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Dutch cuisine (1)
Dutch cuisine has a long and interesting history and includes everything from hearty family meals to the lightest of pastries....
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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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Never Again: Herzogenbusch Concentration Camp
‘You always had to navigate around the dangers of camp life. This caused a constant sense of fear....
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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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Brabant's Potential Culture Capitals
’s-Hertogenbosch is, together with four other Brabant region cities, a candidate for becoming cultural capital of Europe....
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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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Crisis. What crisis?
Of the 12.6 million Dutch who went on holiday last year, almost half chose to spend time in their own country....
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Weedpass
May 1, 2012 is going to be the magic date when Dutch coffeeshops in the southern provinces of the Netherlands, including the six in Den Bosch, will ask their patrons for a weed pass before selling them pot or hash....
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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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KLM in Search of its Dutch Roots
In order to refresh its image and to emphasise its Dutch roots, Royal Dutch Airlines KLM will start making more use of the colours white and orange next to their well-trusted blue....
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Hot Air Ballooning in Holland
Weary from a crowded Ryanair flight to Weeze that put one in mind of a budget bus ride to a cheap casino in Vegas, we finally arrived at our friend’s hostel ready for a day of rest and relaxation in the countryside far away from any city or traffic noise....
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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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Windmills
Windmills have been a part of Den Bosch's landscape for over six centuries. Unfortunately, this glorious age came to an end with the demolition of its last remaining windmill in 1939....
Wear a Helmet!
Is it safer?In many countries wearing a bicycle helmet is compulsory, but for many years the liberal Dutch have avoided this practical piece of safety gear like the plague.
But the times
are a changin' because Dutch cyclists will soon have to start wearing helmets regardless of what it does to their hairstyles. Apparently local parliamentarians realised that a bad hair day is better than a no head day.