Non-Scientific Reasons To Do A PhD In The Netherlands

Re:Non-Scientific Reasons To Do A PhD In The Netherlands by Vivtek on Monday June 10, 2013 @10:42AM (#5854696)

Let me add a real #12 - restaurant food there is plentiful and fantastic. While I was courting my wife, she did a month in Delft. I was living in Stuttgart at the time and went there every weekend. We repeated only one restaurant in all that time and ate like kings.

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Re:Non-Scientific Reasons To Do A PhD In The Netherlands by DigitalTurk on Monday June 10, 2013 @11:54AM (#5855223)

Having lived in Amsterdam I would strongly deny this. Restaurants in NL are below Western European standards. And a quasi-monopoly by one particular supermarket chain means it's a hassle to find quality ingredients for home cooked meals too. For instance, if I recall correctly, Albert Hein ham has about 60% meat in it and it looks really pale.

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Re:Non-Scientific Reasons To Do A PhD In The Netherlands by Gmo on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @06:29AM (#5860812)

Oh yes, don't talk to me about the food :)

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Re:Non-Scientific Reasons To Do A PhD In The Netherlands by 1morepassword on Monday June 10, 2013 @11:45AM (#5855154)

That's not a very representative sample. Restaurants tends to be better in Germany. And in both countries, prices are much higher and service much worse than in the US, because waiting staff doesn't depend on tips.

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