We're both 30, currently living in Scotland. My partner is a teacher and I'm looking to move into a not for profit business. I've always dreamed of moving out of Scotland and my partner grew up in Hong Kong, originally from England so she has the experience of living elsewhere. We have a young son (4 months old) and we wish to give him a similar experience to what she had growing up, albeit in different countries. There's nothing for us in Scotland anymore, the country is (in my eyes in decline). There's news articles every week about teachers being abused, her old flatmate was a teacher, physically abused by her students leaving her with PTSD. Education here is a joke and teachers are not supported.
I've spent weeks doing research on where we'd like to move to and have hopefully narrowed it down to The Hague. Given that is a hub for international expats, I think this would be a great opportunity for our child to grow up with people from different backgrounds and cultures to his own, give him a totally different perspective to the world. With The Hague having job opportunities with the ICC, save the children, WRI, I feel this would be a perfect opportunity for me to go work here and make a bigger impact on the world than what I currently do. There's international schools my partner can go work in. We're not massive party people, we like the odd drink, but we prefer good food and from what I've read the food scene here is relatively better and more cost effective than say Amsterdam. I've read (depending where you live) that it's not far from the coast and forested areas, which is more to our liking. It's not far from Amsterdam or Rotterdam for day trips, I've been to the former twice and while I'd love to live there, it's incredibly expensive and becomes a tourist hot spot and is a bit more lively than the quiet lifestyle we want.
With all that said, I have a few questions.
• How much would we need to live fairly comfortably, two adults, a child who would probably be 4 at the time and a dog
• With that last point, how difficult is it finding a place that accepts dogs? And on the same note, how hard is it finding a place in general?
• Any particular neighbourhoods that are recommended?
• Is there companies that help you emigrate over to Amsterdam?
• Recommendations on recruitment agencies for myself?
• What is school like for teachers?
• Anything you'd mention about The Hague that you might not find on Google?
