I've been living in the Netherlands for 3 years so far and now I've already given up the idea of making friends here. I'm not local but finding even an acquaintance is nearly impossible. Though there are some articles that claims Dutch ppl are one of the most difficult ppl to make a connection with, even with other expats I am not able to make any kind of connection.

I tried sport activities, hanging out with colleagues, hanging out on parties - nothing worked for me. I tried even finding a musical band to play in it and completely failed.

Now I moved to Amsterdam I don't even want to start searching. It takes so much energy w/o any outcome. Also, I work from home for an US company now and don't even have colleagues in the Netherlands.