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The toolbox

Every tool, in one place

These are the ones that answer a question with a number or a verdict instead of an opinion. All free, all watched for accuracy, none of them want your email before they work.

✓ Last verified 30 July 2026

Start here

One tool builds the calendar every other tool feeds. Begin with your date.

EVERYONE

The Master Timeline

One move date in, every deadline on this site out, in order, with a calendar file you can download.

The Mapmaker
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The question that comes first

The one Dutch people actually ask. It deserved a tool rather than a comment reply.

EVERYONE MOVING

The Housing Question

You did not cause the housing shortage. You still become a part of it. Which part is the piece you choose.

The Mapmaker
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If you are still deciding

No plan required. These are for the weighing.

ANYONE WEIGHING IT

The Cost of Staying

Everyone prices the change. This prices the not changing, in money and in hours, and shows the month the two cross.

The Homefront
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ANYONE WEIGHING IT

The Reality Check

Nine honest hardships, said kindly here so nothing gets to ambush you later in a comment section.

The Mapmaker
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ANYONE WEIGHING IT

The Two Bills

Everyone compares tax rates. This prices the second American bill, the one you pay because taxes did not cover the thing.

The Mapmaker
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Wherever you are

These work whether you move or not. They are about the life in front of you, not the passport.

ANYONE, MOVE OR NO MOVE

The Joy Audit

A daily practice rather than a calculator. One card a day, forty questions, and no score at the end of any of it.

The Homefront
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ANYONE, MOVE OR NO MOVE

The Week Audit

One hundred and sixty eight hours. Where they went, what was left, and how much of the leftover you would choose again.

The Homefront
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ANYONE, MOVE OR NO MOVE

The Energy Ledger

The people and standing commitments in a normal month, weighted by how often they recur, ending with the three heaviest.

The Homefront
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If you are going

The logistics, and only the ones that apply to you. Skip anything that is not your life.

ONLY IF YOU OWN FURNITURE

The Ship Math

Ship your things across the ocean or sell them and start again. Real numbers, including the ones sentiment refuses to do.

The Packer
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ONLY IF YOU OWN A CAR

The Car Verdict

Probably don't. Three questions and the honest math on why.

The Packer
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ONLY IF YOU HAVE PETS

The Pet Chapter

The exact order for moving with animals. One step out of sequence resets everyone's timeline.

The Packer
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ONLY IF YOU TAKE PRESCRIPTIONS

The Medicine Cabinet

Prescriptions do not automatically cross an ocean with you. The paperwork map, months ahead.

The Packer
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ONLY IF YOU DRIVE

The 185 Day Clock

Your US license works here for 185 days. After that, unless one specific thing is true about you, there is no exchange.

The Packer
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EVERYONE MOVING

Money Doors

Six financial doors. Some must stay open behind you, some only open after you land, and one never closes at all.

The Mapmaker
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EVERYONE MOVING

The Real Cost

The one-time bill for the move itself, itemized, with honest ranges you replace as your own numbers firm up.

The Mapmaker
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After you land

The part nobody warns you about, which starts once the boxes are gone.

ALREADY THERE

The Hard Middle

Month three or four, when the adventure stops being an adventure. The curve, and what actually helps in the drop.

The Landed
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If you are founding

The Dutch American Friendship Treaty, from whether it fits you to how year one runs.

ANYONE CONSIDERING DAFT

The DAFT Fit Test

Seven ways an American life is actually shaped, and whether each one fits through the widest door into the Netherlands.

The Mapmaker
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DAFT FOUNDERS

The Founding Sequence

KVK, BSN, the bank, the €4,500, the accountant. Every requirement depends on another one, so here is the order that does not deadlock.

The Mapmaker
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DAFT FOUNDERS

The €4,500 Rule

Not a fee, not frozen, and checked again at renewal. Five myths and facts about the most misread number in the treaty.

The Mapmaker
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DAFT FOUNDERS

The First-Year Ledger

Four BTW filings, one annual return, 1,225 logged hours, and the two numbers a renewal is judged on. The whole first year on one page.

The Mapmaker
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Only if you are opening a physical place

A shop, a cafe, a studio. Two tools nobody needs until they need them badly.

SHOPS, CAFES, STUDIOS

The Lease Decoder

Two Dutch lease regimes, one mandatory five plus five, and a two year trial with a conversion trap. Find your box before you find your space.

The Mapmaker
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SHOPS, CAFES, STUDIOS

The Permit Stack

The visa was the friendly part. Zoning floor, operating permit, alcohol licence, Bibob, terrace: pick what you are opening and watch the municipal stack build.

The Mapmaker
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Not sure which of these is yours? The five doors sort by what you are carrying, not by topic.

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Missing one? Tell me what you are stuck on and it goes on the list.

Voor de buren: ja, wij Amerikanen hebben een rekenmachine nodig om te beslissen of we onze bank meenemen. 🧡