A look at Dutch quirks and curiosities by the editors at Radio Netherlands Worldwide
So. As we said in the show, one of the things we wanted to do this week on the show was to treat our listeners to a nice meal… at one of the best restaurants in town. The choice was easy - de Kas.
As you might have guessed from the photo above, “kas” is [...]
They’re wild for Wilders.
It’s true.
Geert Wilders - yes, the right-wing, anti-Islam, politician Geert Wilders - went from 0 to 4 seats in last week’s EU elections.
I’m still (yes, still) in shock.
And the really weird thing is that I don’t know a single soul who would vote for Wilders. Not that I know a stunningly large [...]
Yep, it HAS been a while since we’ve had our Dutch feature artist of the week… but Robbert Tilli from the Music Center of the Netherlands is finally back… and this week he tells us about Mala Vita.
Mala Vita plays “mestizo music”, which, we are told, is a mix of Balkan, rumba, ska, and gypsy [...]
Ok, another entry that I should have posted last week (bad me!!).
This year was the 40th anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous “bed-in for peace” in Amsterdam’s Hilton hotel. It was also the inspiration for a new Dutch book, called “In bed met John en Yoko” (In bed with John and Yoko).
Radio Netherlands [...]
This week on Curious Orange, we told you about the opening of an exhibition in Australia… of Dutch art.
Intensely Dutch is a collection of “some of the most important post-war Dutch artists, including those associated with CoBrA (Copenhagen, Brussels, & Amsterdam) and art informel, and those who preceded them, such as Willem de Kooning”.
Even though [...]
Ok, it’s true, I should have got this up last week… since it’s a story from last week’s show. However, here in the Netherlands, we’ve had a long run of holidays… so I’ve been avoiding my computer (plus the internet is down in my apartment - AAK - so I can’t do my usual workaholic [...]
In the Netherlands, like pretty much everywhere else, some people have children.
And other people want to have children, but can’t.
So there are fertility clinics, sperm donor clinics, egg donor clinics, and so on.
The trouble is, not a lot of Dutch men want to donate their sperm.
Why? It has to do with the kids. See, here [...]
Last but certainly not least… the winner of the Quadricentennial essay contest for the senior division was Eva Fu-Yun Fan, a student at Townsend Harris High School, in New York, NY. (Read more about the state-wide contest - and why it’s Dutch related - here.)
Listen to my conversation with Eva here… and read her essay [...]
The essay contest winner for the junior division was Callie Kanim, a student at the Good Counsel Academy in White Plains, NY. (For more about the contest itself, read this previous blog entry.)
Click here to listen to our interview with Callie.
Here is a photo of Callie (on her way to school) and you can read [...]
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of New Amsterdam in what is current-day New York.
Of course, there are all sort of festivities in NY and the Netherlands to celebrate the occasion… one of which has been an essay contest for students in New York State. The assignment was to “explore the New [...]
