Tag Archives: Dutch Culture
Het Schrikkeljaar – 3 Questions Answered About The Dutch Leap Year Posted by Sten on Feb 29, 2016
Every four years – except century years, unless they are divisible by 400 – we have a schrikkeljaar (leap year). 2016 is one! Today, it is one of the rare schrikkeldagen (leap days), and this has implications of course! Also in the Netherlands… 1. Waarom houden we schrikkeljaren? (Why do we have leap years?) I think this video explains perfectly why…
How to Ride a Bike in the Netherlands Posted by Karoly Molina on Dec 3, 2015
The Netherlands and the Dutch are usually tied to three very iconic images: tulips, windmills and bikes. These three icons are tightly woven to the image of the Netherlands and it isn’t a mere stereotype. Bikes are one of these three icons that stand out because it is something essential to Dutch life. A visitor…
Netherlands + Hip Hop = Nederhop Posted by Karoly Molina on Sep 10, 2015
I was at a dinner party last Saturday with my husband’s cousins and we were listening to music. Riccardo is a BIG hip hop fan so he quickly put some songs he liked (especially after seeing “Straight Outta Compton” a week ago). People started commenting on hip hop and the most baffling term came up…
The Dutch Toilet Posted by Sten on Jun 19, 2015
A few weeks ago, I had Israeli friends visiting me here in the Netherlands. And they told me how surprised they were about the toilets in the Netherlands. They complained about the “shallow flusher”, which was just gross! They were used to the traditional “deep flusher” used in most other countries. The shallow flusher has…