Op vakantie! Going on vacation – the Dutch way Mid-summer has arrived and so have the school vacations. Dutch families, friends, couples and solo travellers are preparing to take off on their vacation. Now, there’s several ways the Dutch like to spend their vacation. Or, differently put: there’s different kind of Dutch holiday […]
The so-called ‘Nederlandse sportzomer’ (Summer of Sports) is on its way! Having launched with the European soccer Championships, the summer of 2021 really will be full of sports events: from Wimbledon and the Tour the France to the Grand Prix and the Tokyo Olympics Games – we can’t wait for it all to get started, so that we […]
Many are surprised to hear that a country as small as the Netherlands doesn’t only have several dialects, but even multiple languages. With each province or region and even some towns having their own accent or dialect. Let’s dive into the main used accents, dialects and the other official language that is not Dutch! The […]
Did you know that the Netherlands are a real sports country? Although we are such a small country, our orange-clad sportsmen and women have set many world records and have won many medals over the years. From voetbal (football) to schaatsen (ice skating) to the typical Dutch korfbal, the Dutchies are of all trades. Have […]
January has arrived, and it has brought cold winter weather with it to the Netherlands. Although we are still waiting for the sneeuw (snow) to fall here, temperatures are getting closer and closer to freezing. Did you know that talking about the weather is a typical Dutch trait? Let’s follow this Dutch tradition and talk […]
New year, new me. Or as they would say in the Netherlands: ‘Nieuwe ronde, nieuwe kansen’ (new round, new opportunities). It is 2021, and with the start of a new year come the new year’s resolutions. In Dutch, we call them goede voornemens (good intentions). Curious about some of the most popular goede voornemens in […]
Gelukkig Nieuwjaar everyone! Yesterday, we said goodbye to 2020 and toasted to a new year to come. In the Netherlands there are few evenings that are more widely celebrated than Oud en Nieuw (Old and New, that’s how the Dutch refer to New Year’s eve). Of course, things looked slightly different than usual this year, […]
Sinterklaas has arrived in the Netherlands! Who? If you ever visited the Netherlands around the beginning of December, you might have noticed that store decorations, tv-commercials and advertisements are not necessarily Christmas-spirited yet. Not Santa Claus, but another white-bearded, old man in red clothes, accompanied by his colorfully dressed helping hands, the Pieten, is what […]
