DutchReview, the go-to English-language publication for internationals living in the Netherlands, covered the record-breaking numbers of Americans applying to move here. In December 2025 alone, nearly 6,700 visa applications came in from US nationals, a ten-year high, and December hadn't even been counted yet. Source: Dutch Review Jana talked to the NOS for the piece, which DutchReview picked up and ran with. Her explanation for why the Netherlands specifically keeps rising t

Bethany Quinn (left) and Jana Sanchez, founders of GTFO Tours, at their small office in Haarlem. Source: Daniel Rosenthal / de Volkskrant The Netherlands' biggest daily newspaper came to us with a simple question: why are so many Americans choosing the Netherlands specifically? Jana talked through what she sees every day. Americans instinctively look for English-speaking countries when they start researching emigration. The problem is that Canada, the UK, and Ireland are genu

When journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian started noticing that everyone around her in New York was asking how to leave the United States, she decided to write about it for The New Yorker. And to do that properly, she went on a GTFO tour. Illustration by Brian Rea In September 2025, she packed her bags and traveled around the Netherlands with us. She spent the week getting to know the group of Americans on the tour, seeing the country through their eyes, and reporting on what

In December 2025, NL Times reported that 6,690 Americans had applied to move to the Netherlands that year, the highest number in a decade. Jana spoke to NOS for the piece and explained exactly why the Netherlands keeps rising to the top of the list. A sign at Schiphol Airport saying "hello, goodbye," 1 November 2023 - Credit: NL Times / NL Times - License: All Rights Reserved Her answer was straightforward: Americans instinctively look for English-speaking countries when they