I personally find Amsterdam to be a bit lacking on that front. It often touts itself as being extremely multicultural, being >50% non-native (white) Dutch and h

I personally find Amsterdam to be a bit lacking on that front. It often touts itself as being extremely multicultural, being >50% non-native (white) Dutch and having the most nationalities in one city. And it's to an extent true, but most nationalities will have only 1-10 people. There's a few major ethnic groups like Moroccans and Turks comprising of much of the 'diversity', and I feel most groups live very segregated from each other. New-west is very Moroccan/Turkish, Bijlmer is very black, Zuid/Centrum is very white. Social groups don't really mix that much, honestly it's pretty embarrassing for a country with such a progressive an open-minded reputation, and for a city with an international reputation. There's a few mixed areas but by and large I don't feel a very multicultural vibe, it's much more segregated in my experience, particularly among the local population. In high-income expat circles you'll definitely find people from all over the world though. Besides that I feel Dutch think in labels quite often and Amsterdam is a bit of a village, it's hard to be truly anonymous here. I run into people I know all the time. I miss the anonymity of being in a truly big city like New York or Shanghai, and generally I miss living abroad and being able to make-up a new identity for yourself.