I am thinking of moving either to Brazil or to Holland, and would like to know the difference in lifestyle and culture between the two countries. I have been to Holland and loved it, but I also like latin culture. What are the pros and cons of each? Any info would be appreciated. Thank you.
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I came across a lot of Dutch guys living in Brazil. Not many women though. Usualy wine growers, hotel workers. They also seemed to all hate the Netherlands.
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You can have the best of both moving to Holambra a city in Brazil funded by Dutch imigrants. They keep the tradition of flowers producers and this region become the largest exporter of flowers in Brazil. Also Holambra is in the richest Brazilian region in Sao Paulo state. Google for Holambra discover more about this lovely city and surroundings.
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I have not been in Brazil, but I do live in the Netherlands. The most deciding thing in the Netherlands is that it is crowded. 16 500 000 living in a small country, many of them living in the western half of the country. There is no place in the west of the Netherlands where you can not see humans or their influence on the land. And that also results in many rules and regulations about almost anything. On the positive side, there are not many poor people, but also not many very rich either. Traditionally the culture was influenced by the Protestant lifestyle, work hard and live sober, do not show off, and while not many people are going to church anymore, or are even part of a church at all, the attitude is still very much the same. What I hear of Brazil is that the cities are big and crowded, but that in between there are big stretches where you have lots of space with hardly any people at all. The differences in income are vast, with lots of people who do not earn enough for a decent living, that is what I have heard, as I have not been there myself. Religion influence has been Roman Catholic, with as best known 'excess' the well known Carnival.
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I am Dutch and I have been to Brazil but I can't see many similarities between the two countries! Except that Dutch people like to go on vacation in Brazil cause they enjoy the beaches, the samba, the drinks, the girls, the laid back atmosphere, the cheap meals, etc. I have been traveling around the country and I liked it. However going to the big cities like Sao Paulo and Rio can be very dangerous in some areas and so totally different from life in Holland and in Europe. When you see security with big guns next to bank and shops, children living in boxes and drug ghettos where the police is afraid to enter you know you're nowhere near Holland. There's also a different lifestyle regarding sexual behavior
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Well, both countries are very nice but very different in dimensions, size, food and much more. Netherlands is formed basically by one people - Dutch. But, in Brazil, we have a lot of ethnic groups. Dutch, inclusive. I'm Brazilian and my family has Dutch origins. Exist some million of descendants from Holland in Brazil: http://eptv.globo.com/expoflora/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDXM_C2mBLs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuCWBz5rcqM www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cpRMX6F--c Exist dozen of million of descendants from more than 25 nations from Europe and MOST OF THESE DESCENDANTS HAS NO INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE. Why "most people from brazil are black"? Exist a lot of almost totally German, Ukrainian and Pollack towns in Brazil: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_-4oYdkFEU www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDG25SJfmA0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzZjIOPQrX0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx0nAOz3DN8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i_nbguJrb8 More than 25 nation of Europe immigrated to Brazil and other 25 from the rest of the World (USA, also) sent immigrants to colonize Brazil. Brazil is the largest Portuguese nation (32 million of descendants), largest Italian nation outside Italy (25 million of descendants), second largest German population outside Germany (18 million), largest Arab nation outside MIddle East (15 million of descendants), largest Japanese population outside Japan (1.8 million) and we have millions of European descendants from Spain (15 million), 5 million of Slavic (2 million from Poland, 1 million from Ukraine, 300,000 from Russia, 250,000 from Hungary and the rest from Croatia, Czech Republic, Belarus and LIthuania, among others), 300,000 Scandinavians and 3.5 million of descendants of Dutch. See my Youtube channel and you will discover how many videos I have added about ethnics: Descendants of Portuguese: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA_KJmt35tY www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcjrzZruZDI Descendants of Italian: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v-bSCmOAb8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyrGQqn6kY0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQhpXzdN7gI Descendants of German www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDJWUpyw3bk www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_-4oYdkFEU www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzZjIOPQrX0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_07a0b89KTs www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx0nAOz3DN8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzMFjD-nsX0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r49hjnWNUGk www.youtube.com/watch?v=EevYjZyMxrc Descendanst of Dutch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAyyLB9usXI www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VYP8Abqv0M www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuCWBz5rcqM Descendants Ukrainian: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1itb6IBbD8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=thtbOkvevfg Descendants of Russian: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiPnQY9CFYA www.youtube.com/watch?v=_suapJqBWUg www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGPo5gS6wSM Descendant of Finnish: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4unTUtJTJQ Descendants of Lithuanian: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZRA9_uCV6s www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKTQ-zJ0b0Q www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIE-xr9HaKU Descendants of Jewish: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rog65zNImN8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaIMCncst68 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HptiS9liPyY Descendants of Japanese: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruBWKGgl9r8 For more information, see my Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/AllAboutBrazil#grid/favorites
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