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Bosch 2016
Den Bosch's most famous son will be honoured in 2016 with an exhibition never seen before in this town....
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A farewell to pints
Unless you’re at an Irish pub or sports bar where you can get a proper pint or half liter mug, beer glasses in the Netherlands tend to come in dainty sizes more suitable for children or ladies who lunch....
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Sticks and stones
In other countries, the mere mumbling of swear words like 'klootzakken', 'kankerlijers', 'losers' and 'sukkels' (which are all impossible to translate) to a police officer would be sufficient for at least a night in jail....
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Bicycle Museum
A number of prominent cycling enthusiasts are working hard behind the scenes to set up a bicycle museum in ’s-Hertogenbosch....
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Glory for Die Mannschaft
This summer in Poland and Ukraine, sixteen countries will be deciding who can call themselves the best European footballers for the next four years....
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Caffeine nation
The Dutch love their coffee. On average they slurp three cups of Java per person per day. This, by the way, is only an average....
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Street talk (3) New kids
The most popular Dutch feature film of the past year is New Kids Turbo. This action film is a long succession of bad manners by five antisocial, older loitering Brabant teenagers....
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Space Oddity
If you frequently fly KLM and collected many Air Miles, you can soon exchange them for a rather unusual outing; the Netherlands’ largest airline company will start offering trips into space from 2014 onward....
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Medieval times today
Holland's largest theme park, the Efteling in Kaatsheuvel near Tilburg, opened a new theme park show in the middle of 2011....
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Less tourists in Holland
Due to the economic crisis, the number of foreign tourists in the Netherlands has been in steady decline....
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Sports in ’s-Hertogenbosch
’s-Hertogenbosch is a true sports city. Whether you like rugby, basketball, ice hockey, or football, you'll find what you’re looking for here....
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Dutch gifts (1)
Dutch national football team shirts:The orange jersey was already popular in the 1970s when the Netherlands finished in the World Cups of 1974 and 1978 as runners up....
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Sewage Spotting
Always been curious about the ins and outs of the sewage system and what flushes through it? In the Dorpstraat in Vught you'll find a working sewer on display....
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Brabant's Potential Culture Capitals
’s-Hertogenbosch is, together with four other Brabant region cities, a candidate for becoming cultural capital of Europe....
Empty farms, crowded cities
The Dutch countryside is depopulating rapidly. Despite the fact that Holland's general population continues to grow each year and that 16.8 million people currently within its 12 provinces, the country seems to be heading toward an undesirable split. One side will be the heir to an empty, cheap countryside with few schools, shops and sports facilities, while the other will have to make do with a crowded, expensive, urbanised area where the world is at your fingertips. The expectation is that there will be almost 18 million people living in the Netherlands by 2060, but most of this growth will be due to immigration. Perhaps Polish and Romanian farmers will exchange their small holdings at home for a dairy farm in Holland.