Windmills along the river Vecht in Weesp

Vlog · Weesp, the Netherlands

Our little life between windmills & canals

Hoi! We’re Umar & Sundas. Follow along as we settle into Weesp, explore the Netherlands and share the everyday moments that slowly make this country feel like home.

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Our hometown on the Vecht: canals, drawbridges and hidden corners.

Bikes, groceries, weather and the small stuff of Dutch life.

Windmills, tulip fields and weekend trips around the country.

Cheese, stroopwafels and the habits we are learning to love.

The windmills of Kinderdijk reflected in the water

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The Dutch art of cosy togetherness, and the whole reason this vlog exists.

A field of orange tulips near Lisse

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Hoi, we’re Umar & Sundas

We traded the familiar for cycle paths, canals and very changeable weather. Weesp, a little fortified town on the river Vecht, is now home, and this is where we share what Dutch life is really like: the beautiful, the rainy and the delicious.