Netherlands
Bergen NH
A Type 1 European School on Molenweidtje, not The Hague and not Norwegian Bergen. Category I is not a tour of Kijkduin. The school prints 2026/27 euros; the Board prints another table.
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The letters on the leaver’s certificate matter. They are not the whole child. Here is how to tell them apart without a headache, and without pretending every door stays open.
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Tuition is the number on the homepage. The PDF is the number that arrives in March. Here is how to read the second one, without inventing a euro, a krona, or a deadline.
12 minTen questions that make a school tour actually useful
Skip the question about last year’s average. Ask the ones that make a teacher’s face change. Then look at the corridor while they answer.
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Amsterdam
Four climates: a private IB in Amstelveen, a subsidised IB in the city, a Dutch Dalton lyceum, and a French AEFE primary on Rustenburgerstraat. Name which Tuesday you are buying.
The Hague
Five Hague climates: a subsidised IB in Kijkduin, an American campus in Wassenaar, a British school on four gates, an Accredited European School, and a French AEFE lycée on Scheveningseweg. Time the roads.
Maastricht
A United World College in Limburg, not a Randstad commute. Day from 4, residential from 16. Time the southern train.