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Multi-language NL + EN + DE storefront for Amsterdam's expat-heavy market?

Yes, this is more important in Amsterdam than anywhere else in NL. Amsterdam is 95% English-fluent and roughly 30% of residents are non-Dutch expats. Many DTC stores selling to the Amsterdam market ship EN-first with NL alternate (instead of the country-default NL-first + EN alternate). Cross-border to Germany is also huge, NL+DE shared language families plus the geographic adjacency, so a NL + EN + DE triple-storefront is the Amsterdam standard. We wire this on Magento with: (1) separate store_view per language, shared catalogue + customer base; (2) correct hreflang tags (nl-NL, en-NL, de-DE, plus de-AT and de-CH if you sell to Austria/Switzerland); (3) currency routing (EUR everywhere, but locale-correct formatting: NL "€1.234,56" vs DE "€1.234,56" vs EN-NL "€1,234.56"); (4) URL strategy, /nl/ + /en/ + /de/ subfolders, never separate ccTLDs unless you have full local entities.

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