Do people in the netherlands dislike short people?

Question

Im a guy who is 5-7 and yes Im short but I would like to visit the netherlands before I finish high school. The only problem is that I heard everything is built for tall people in the netherlands and people will dislike you is this true?

Answer 1

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Seriously, don't worry about that so much. Yes it's true that typically people here are taller, but this is on am average basis and there are the extremely tall and of course much shorter ones and people along the whole range.

5'7" is approx 170cm and that's not very short. That still makes you just taller than the average female here. http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/gezo…

Things are not normally built for exceptionally tall people here. e.g. toilets, chairs etc all all normal stuff that you would find in other countries. Of course some people do personalise things e.g. mirrors etc in their house to suit, but nothing special.

Height is not an issue here and discrimination on height is exceptionally rare. Of course amongst friends then people do have jokes, but these would never be made to a stranger and tourists especially.

So what you have heard is not true. I am 5ft10" and so I am not as tall as some guys here, but still find things built for smaller people to be honest e.g. airplane seats are too short (legroom); we just moved to a new house and the sink is too low for me to be really comfortable etd.

So honestly, don't worry about the height issue. Be yourself and don't have an expectations about discrimination, and you will be fine :0)

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Thank you here in the U.S people even your own family make fun of your height.

Answer 2

don't be silly. not every dutch person is tall.
and there are many foreigners in holland

Answer 3

Even if everything were made for tall people you're not super short and the netherlands is not the land of all giants. Some people there may not like short folks but who cares about those shallow types anyhow.
I've heard it said that in France they don't like people speaking English. Do you honestly believe that all french fell the same way ?

Answer 4

Well, it's true that *on average*, the Dutch are the tallest people in the world. But the difference with e.g. Americans is very small.

http://www.amsterdam-advisor.com/amsterd…

And within the Netherlands, there are many differences of course. There are also enough short people in the Netherlands and I believe you will have few to no problems.

Hope this helps,
Arjen

Answer 5

my friend you must go to the netherlands, it is a fantastic place to visit, the people are wonderful and the women are expecially beautiful with a great language. they have some of the best beer in the world (which you are old enough to drink there). take my advice, stop being negative and get your a** to my favourite country in the world. 95% of people speak english there too which is cool.

p.s. yes they are the tellest in the world, but things are built exactly the same as anywhere else.

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i lived there studying for a year.

Answer 6

We come in all sizes. We are quite normal over here and I have never noticed much difference in height between the US or UK and the Netherlands.

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I am Dutch and not tall

Answer 7

NOOOO!!!!

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i am dutch and have lived in Amsterdam BTW, i am five foot two!!