dirtily.
• You know what GVD stands for
• You can never predict the weather and can not believe the weather forecast anymore
• You wait for the light to go green before crossing the street, even if there is no car
• You sometimes eat only with a spoon
• You tried fried fish from the caravans at least once
• You clap the lecturer (just because he’s been speaking for 2 hours)
• You run to Albert Heijn at 21.55 to get some beer for the party that night
• Trees planted in straight rows/ aka the forest/ seems normal
• You think you understand why they don’t serve coffee at coffeeshops (but you’re not sure yet)
• You steal a bike at the station because the night before someone stole yours
• You think it is okay to eat multicoloured sprinkels on bread for breakfast
• You use 9292ov.nl to go to the supermarket
• You know that the wind blows in your face regardless of the direction in which you are biking
• You don’t even try to park in an unauthorised area just to ‘pick something up in 5min’, because you know you will get a ticket in 30secondes
• When you move out of your apartment, you know you might have to take the floors with you.
• Stepping in doggiepoo on the sideawalk becomes almost a daily thing
• You end up eating super greasy food at 5am at FEBO or ALEV (Delft)
• And after that, you manage to bike home still completely wasted and go to class at 8:45
• You need an appointement to talk with your friends. Or your mother.
• You enjoy making tourists jump off the bike path
• You paid more for the lock of your bike than for the bike itselft
• Real bread? You’ve made your peace with it. It doesn’t exist
• You know that the Netherlands doesn’t have a special dish. They just fry everything
• You know getting a couch will be difficult because it doesn’t fit through the door. Windows maybe?
• You’re ok spending Queen’s Day in the train because people are walking on the rails
• Yap, Joost and Jeroen are the names of most of the Dutch guys you know
• When the sun pops up all your Dutch friends are wearing beach flip flops
• Dutch people ask you why don’t you speak Dutch?
• You still don’t speak Dutch but watch silly Dutch TV shows like Take me out and Single
• You have been in a relationship with at least one Dutch person
• You are used to people bumping into you abruptly on the street, yet never saying sorry