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Question - I'm going swimming tomorrow in a public pool in Amsterdam and I would love to wear my one-piece, but I don't pass at all. I'm not on hormones yet and except for long hair, look pretty male.

I imagine it's illegal to kick me out on the basis of gender, but I still don't want to go through that experience (or be otherwise humiliated). Has anyone done this with no issue - or tried it and did experience comments or worse?

Would love to hear from people's experiences. I know there's a dedicated trans swim event, but that's only once a month (still glad it exists though). Thanks!

Hey, I do some DJ'ing for blues dance socials, and I love putting on songs that have interesting or surprising rhythm twists. The problem is I only have a few of these.

Here are my current favourites:

- "Stormy Monday" (Little Milton version)

Goes from a mellow slow groove into this amazing uptempo repeating guitar thing at 2:07

- "Mary Ann" (Ray Charles)

Starts with a tresillo, changes to a shuffle, then back to tresillo. Incredible.

Wanted to see if anyone could suggest other blues songs with rhythm twists. Thanks!

Hello, I'm recently bought a small flat in Amsterdam and I'm struggling to furnish it in a way that makes good use of the small space. Would love to get recommendations for an interior designer that might be interested in taking on smaller project like this.

I'm not looking for a full-service design firm to use extensive custom furniture, etc. Looking more for someone to help me identify a good layout, pick out furniture, and help me pick colours.

Thanks a lot! ✨

Hey, I could use advice on how I can take the step of exiting my bedroom and dressing as female outside. I'm not yet on HRT, want to go out more and gain more confidence of taking that step.

I've taken some makeup lessons and I'm less awful at it than before, and I have 1 workable outfit (and a bunch of clothes that probably don't work together). But I'm not sure where I can go and feel somewhat comfortable in fem gear (I don't pass very well, maybe look more androgynous - I'm 39 with a receding hairline, but long hair) and I sadly don't have trans friends.

Any tips? I have 1 friend who I can hang out with 1x1 dressed in fem, and thankfully I live in a country that is quite trans friendly,

Only recently discovered that the timer/stopwatch were added as complications. This was sorely lacking for me before, and find it to be a huge addition to my watch. I was even contemplating going back to my old Apple Watch before discovering this.

(This is a 965)

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Hi, I’ve been in NL for about a year and will have a week off work soon so I’m thinking it could be a good opportunity to quickly learn some Dutch. Of course Regina Coeli is super expensive, but it looks like it could be a really fun week for me and getting ahead 1 level would be really nice (even though I don’t actually need it for work).

Would be glad to hear from people who have been there recently, especially beginners. I know a few words but I’m pretty much starting from scratch. Thanks! 🙏

I live in the Netherlands and have a week off at the beginning of October, looking for a place where I can get back into freediving (I completed my SSI Advanced Freediver in 2018, but don't remember much unfortunately.)

Would also be nice if it were a social experience, I don't want to spend a week virtually alone diving. So I'm thinking of finding a larger freediving school not too far away - maybe Canary Islands, Malta/Gozo, or perhaps the red sea (although that region seems dangerous right now).

Any recommendations of great freedive schools where I could take a course or refresh my skills around there? Thx!

I live in the Netherlands and have a week off at the beginning of October, looking for a place where I can get back into freediving (I completed my SSI Advanced Freediver in 2018, but don't remember much unfortunately.)

Would also be nice if it were a social experience, I don't want to spend a week virtually alone diving. So I'm thinking of finding a larger freediving school not too far away - maybe Canary Islands, Malta/Gozo, or perhaps the red sea (although that region seems dangerous right now).

Any recommendations of great freedive schools where I could take a course or refresh my skills around there? Thx!

Hi, I'm looking into buying my first apartment, in Amsterdam, and one element I want to verify is that the place is worth enough points so that I'd be able to rent it out in the free sector if I ever wanted/needed to.

Is there any way to assess this roughly/quickly without doing a long calculation for every place I see on Funda?

I see it constantly parroted in this group that tretinoin should be used only at night. But I’ve been using it in the mornings (covered by spf), based on this post that I read a while ago - https://www.vivantskincare.com/blogs/got-60-seconds/yes-you-can-use-retinol-in-the-morning. So I’m curious to hear people’s response to this.

The website seems reputable - it’s a brand by the cofounder of Retin-A, and it says that retinol at night is a myth since the degradation of retinols by light is more of a storage issue. Once it’s absorbed into your skin, it doesn’t degrade in the same way.