Do you love Valentine's Day? Well, if you're Dutch, chances are you probably don’t really care too much about this holiday. Because in the Netherlands, it’s really not that big of a deal.
Their down to earth...
We, at Stuff Dutch People Like, love to discover new things as you know and after working and living here in the Netherlands we thought we’d seen it all when it comes to office lunch habits. If you’ve worked in...
So I'm back in Canada for a summer holiday with the whole fam jam and I'm happy to report I've already done a ton of "very Canadian things":
Celebrated Canada Day? ✔ Went camping in the woods?✔ Ate Spitzs and ...
We are going cuckoo for Keukenhof, mainly because seeing 7 million bulbs burst into bloom and put on a hell of a show is our thing! If you think that having your mind blown by the power of flowers might be your...
If there is ever an antidote to the noise and bustle of life in a busy city like Amsterdam, it is the beautiful village of Giethoorn. This tiny, peaceful place has very few roads, even fewer cars and is a clust...
'Stuff Dutch People Like' contributor Rebekah Lawler investigates the Dutch and their "free-range" children. Can an Irish mother ever get used to the laid-back ways of the Dutch? Read on...
Dutch schools ha...
Any person, any place, any context
The Dutch delight in swearing in English and they do so unembarrassed – and often with inaccuracy. “What a shitty weather!” exclaimed the prim mother of my six-year-old’s bes...
A few weeks ago, the staff of Stuff Dutch People Like were left scratching their heads when asked a seemingly simple question: "What's the story with that patterned Dutch crockery you see all over the place in...
babyproof: verb, transitive + intransitive
ba·by·proof \ˈbā-bē-ˌprüf\
: the act of making an environment or object safer for children. The act of babyproofing reduces risks to a level considered acceptable b...
The Dutch are a smart, practical bunch and have been at the forefront of some pretty life changing inventions. There are some famous Dutch inventions that you probably already know about - the microscope, the t...
...and those simple obsessed with all-things-orange! ;)
We know there are a lot of you out there - spanning the globe from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand to South Africa, the Middle East, As...
We were a busy bunch over here at Stuff Dutch People Like in 2016! It was another great year of celebrating the Dutch culture's endless quirks: we questioned, we investigated, and we had an awful lot of fun!
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Have you heard the news? Dutch moms are happy. Like seriously happy - and not that fake/smug type of happiness that seems to pops up all over your Facebook feed. They are, well, oddly content. Want to have some...
Excerpt from our new book Stuff Dutch Moms Like:
I first arrived in Amsterdam on a cold and wet day in 2004. I had precisely 3 days to determine whether I was going to pack up my entire life in Canada, kiss ...
(P.S. If you are looking for an awesome Dutch cookbook with lots of Dutch treats including Chocolate letters, then click here! :) )
If there was ever a time of year to change your name from Ilka to Wilka, it...
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