Posts Tagged ‘Robert’

Dutch crunch!
When you write it like that, it looks a bit like you’re announcing that the Dutch eat very loudly.
But, apparently, it’s a type of bread that you can find pretty much only in California… which is especially strange since it seems to be derived from a Dutch type of bread called “Tijgerbrood” (tiger bread), [...]

Who’s Dinie? That’s what a woman named Nieves wondered for years after finding a letter in a bottle that had washed up on the shores of her home in Cuba. Four decades after finding the letter from Dinie - all the way from Holland - Nieves decided to find out who Dinie really was.
The letter [...]

This week on Curious Orange (the radio show)…
Things are changing around here… so, before we tune out for the summer, we wanted to say thanks to you, our listeners… and we didn’t want to hurt the earth - or your pocket-book - doing it.
So we’ll start by taking you shopping in Amsterdam, former diamond capitol… [...]

A couple days ago I posted a story about the opening of the Goldfish Hotel in Schipol airport here in Holland… here’s another story about how much the Dutch love their pets…

Blood analysis, echoscope, physiotherapy and acupuncture: in the Zuidplas Animal Clinic in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, pets get the best care veterinary science has [...]

As a pet owner myself, I understand the dilemma of anyone who has to leave their beloved Fifi or Foufou behind when they travel.
I know how difficult it is to find someone you trust to care for your dog or cat… or hamster or gerbil… let alone a fine salt-water fish…
But now, D-Reizen, a Dutch [...]

The Dutch are known for traveling far and wide, and many have made permanent homes in foreign countries… but, like most expats, no matter how much they love their new homes, there are some things they miss about their old home.
Watch this video by Marjolein Stoop to find out what expat Dutch miss most (or [...]

This week’s feature Dutch music artist is Elle Bandita. Our Music Man, Robbert Tilli from the Music Center of the Netherlands, calls her the Dutch Joan Jet.
Elle - her real name is Ryanne - started out as a guitarist for the now-defunct all-girl punk rock band “The Riplets”. When the band broke up in 2006, [...]

This week on Curious Orange (the radio show)…
Holland remembers Anne Frank on what would have been her 80th birthday. We’ll hear what it means to have her second and third diaries returned to the Netherlands…
Political Editor John Tyler will be in with Headlines from the Hague… this week it’s Geert Wilders, The Sequel (to the [...]

I finally tasted Dutch “nieuwe haring” (new herring).
And it wasn’t half bad.
For those uninitiated readers out there, “haring” (herring) is a type of small fish (about 5-6 inches / 12-16 cm). They’re often eaten pickled or smoked, but in Holland, they’re cured with salt and eaten raw, sometimes served with pickles and/or chopped raw onions. [...]

This week on Curious Orange (the radio show)…
We’ve all heard of the famous Dutch painter Rembrandt… but what about his friend and contemporary Jan Lievens? We’ll tell you why history has forgotten him.
And, Dutch women don’t seem to want to be “on top”… at least not in the police force. Political Editor John Tyler will [...]