Dutch people moving to Whistler for one year, some questions.

-Otto-

-Otto-

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Hi NS,

Me and two of my friends are thinking about moving to Whistler/Vancouver for a season. The problem is that we need to know some things, we're Dutch so that might make everything a bit more difficult. I hope you guys/girls can help me out with my questions:

* Is it difficult to get a "work-visa"?

* Is it difficult to find any kind of job around there, especially for foreign people? What's the best way to find a nice job?

* How hard is it to find a nice, reasonably priced appartment?

* Is it also in Canada necessary to be 21 for a lot of clubs, and which place has the most young people, Whistler itself or Vancouver. Which place has the best nightlife?

* How are the parks/ski-areas around Vancouver, comparable to Whistler parks or on another level?

* How nice is Whistler/Vancouver itself as a city?

* Are these places expensive to live?

I hope some people here can help us out, plus karma to anyone who can. Before I forget, we're 20, 19 and 19 whom are quite high educated. I don't know if this matters but it might be.

Thanks in advance!
 
I guess I can help you with a couple of things.

First of all Whistler itself is a party city and it's really awesome. You can get whatever you need in walking distance. Usually it's very expensive to live in Whistler, next year is gonna be the olympics so it's gonna be rediculeously fuckin expensive. You should be able to find a job easily tough. It's a really awesome city but with the olympics next year I'm really not sure it's gonna be worth it.
 
belg of nederlander ?

Why whistler? as said before, olympics will be there....

if youre into park, there are other resorts that hold up ... and if youre into Backcountry freeride, there are even better resorts i guess....
 
^If you're into both it's awesome though. The park is really nice, not the best but deffinitly nice and the skiing is sweet too especially on powder days.
 
* Is it difficult to get a "work-visa"?

* Is it difficult to find any kind of job around there, especially for foreign people? What's the best way to find a nice job?

* How hard is it to find a nice, reasonably priced appartment?

* Is it also in Canada necessary to be 21 for a lot of clubs, and which place has the most young people, Whistler itself or Vancouver. Which place has the best nightlife?

* How are the parks/ski-areas around Vancouver, comparable to Whistler parks or on another level?

* How nice is Whistler/Vancouver itself as a city?

* Are these places expensive to live?

-probably not, there are thousands of people who get them every year

-it's not difficult to find a job if you come at the right time (late summer/early fall) otherwise, its mediocre.

-good luck. especially next year. your going to be pay a fucking tonne.

-no, 19 is the legal drinking age. Whistler is by far the best part town around, van is alright, depends what your into. on a side note it seems like you think whislter and vancouver are closer than they are. About a 2hour car ride away. so youre going to be living in one or the other wiht occasional trips.

-i didnt find the local hills in vancouver too much to my liking. seymour is fun but yeah, whistler is all around just better.

-whistler is very nice as a town. no complaints except for constructiona nd olympics coming. van is pretty nice too, depends where you are but even the east side can be nice and cheap.

-yes.
 
Lol snowworld (for all outsiders, its like one of the largest indoors near belgium/netherland) Or maybe something completely different, i know US/canada is awesome, but nonetheless i believe the alps are awesome as well and the park in lets say L2A is awesome + if youre into bigmountain freeriding the alps are definately in the same league as AK or BC..... treeruns however are more rare for as far as i can tell....
i mention this because im belgian and im probably gonna go to St Sorlin in the skiarea of les sybelles, im gonna work in the shop parttime and accompany a freeride guide on tours with guests for a small fee :D i just hope everything is gonna work out for me :D
 
Ok, thanks for all the help! Do you guys now comparable places in Canada/America, because we completely forgot about the Olympics....

Btw, Snowworld ain't my "homemountain", Snowplanet is where I usually am.. Also nice to see some people from Netherlands/Belgium on this site! Enne, ben een Nederlander ;)
 
Probably much easier than getting work visa's in the Netherlands. Im going to spend this fall studying at the uva in Amsterdam and it seems like work permits are tough to get. Good luck though
 
Hey, I live quite close to the uva, maybe we can ski in Snowplanet if I'm still here around!

But are there people here who know some alternatives for Whistler? Help is much appreciated!
 
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