Health-Holland

Living in the Netherlands The Netherlands ranks highly as a great place to live. Enjoying excellent housing facilities, rich cultural offerings, and an outstanding healthcare system, the Dutch are among the happiest people in the world. Appealing place to live The Netherlands is a great place, not only to visit and do business, but also to live in. It offers a wide array of conveniently located leisure and cultural activities and its historical city-centres are a delight. Its many museums include the renowned Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The Netherlands ranks fifth in the top 10 for quality of life, and housing is relatively affordable according to IMD. For international residents, there is a good selection of international schools, as well as increasing numbers of schools that teach in both Dutch and English (130 in 2015). The Commonwealth Fund ranks Dutch healthcare as the best in the world with regard to quality, access, efficiency, funding and healthy lifestyle of the general population. Moreover, in 2017, the Swedish think-thank Health Consumer Powerhouse rated the Dutch healthcare system as ‘outstanding’ (#1) among its European peers. Quality of life (2017) Source: IMD, 2017 9.80 Norway 1 9.69 Switzerland 2 9.57 Austria 3 9.55 Denmark 4 9.46 Netherlands 5 9.30 Iceland 6 9.23 Sweden 7 9.22 Germany 8 9.21 Canada 9 9.14 Finland 10 43