by Willem van Hoorn | Oct 31, 2024 | Expats Netherlands, Settling In
The topic of this blog post, for a change, is not specifically related to settling into the Netherlands and finding your feet here. On the contrary: it is quite a generic topic. It could happen to Dutch people just as well. Provided, that is, that they move to another...
by Willem van Hoorn | Sep 1, 2024 | Expats Netherlands, Dutch Culture, Life in Netherlands, Settling In
About some traditional Dutch dishes In an earlier blog posting (about the Dutch and their ‘nieuwe haring’, July 2021), I promised to get back to you around this time of the year, to say a bit more about traditional Dutch dishes. This timing makes sense, as those...
by Willem van Hoorn | Jun 15, 2024 | Dutch Culture, Expats Netherlands
In this edition of my blog I’d like to talk a bit with you about food. More precise: about a very traditional Dutch delicacy. Before I start, let me state I am quite aware that talking food, and especially delicacies, in the capacity of being a Dutchman, amounts a bit...
by Willem van Hoorn | Apr 10, 2024 | Dutch Culture, Expats Netherlands
One particular mirror in which you can closely observe a country’s culture and its do’s and don’ts, is how it celebrates its festivities. And a major yearly festivity in the Netherlands is ‘Koningsdag’ [pronounced koːnɪŋzdɑx, listen]. Koningsdag is the day the Dutch...
by Willem van Hoorn | Mar 10, 2024 | Dutch Culture, Expats Netherlands
Recently an international friend suggested ‘Trains in the Netherlands’ as a topic for a new blog post. As a frequent commuter by train, she’d be interested to learn more about Dutch trains. Being a frequent train traveler myself, I was happy to comply. Before we dive...
by Willem van Hoorn | Jun 11, 2023 | Dutch Culture, Expats Netherlands
In a previous blog post, we discussed the concept of ‘rituals’. At the time it was about the Dutch rituals that have to do with a birthday party. And we found out: a ritual is ‘a procedure in which the actions and wording follow a more or less prescribed form and...
