{"id":6582,"date":"2020-04-01T14:25:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=6582"},"modified":"2020-04-03T20:32:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T20:32:37","slug":"how-dutch-kids-fight-coronavirus-boredom-by-hunting-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/how-dutch-kids-fight-coronavirus-boredom-by-hunting-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"How Dutch Kids Fight Coronavirus Boredom By Hunting Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In times of\u00a0<em>thuisquarantaine\u00a0<\/em>(home quarantine) and\u00a0<em>gesloten scholen\u00a0<\/em>(closed schools),\u00a0<em>kinderen\u00a0<\/em>(children) are bound to get extremely bored. How can you deal with such\u00a0<em>verveling\u00a0<\/em>(boredom)? Well, some people found a way, and because of social media, the idea is spreading all over the country. What is this\u00a0<em>berenjacht\u00a0<\/em>(bear hunt), and why does it become so successful in the Netherlands? Let&#8217;s have a look!<\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>Laten we op berenjacht gaan!<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kinderen op berenjacht in eigen buurt\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iJd-7mhDdro?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0<em>Schrijversbuurt\u00a0<\/em>(Schrijver neighborhood) in Eindhoven,\u00a0<em>kinderen\u00a0<\/em>started looking for\u00a0<em>beren\u00a0<\/em>(bears) that people in the <em>buurt\u00a0<\/em>(neighborhood). But it quickly spread all over the country. It is not only a great way to keep\u00a0<em>kinderen\u00a0<\/em>moving and entertained,\u00a0also <em>volwassenen\u00a0<\/em>(adults) enjoy the\u00a0<em>jacht\u00a0<\/em>(hunt):<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Mensen vinden het niet erg als mensen nu naar binnen gluren, want dan is er even contact met de ander. Dat is heel leuk.<\/em>&#8221; (People don&#8217;t mind if other people peek inside now, because then there&#8217;s a bit of contact with one another. That&#8217;s really nice.)<\/p>\n<p>Participating is very simple. You just put a\u00a0<em>teddybeer\u00a0<\/em>(teddy bear) behind your\u00a0<em>raam\u00a0<\/em>(window).\u00a0<em>Kinderen\u00a0<\/em>that go on\u00a0<em>berenjacht\u00a0<\/em>find the\u00a0<em>beren\u00a0<\/em>(bears) behind your\u00a0<em>raam<\/em>, and they can\u00a0<em>turven\u00a0<\/em>(tally) the number of\u00a0<em>beren\u00a0<\/em>they find. You can also add your <em>beer <\/em>to an online map. So far, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berenjachtkaart.nl\/?fbclid=IwAR2ptxJw0iNpMS202Poi_Ea3GslPW_HBA9yuUAuNPvaFS7558QGc7XXWy2A\">thousands across the country<\/a>, waiting to be found! You can also participate and share your experiences on the corresponding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/682817195878488\/\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it is important that the <em>c<\/em><em>oronavirus-maatregelen <\/em>(coronavirus measures) are respected: keep 1.5 meter distance from each other, though this does not count for <em>gezinnen <\/em>(families), who live in the same household anyway.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Where does the idea come from?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_6583\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/bA_RlA-0_EY\" aria-label=\"Teddy Bear Bear Hunt Berenjacht 1024x683\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6583\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6583\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/teddy-bear-bear-hunt-berenjacht-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/teddy-bear-bear-hunt-berenjacht-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/teddy-bear-bear-hunt-berenjacht-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/teddy-bear-bear-hunt-berenjacht-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/teddy-bear-bear-hunt-berenjacht-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/teddy-bear-bear-hunt-berenjacht-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will you find this teddybeer? (Image by Joanne Lee at Unsplash.com)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The idea to go on\u00a0<em>berenjacht\u00a0<\/em>comes from an originally British <em>kinderboek\u00a0<\/em>(children&#8217;s book), titled <em>Wij gaan op berenjacht <\/em>(We&#8217;re Going on a Bear Hunt), by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury. Here&#8217;s a cute sung version of the Dutch translation of the story:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wij gaan op berenjacht\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b9UYuOJ7VbY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The book inspired these kinds of\u00a0<em>berenjachten\u00a0<\/em>in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and Belgium before, and it has now arrived in the Netherlands. Here&#8217;s the original performance by Michael Rosen himself:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Rosen performs We&#039;re Going on a Bear Hunt\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0gyI6ykDwds?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And it makes sense that such an idea would also find root in the Netherlands. Many Dutch\u00a0<em>buurten\u00a0<\/em>have homes that are very open. People often don&#8217;t close their\u00a0<em>gordijnen\u00a0<\/em>(curtains), even at night. So in theory, you could watch the <em>avondjournaal\u00a0<\/em>(evening news) together with them from outside their window. Dutch\u00a0<em>nieuwsgierigheid<\/em> (curiosity) and <em>onverschilligheid <\/em>(indifference) about their\u00a0<em>buren <\/em>(neighbors) seeing how they live and what they do is a great opportunity for a <em>berenjacht <\/em>like this!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think of the <em>berenjacht<\/em>? Have you spotted <em>beren <\/em>in your <em>buurt<\/em>? Let me know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/teddy-bear-bear-hunt-berenjacht-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/teddy-bear-bear-hunt-berenjacht-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/teddy-bear-bear-hunt-berenjacht-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/teddy-bear-bear-hunt-berenjacht-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/teddy-bear-bear-hunt-berenjacht-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/teddy-bear-bear-hunt-berenjacht-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>In times of\u00a0thuisquarantaine\u00a0(home quarantine) and\u00a0gesloten scholen\u00a0(closed schools),\u00a0kinderen\u00a0(children) are bound to get extremely bored. How can you deal with such\u00a0verveling\u00a0(boredom)? Well, some people found a way, and because of social media, the idea is spreading all over the country. What is this\u00a0berenjacht\u00a0(bear hunt), and why does it become so successful in the Netherlands? 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