What and Where to Eat in Amsterdam Posted by sarah on Aug 16, 2010
Amsterdam is filled with places to eat. From cheap and fast Febo, a Dutch fast-food chain, to high-end fancy French restaurants, this city has it all. In fact, there are at least 1000 restaurants here, so the possibilities are endless. But what is one to do when faced with 1000 options? For some reason many…
Dutch Music: Onderweg, door Abel Posted by sarah on Aug 13, 2010
This song was a big hit a few years ago, and you can see that with more than 2,000,000 hits on YouTube. It’s really very pretty to listen to, a bit sad, and the singer enunciates clearly (always helpful). Below you will find the video and lyrics. As always, try to sing along and pronounce…
Sesame Street in Dutch: Sesamstraat Posted by sarah on Aug 11, 2010
As a kid I was absolutely in love with Bert and Ernie. They were my favorite characters from Sesame Street. So what a pleasure it was to find out that Bert and Ernie spoke Dutch too! And as it turns out, watching Sesame Street in Dutch is actually a great way to begin learning Dutch. …
De Fabeltjeskrant Posted by noortje on Aug 10, 2010
Take a bunch of puppets in the shape of forest animals, let them talk, film them, bring the show out on TV and there is De Fabeltjeskrant. Okay, it took a little bit more than that, so let’s take a look back at the history of this popular children’s TV show, which was really for…
Kikker Posted by sarah on Aug 9, 2010
A fun way to start learning the language is by beginning simple with children’s books. The benefit of this is that you will start to see simple language structure in use and basic but vital vocabulary. And it’s fun! A series of books I really like are the Kikker books by Max Velthuijs. Kikker is…
Dutch Music: Groot Hart, door De Dijk Posted by sarah on Aug 6, 2010
Dokter kunt u even komen, breng uw beste medicijn ik heb er nu al jaren last van. ook al doet het niet echt pijn maar ik val voor alle vrouwen alle vrouwen op dit bal dat is veel te veel om van te houden dokter, ik heb een spoedgeval Ik heb een groot hart mijn…
Why learn Dutch? Posted by noortje on Aug 5, 2010
I am the first one to admit that you almost have to find Holland with a binoculair on the map. But this doesn’t mean our little country and our language doesn’t matter. For everyone who has no idea why people would want to learn the Dutch language, let me give you some reasons. It looks…