Comments on: 10 things you probably didn’t know about the Dutch and the Netherlands

By: Yuri de Groot

Yuri de Groot — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:53:48 +0000

I left the Netherlands in 1979 when I was 5. This article makes me homesick for the motherland.

By: gert

gert — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:16:33 +0000

I’m dutch and most of all is true. Especially hagelslag is my favorite breakfast.

By: Yohan Cruyf

Yohan Cruyf — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:02:33 +0000

260 Comments and absolutely NOTHING about the famous “Dutch Oven”? WTF?

Didn’t know some of these things about the dutch however the “Dutch Oven” is known by all American kids at a young age. Some of the other Europeans on here probably have no idea what it is but undoubtedly they’ve had sleepovers from their youths or have older brothers or sisters that have performed this act while in bed together. You can even do it to your wife, husband, girlfriend/boyfriend while you’re in bed.

By: DutchSwifty13

DutchSwifty13 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:41:12 +0000

Hi,,

I’m dutch and I don’t hate people from Germany, I think it’s a beautiful country. And I am 12,5 % German ;D
We even learn to speak german at school!
I live in a big city and my bike has never been stolen! And I know dutch people have a heavy accent when they (we) speak English but at least we’re trying :$,, Believe me, I’m working on it! And we all use umbrellas!

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:45:14 +0000

Great writing. Really liked to read it and see that we, the Dutch, have some typical things that are very normal for us but very strange for a foreigner. Good that you explained the difference between Holland and The Netherlands! I hate it when people say Holland.

Oh, and yes we do hate Germany. Has something to do with football I guess.

By: naamboeitnietxd

naamboeitnietxd — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:59:23 +0000

We also make alot of jokes about Belgium people xD
And we dont really hate Germany, but its like a neighbor who you dont really know that well and dont really like … xd
Its crazy how much different cultures there are in the Netherlands, and how fast the Dutch culture changes with it..
And yep, I’m Dutch

By: dinges

dinges — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:39:52 +0000

hahahaa great! super funny (comming from a dutchman… )
but I think it’s pretty obvious you’ve been staying above the rivers, somewhere in the ‘randstad’ maybe? let’s say amsterdam/rotterdam/utrecht? Am I right?
The Netherlands is parted by the Maas and the Rijn, two big rivers. not that weird but the people are a bit different above or below the rivers. The HARD G and R pronounciations are part of the overal above rivers dialect. Below rivers they have a SOFT G and R. It’s really hard to explain in text but the KH sound for a G or a CH is really a hard pronouncement. Below rivers those letters are not THAT present.

Also I agree with the fact that the G and the CH are completely the same, when I’m writing a text or a fb post or something I almost always only write G’s instead of CH”s. However thats just way the words are written, cant do much about that

and one last thing, if you don’t live in a big city like amsterdam or rotterdam, you can worry less and less about your bike My bike got only stolen once (not even on the street, but from my own backyard), all the other bikes I owned I just used them untill they where that broken you couldn’t fix them anymore… have been offered a lot of bikes on the street also, ow well..

By: 90 ? ????

90 ? ???? — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:07:06 +0000

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By: anna page

anna page — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:02:32 +0000

I feel this could be my Secound country. Cause i have no time for the German’s, either.

By: NL

NL — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:19:35 +0000

Funny YOU should be the one calling others know-it-alls..

DailyCandor: Clever riposte!