by Willem van Hoorn | Nov 11, 2024 | Dutch Culture, Expats Netherlands
Eindhoven: Its history as the ‘City of Light’ Chances are that you have recently seen announcements for the so-called ‘Glow Festival´. The upcoming edition of this Eindhoven festival will take place from November 9 – 16. In case you haven’t heard of it before, Glow is...
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...
by Willem van Hoorn | May 14, 2023 | Dutch Culture, Expats Netherlands
In this edition of the blog I´d like to take a look with you at the inner workings of Dutch birthday parties. You stand a fair chance of occasionally skimming past such an event at work or study. And you may even one day find yourself to be invited to one. (In the...
