Tim: Cultural Learnings of Netherlands for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of USA (and others)

I love dykes.

how often do you get to see Against Me!? where do you go to see them or any band?

Tim wrote:: Well... most of the city centres are quite awesome. Cities like Groningen, Utrecht, Maastricht, Leiden they have these old buildings and architecture. Leiden also has I believe the biggest museum of the country. In Utrecht and Groningen there is a small, but active music scene and you can go out every night. These things are possible in Amsterdam too, but that is WAAAAAAAAAAAY more expensive and there is a bigger risk of you getting mugged, raped and/or murdered than in the other cities. We have about 100 murders each year and 20 of them are in Amsterdam, another 15 in Rotterdam and the rest is spread over the country.

You can go to a province in the north called Friesland (Fryslan in their language). They have many lakes. You can rent a boat and sail them. In this time of year carnaval is a big thing is the southern provinces (Noord-Brabant, Limburg). They'll party for weeks dressed in silly outfits. It's like Halloween, but longer.

And if you're interested in structures in water to prevent flooding, you might want to check out the Afsluitdijk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsluitdijk Or the Delta Works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Works

Thanks for that information, especially about the music scene. A good music scene is crucial for me.

I also want to meet a hot European guy, and I think a Dutch guy would be awesome. Someone make this dream come true! Razz

Well, a "good" music scene...

It's mostly metal or indie-pop.

-edit- And a ton of coverbands

And I'm already taken Razz

I'm sure there are other Dutchmen in the world!

Pssh, why was my post neg'd? Don't hate on a girl for pursuing a dream!!!

Pozzed it.

And it's true, there are more of us. Our country is overcrowded.

pintsogin wrote:: how often do you get to see Against Me!? where do you go to see them or any band?

I have never seen Against Me!

AM and most other bands I like hardly ever come here and if they do they only come to Amsterdam. I live on the other side of the country and I don't have the money to travel to Amsterdam, let alone enough money for a ticket. Only the richer bands come here. We have one big venue where bands like System of a Down and bands with a similar reputation come. Like I said somewhere in this topic; metal and indie bands are popular. Hardly anyone likes punk and/or folk punk so the venue in my city doesn't try to get bands like AM! here, because there will only be about five people there, if I count myself for two persons.

StoolPigeon wrote:: I have questions, but no time.

Later.

Do you still have these questions?

Most of them have been answered. I'll think of some more real good ones, though. Cool

BRING IT ON!

are dutch girls hot?

Mine is

I don't really notice it, but I have heard foreigners saying they are. But we have enough normal and ugly people too.

So...

Questions anyone?

Is your government actually falling apart right now? Explain the situation to me.

There's a city just north of Houston called The Woodlands. Not Woodlands but THE Woodlands. Their high school is TWHS, and every legal form of theirs refers to it as The Woodlands, TX. Is that how it is with The Netherlands? And to avoid confusion can I call it Holland and not get yelled at?

Mike wrote:: Is your government actually falling apart right now? Explain the situation to me.

It has already happened. Here's what happened [/Adrian Monk]

They were discussing about the Afghanistan situation (about staying there longer or not) and one of the three government parties found out that the minister of defense went to the NATO without discussing it with the Parliament. So that party lost faith in the government and was backed by the opposition. After nightlong talks they decided to resign and because that party had multiple people as ministers our government collapsed.

Toadvine wrote:: There's a city just north of Houston called The Woodlands. Not Woodlands but THE Woodlands. Their high school is TWHS, and every legal form of theirs refers to it as The Woodlands, TX. Is that how it is with The Netherlands? And to avoid confusion can I call it Holland and not get yelled at?

Our counrtry is called THE Netherlands because in the Dark Ages all of our provinces were small countries just like modern day Liechtenstein and Luxemburg. Seven (nine if you include modern day Belgium) of those small countries decided (some were forced to) to become one country called The Netherlands. Just like the United States, but on a much smaller scale.

And you can call it Holland without being kicked in the head, but I wouldn't recommend it. If you are in the actual Holland people wouldn't mind, but in other parts people might not want to talk to you again. To be save, just call it The Netherlands.

how do you feel about Sven Kramer?

He's incredibly good.

didn't you see the epic fuckup in the 10000m race?

His coach failed.

You failed.

>_>

NEVAR!

Also, did you think of any questions?

Tim the Enchanter.

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