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Bassie and Adriaan Posted by on Sep 30, 2014

There has been a recent YouTube interest in the Bassie and Adriaan show thanks to an American student singing their famous song. They began as a circus duo that later was able to film their own TV show. They were very popular in Belgium and the Netherlands and filmed all sorts of education shows. Through…

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Record-High Rainfalls in the Netherlands Posted by on Jul 29, 2014

Yesterday, the Netherlands was hit by a huge storm with severe rainfall. A weeralarm (weather alert) in the stage code oranje (code orange) was announced in the provinces Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland, Noord-Brabant and Utrecht. This means that there is a chance of extraordinary weather coming with a greater chance of schade en ongevallen (damage and accidents). This turned out to be more than…

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Words for Winter Weather in Dutch Posted by on Mar 3, 2010

Despite the fact that it is March, it has been a particularly cold, snowy and long winter here in the Netherlands.  If you are interested in tracking the weather in the Netherlands, there is a great little site called buienradar that tracks the weather across the Netherlands 24 hours a day. Here is a handy…

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Sneeuw op een zondag Posted by on Dec 20, 2009

Vandaag hadden we sneeuw in Amsterdam. Today we had snow in Amsterdam. Ik vond het heel moeilijk om in de sneeuw te fietsen, dus gingen we met de tram. I found it very difficult to cycle in the snow, so we went with the tram. We gingen met de tram naar het Spui, en toen…

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How’s the Weather Today? Posted by on Jul 14, 2009

To ask, “How’s the weather today?” in Dutch, you would say, “Wat voor weer is het vandaag?” Here are some answers you could use: Het is… (It’s…) koud (cold) windig (windy) heet (hot) warm (warm) vochtig (humid) drukkend (muggy) benauwd (muggy) bewolkt (cloudy) mistig (foggy/hazy) mooi (beautiful) open (clear) Het (it’s…) ijzig (icy) sneeuwt (snowing)…

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