Anyone have any experience living in Amsterdam?

I have friends that live there and I have spent a lot of time there. It's a great city but cold,dark and rainy for 8 months out of the year. But for 2 or 3 years I would do it. A lot of the dutch take cheap flights a few times during the winter to Spain, Portugal and other warm places.

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It's a great city but cold,dark and rainy for 8 months out of the year

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8 months seems a little extreme? Tulip season is in April and I know a lot of people that have gone there for that and had mostly nice spring weather. Seems like maybe 6 months of dark dreary weather from October through March?

It doesn't get super cold in Holland though, not like Sweden or even the American Midwest where its down to the teens or negative degrees.

Amsterdam is very close as said to many places, easy weekend trips to London, Paris, Belgium, Germany, Northern Europe, etc.

Id do it in a heartbeat OP.

Living outside of Chicago now it can’t get much worse from a cold and grey standpoint.

Do it. Lots to see, learn, eat, and experience.

Get a place outside of Amsterdam . Lot cheaper. Public transport is excellent.

E.g. Haarlem. Commute in less than 20:minutes to the center.

See

LINK https://www.expatica.com/nl/moving/location/where-to-live-near-amsterdam-444255/#other-cities
LINK https://www.expatica.com/nl/moving/location/

LINK https://dutchreview.com/expat/moving/7-places-to-live-near-amsterdam/

What’s the point of moving to Amsterdam to live outside of it ?

Do it and don’t look back … spend the extra money and enjoy all the city has to offer

A good friend's son and daughter in law lived there for about that amount of time. They loved it. They made quite a few expat friends from their kids preschool and did lots of weekend trips and even longer vacations around Europe. Instead of coming back to Houston, they took jobs (both work for the same company) in Hong Kong and are living there now. They've really enjoyed it all.

I was there for a month and a half. It’s one of my favorite cities. I’d go in a heartbeat.

I was there in late 2011, lovely city. It was already cold but so is the US during winters. The city has a lot to offer, a lot of sight seeing and places to go. If they offer you paid rent, go now. You will not regret it.

Totally go. AMS is placed where you can get nearly anywhere in Europe on a train in a couple of hours, or a cheap arse Ryanair (or equivalent) flight. If you move, I'd plan on being out of town at least once a month hitting Brussels, Paris, Barca, Madrid, etc., the entire time you are there.

Your kids will most likely love it. The Christmas markets in Northern Europe are kinda like the leadup to Mardi Gras; streets closed off for weeks, people getting "happy" and shopping, etc. They will not hate it. Dutch, Flemish, French, German, they're going to hear so many languages, it'll be awesome. You can literally hit anywhere between Belfast and Sicily within a two hour flight for cheap. DO IT.

Also, if it's a corporate transfer, my GloboCorp paid all foreign and domestic taxes while I was seconded (transferred) to Benelux for half a year, which saved us tens of thousands of dollars.