DUTCH TRADITIONS
As an expat coming to the Netherlands it might be nice to know about some Dutch traditions. In this blog we will let you see a bit of the Dutch culture.
๐ญ. ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ท๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ธ๐น๐ฎ๐ฎ๐
An annual folk festival, originally intended for children, celebrated on 5 December with Pakjesavond. Sinterklaas and his Pieten enter houses through chimneys to bring presents.
๐ฎ. ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐
On Kings Day, we celebrate our Kings birthday. Flea markets are held in many Dutch cities on Kings Day. Children and adults of all ages sell old or surplus stuff.
๐ฏ. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด โ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐โ
A traditional dish often consisting of potatoes and vegetables. Not only is stamppot eaten in the Netherlands, Americans in New York are fans too.
๐ฐ. ๐๐๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
Nowhere do people cycle as much as in the Netherlands. It is often said that the Dutch were practically born on bicycles.
๐ฑ. โ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐๐ถ๐๐ท๐ฒ๐โ
When a baby is born, they serve round toast with โmuisjesโ. Muisjes are a kind of sprinkles from sugared anise seeds. First muisjes were always pink and white, but from 1990 they are available in two colours: blue for a boy, pink for a girl.
๐ฒ. ๐๐น๐ณ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต๐
The Elfstedentocht (Eleven City Tour) is an almost 200 kilometer long ice skating tour between eleven cities in a northern part of the Netherlands called Friesland. The Dutch hope every year that this legendary tour can be organized again, but unfortunately there is usually not enough ice. The last Elfstedentocht was in 1997.
๐ณ. ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐๐
The Dutch are known as a thrifty people. They also stick stamps, hand in coupons and scavenge for free products.
๐ด. ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ
A street barrel organ is an automatically playing pipe organ. The street barrel organ, called โdraaiorgelโ in Dutch, is unique to The Netherlands.
๐ต. ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น
A group of 11 men who organise activities during Carnival. Carnival is a festival particularly in the southern part of the Netherlands were people dress up like something else and party on carnival music.
