A look at Dutch quirks and curiosities by the editors at Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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 [...]
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 [...]
Thanks to Radio Netherlands’ partnership with Expatica, (a great website for expats - yes, it sounds like an info-mercial, but I, too, found tons of helpful information on Expatica before I moved here), we have a new sometimes-series on the Curious Orange blog. It’s called “Expat voices” and, not shockingly, it’s a series of short [...]
