ultimate list of dutch quirks

3 min read 2022-01-05 15:57:06

Dutch Quirk #71: Have impossible narrow and steep stairs in their houses

Anyone who’s visited a Dutch house before will recognise a few distinct traits: open curtains for everyone to see, birthday calendars in the

2 min read 2022-01-04 15:56:22

The Netherlands is known for many things from tulips to cheese, but something that everyone notices while living here is its vulnerability to the

3 min read 2022-01-03 19:56:35

Swerve to the left, swerve to the right…we all know that Dutchies love their bikes. They also love their beers. Putting two and two together,

3 min read 2021-12-23 17:56:35

Ah yes, December — a month of cold weather, fun, family holidays, and fire hazards? Seems a little out of character for this festive month.

2 min read 2021-12-22 17:27:16

Sororities and fraternities tend to be associated with the US, but don’t be fooled because the Dutch have them too. It’s the whole package: the

2 min read 2021-12-21 21:40:08

Are Wilhelminapepermunts a token of Dutch heritage or a disastrously large block of chalk? Now I don’t mean to start a controversy here, but it is

2 min read 2021-12-20 16:02:46

Okay, so we’re all aware of how Dutchies use the word lekker for everything, but there’s another candidate for most used, untranslatable word:

3 min read 2021-12-17 20:10:09

We admire the Dutch for a lot of things — efficiency, directness, and innovation. Their cuisine, however, is rarely one of them. And while eating

2 min read 2021-12-16 20:50:00

Considering Dutch people’s stereotypical laid-back, carefree attitude, it’s not very often that you’ll see them act a little crazy. But New

2 min read 2021-12-15 16:17:29

They’re tall, with legs of steel thanks to all the biking, and they live in picturesque towns with canals that freeze in the winter. It all

3 min read 2021-12-13 22:12:59

It’s 6 PM, and you know what that means: first beer of the day, you might say, or a nice glass of wine? WRONG! Well, at least in the Netherlands,

2 min read 2021-12-09 19:18:40

So have you ever wondered what giving birth is like in the Netherlands? If you pictured your or your partner’s water breaking and being rushed in a

3 min read 2021-12-06 20:18:39

Have you ever noticed that almost all Dutch people refuse to go into debt and are terrified of credit cards? And missing a Tikkie payment is just

4 min read 2021-12-03 18:54:33

Didn’t think the words “Dutch” and “poetry” were two things you’d hear in one sentence? Well, turn out Dutchies can be quite the

3 min read 2021-12-02 16:01:13

Ok, picture this. You’re at the office (during better times), the clock reads 12:42 and you’re fired up like one of Jeff Bezos’ rockets. Is