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The end of Zwarte Piet? No more Black Pete for Sinterklaas’ arrival in Apeldoorn

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The end of Zwarte Piet? No more Black Pete for Sinterklaas’ arrival in Apeldoorn

The traditional black faced Zwarte Piet won’t be present at the Apeldoorn parade of Sinterklaas this year and only subtle ‘soot Pete’s’ will be present. 

This announcement was made earlier today by the NTR who are responsible for organising the arrival of Sinterklaas, which takes place in Apeldoorn on Saturday November 16, and producing the Sinterklaas journal,

No more Zwarte Piet! Reflecting modern times?

Last year, the Sinterklaas parade in many cities caused national backlash as many people protested the occasion. The Netherlands remains heavily divided on the tradition. 

In 2018, the NTR announced that no original – totally black – Pieten would be allowed. Despite this, people still turned up wearing black paint on their faces. This sparked confusion and has people wondering whether people will disobey orders this year as well? A spokesperson for the NTR has said “Not this year anymore. The step we have now taken is the result of a gradual development that took a few years”, RTL reports. 

NTR introduced the soot wipe in 2014 and has been trying to phase out “Zwarte Piet” ever since.

Is this decision infringing on a long-standing tradition or merely adapting to modern times and reflecting the wishes of the people? There are many conflicting opinions on twitter on the matter:

Many people believe that blackface is merely a part of the history and shouldn’t be interfered with:

Others voice their support for the decision:

And one man is simply fed up with the ongoing debate:

Spokesperson for KOZP celebrates ‘historic day’

Jerry Afriyie, who belongs to the Kick Out Zwarte Piet group, has said “this is a day that many black people in this country have been waiting for. I think this has been very difficult for the NTR to make this decision, it takes courage to make the decision.”

“I can only applaud this and I hope that everyone will embrace it. But even if there are aggressive reactions, I hope that they will continue and that they will not be stopped”, RTL reports. 

Well, just 2 more months till Sinterklaas arrives, it’s almost Autumn – yes, it’s time for the annual Zwarte Pieten debate!

Train delayed after woman refused to remove her niqab for identification

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Train delayed after woman refused to remove her niqab for identification

A train was delayed at Rotterdam Central Station on Monday night when a woman wearing a niqab refused to lift the garments in order to be identified by NS inspectors.

It’s the second reported incident after the burka ban law came into effect on August 1 2019. The first instance was a woman being denied entry onto a public bus.

A police statement said the woman refused to remove her niqab so NS inspectors could not verify whether she was travelling with a legitimate ticket.

What is the burka ban?

The ban requires faces to be visible when in public places like schools, hospitals, public transport and government buildings. Wearers of the niqab and burka are those primarily affected, but also people wearing motorcycle helmets or ski masks.

In the event of a violation, the offender can be charged up to 150 euros.

What happened at Rotterdam Central Station? 

The police offered the woman a choice; for her to either remove her niqab, or be escorted off the train to have her identity verified by a female agent in a private room.

The woman wanted to remain on the train and for the agent to come on board instead but her request was denied.

After much deliberation, the woman showed her face. The train was delayed by twenty minutes.

The police decided not to issue the woman the 150 euro fine for breaching the law.

The ban was originally suggested by Geert Wilders back in 2010 as he believed the burka prevented successful integration of women into the Netherlands. However, since coming into effect it has generated heated debate over freedom and security.

What do you think of the most recent events? Is it the states role to interfere with freedom of religion? Or a necessary security measure? Let us know in the comments below!

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Music in Tilburg: What’s happening at Poppodium 013 and more!

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Music in Tilburg: What’s happening at Poppodium 013 and more!

How do you like to listen to your music? Are you someone who likes to catch-up with the latest releases by your favourite artists on the commute? Do you play the algorithm roulette and let your music apps decide what you’re going to listen to? Or do you have carefully curated playlists? 

Are all of these questions giving you a headache and you just want me to get to the point already?

Alright, alright. I hear ya. Time to stop with the potentially existential-dread-inducing questions and tell you what’s up with the music and concerts in Tilburg! But wait, why Tilburg? (I hope a rhetorical question is okay, though?)

Simply because it is home to one of the best concert halls in the Netherlands, attracting local and international musical talent alike. It is also where the ultimate pop stage, Poppodium 013 is (but more on that later)! There’s a lot happening there in the coming months, so thank us later for giving you this heads up.

The famed 013 hall (Source: merktilburg.nl)

If you’re into jazz, classical music, rock operas, EDM, or anything that falls in between, then read on. Here are where the best concerts in Tilburg are happening!

The concert hall in the spotlight: Poppodium 013

Music in Tilburg is burgeoning, and there are concerts happening every week. If you’re looking to explore the music scene in Tilburg, then you’ll be frequenting Poppodium 013 quite a bit. It is the concert hall in the spotlight not just because most of the notable concerts are happening here. This iconic venue is also a big part of the answer to why the music scene in Tilburg is thriving.

It opened in November 1998 and has since evolved into an icon for the city. The venue’s main hall can house over 3000 visitors, while the smaller one, the Jupiler Hall, has a capacity of 700. This gives all visitors enough space to dance while listening to some amazing tunes. You won’t have someone’s smelly armpit in your face while you want to dance the night away.

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Entrance at 013. Source: Merktilburg.nl

This venue gives Tilburg the potential and capacity to invite reputed musicians and talent from the country and abroad, and they have an amazing program set for you for the rest of this year. How do you get to the Poppodium 013? Just type in Veemarktstraat 44, 5038 CV Tilburg, Netherlands into google maps (one of the best apps to have as an expat) and do what the navigator tells you to do.

If you’re after the highlights of the best concerts in Tilburg happening there, don’t leave this page just yet!

#1 Nachtcollege

If you feel like revisiting your university house party days, then head on over for the biggest house party of them all – Nachtcollege in Tilburg on September 27. This one has a very interesting story, making it an interesting part of music in Tilburg. It started as an “innocent” student party in Amsterdam, is now the largest house party in the Netherlands! They have different editions around the country, and this time, they’re coming to little ol’ Tilburg. They are going to be turning the Main Hall in the Poppodium into one big lecture hall where there will be a main stage with bands and DJs lined up just for you. The early bird tickets are already sold out, so hurry grab yours soon!

#2 Make It – Jazz Festival

Make It is a festival that launched for the first time in 2018 and is coming back around to treat Tilburg with some smooth Jazz sounds again this year from September 19 – 21. They invite international guests who have been raising the stakes abroad but seem to be unheard of in the Netherlands.

This is their aftermovie for the first day of the festival from last year!

For the Jazz enthusiasts out there, hurry and get your tickets! Just be sure to check the full program before you decide whether you’ll buy day tickets or tickets for the whole festival – they have multiple venues (AMPA Jazz Round, Poppodium 013, Paradox, and Theaters Tilburg) with performances happening simultaneously. Feeling strapped for cash? The be sure to go to their free concerts on Thursday!

#3 Fiesta Macumba

If you love swinging to reggaeton, salsa, or Latin hip hop and are after that perfect night out in the town with some sweet Latin tunes, then this is the place to be on September 27. The Macumba Soundsystem are there to make your hips swing on the dance floor at the Main Hall at Poppodium 013!

#4 Mama Africa

If you love your Afro Beats, Kuduro, Ndombolo, and Azonto, then go into the sweet embrace of Mama Africa. This show has had many editions before in The Hague, Utrecht and Amsterdam, and will soon be sold out for October 5 in Tilburg. Grab your early bird tickets soon before they run out, and enjoy an evening dancing the night away!

Other concerts in Tilburg

Did you really think the list would be done with only 5 events? Think again! The Poppodium 013 has notable international talent like Alice Cooper, Poets of the Fall, and Machine Head coming but as you may have already predicted, they’re all sold out. But fret not, you have other options and not just at this venue!

Go check out the Draaimolen Festival from September 12 – 15, one of the top 50 best music festivals in the Netherlands at the MOB complex. Or how about a session of Bandminton: a battle between two bands happening on September 12 at the Hall of Fame. Find more information on all of these events and more on our Tilburg September highlights! Also check out Factorium, Theaters Tilburg, Paradox, and De Nieuwe Vorst – venues that always have something fun and exciting happening! As I said, music in Tilburg is burgeoning.

But apart from these, culture in Tilburg is vibrant with many museums for you to explore, public art displays to visit, art-house cinemas to disappear into for a couple of hours, and numerous places to shop till you drop and eat till you can’t anymore. There’s so much to see, do, and love about Tilburg that I couldn’t possibly sum it up here. So, check out our article on culture in Tilburg, and I’m sure you can find something to do there!

Before you leave, have you watched the new video we made teaming up with Levi Hildebrand? It’s all about how Tilburg is a frontrunner in revitalising old buildings and finding new purpose for it!

So, when are you booking your tickets for a concert in Tilburg? Let us know in the comments below!

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Divers retrieve 2500kg of waste from North Sea after 9 day expedition!

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Divers retrieve 2500kg of waste from North Sea after 9 day expedition!

The organisation called Duik de Noordzee Schoon has managed to get 2500 kg of waste from the North Sea, they said in a statement. Their expedition lasted for nine days where they were looking for things that did not belong in the sea – clothes, kitchen utensils, rugs, toys, car parts etc.

They have had around 14 expeditions since they were established in 2011, and have got around 60,000 kg of waste in total from the North Sea. These expeditions can only be carried out by experienced divers because of the extreme conditions they would find themselves in. They are funded by the volunteers themselves, and from other sponsors.

Where did the waste come from?

It wasn’t necessarily waste that was discarded by people with no civic responsibility. A lot of this waste came out of the shipwreck from the MSC Zoe (nearly 500 kg), earlier this year. It is the largest container ship in Europe with a capacity of 19,000 containers. During a particularly terrible storm, 270 of the containers fell off the ship. There might still be 50 containers still out at sea.

The MSC Zoe is the largest cargo ship in Europe. Photo credits: kees torn/  Wikimedia Commons

They say that upon their discovery of this waste, they believe that if we act fast, we will still be able to retrieve most of the waste. We should not be waiting too long as “disposal becomes virtually impossible because a lot of waste disappears under the sand”.

The rest 2000 kg was of mainly fishing nets discarded at the sea. They also focussed on other shipwrecks that happened between Ameland and Schiermonnikoog.

Don’t you love hearing about people being committed to causes only for the better of the environment, and are not incentivised by any other material gains. What do you make of this? Let us know in the comments below!

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Man drives car into a crowd over argument for a few tens of euros

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Man drives car into a crowd over argument for a few tens of euros

Everyone loves a good bargain – there’s a certain joy you get for haggling for that discount. Sometimes it’s significant, and other times it’s just a few bucks shaved off. But when you don’t get what is owed to you, it is normal for anyone to lose it. But you would probably not drive a racing car into a crowd and injure four people, or at least I would hope not.

That is exactly what happened at an autocross at Leende in Brabant on Sunday. An argument arose between the organizers of the event and a participant when they cut short the event from three heats to two heats. The man in question, a 21-year-old man, demanded that he get what he paid for. When that was not possible as it was cut short for safety reasons, he drove the car into the crowd.

How much was he haggling for? A few tens of euros! The entry fee is 20 euros for members and 35 euros for everyone else. He tried to make a speedy getaway after driving into the crowd at the award ceremony, but the crowd did not let this happen. RTL News reports that the officers had to step in from the crowd taking matters into their own hands.

The suspect has been arrested, along with his co-driver, a 17-year-old girl. There is still no word on how severe the injuries of the victims are. Due to this incident, the organisation may have to rethink how it will run this event again in the future.

Calling it a massive overreaction would not be enough. What do you make of this? Let us know in the comments below!

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Good news (?) for Friday the 13th: Warm weekend ahead!

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Good news (?) for Friday the 13th: Warm weekend ahead!
Looking forward to some late summer weather and trying not to think of climate change? That’s exactly what you should be doing! Bask under the sunlight and enjoy the warm temperatures of 19-22 degrees today, reports Weeronline, forgetting that these are the effects of climate change. You know, because, everyone else is doing it.
It was cloudy this morning, with a light drizzle that may continue until the afternoon. Sunshine will breakthrough as the day progresses, with the temperatures rising to nearly 22 degrees in some parts of the country. Enjoy a nice sunset before the sun bids adieu at 8 pm. The night will be cool in most parts of the country with the highest being in Zeeland at around 10-13 degrees.

Saturday

You might see some mist and fog in the morning but it will soon clear up as the temperatures rise to 16-19 degrees. The afternoon will be delicious with the temperatures being in the 20s. Enjoy the sunshine while the effects of climate change take its toll – it is a little bit warmer than it usually is this time of the year.

Sunday

The temperatures will continue to stay high, with the sun shining bright and happy that all of us here in the Lowlands try to cope with the rising sea levels. The temperatures will rise to 19-20 degrees in the north, and 21-23 degrees in the rest of the country. The south will have the highest temperatures at around 24-25 degrees.

Next week

Monday is still bearable with brief periods of rain throughout the country. However, it’s going to still stay moderately dry, with temperatures lower at 17-20 degrees. Normal temperatures for the year will cease again from Tuesday (15-18 degrees). It stays dry in most parts of the country except for in the north. We might (try to) enjoy high temperatures by the end of next week as well.

Clearly, I’m more interested in freaking out about climate change but this weekend’s temperatures are not quite as extreme as the heatwaves we have experienced. What about you? How are you going to enjoy this weekend? Let us know in the comments below!

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The Amsterdam Museum drops “Golden Age”; Rijksmuseum will retain it

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The Amsterdam Museum drops “Golden Age”; Rijksmuseum will retain it

The Amsterdam Museum in (you guessed it) Amsterdam is going to be dropping the term ‘Golden Age’ from their permanent exhibition ‘Hollanders of the Golden Age’, reports RTL News. However, reactions to this move have been mixed where the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum has stated that they will be retaining the term.

The Amsterdam Museum will be changing the name to ‘Group Portraits of the 17th Century’ as the term “does not cover the load of historical reality in this period”, they write on their website. Curator Tom van der Molen says that the term ignores “the many negative sides of the seventeenth century such as poverty, war, forced labor, and human trafficking”.

The Dutch Golden Age

This age in Western history largely spans the 17th century in the history of the Netherlands where many great things happened, but it also was a time when “poverty, war, forced labor, and human trafficking” was also present, says van der Molen. Using the term invokes feelings of national pride, but it should also not be used to ignore the realities that were present during this period.

Gerrit Berckheyde : The Golden Bend in the Herengracht in Amsterdam from the west. A painting from the Dutch Golden Age. Photo credits: www.rijksmuseum.nl/wikipedia

By dropping this term, the museum moves closer to what they have been working towards: making the museum more relevant and inclusive to all people. “That is a process that the museum, together with people from the city, has been working on for years. The Amsterdam Museum gives room to people and stories that are not heard, or heard insufficiently.”

They will also be having a symposium on September 29 to determine how exactly the history of the 17th century should be presented to a wider audience, so that it does not ignore any part of the period. They will also be having a photo exhibition on the same day called “Hollandse Meesters Her-Zien”, moving the spotlight on 13 Amsterdammers who were people of colour.

Reactions to dropping the term

However, a lot of people do not understand why dropping the term is necessary. As VVD’s MP El Yassini says to NOS, “First the street signs had to be removed, then the statues and now the entire Golden Age. I prefer that the Amsterdam Museum explain what the Golden Age has brought to our country and what the negative sides of it are. That is also the task of a museum. ”

The famous Amsterdam Rijksmuseum will also be retaining the term as they don’t believe just dropping the term is necessary. “The name refers to a period in the history of great prosperity,” director Taco Dibbits told the NOS. “That does not mean that there is no eye for the shadow sides. For example, we will do so next year with an exhibition about slavery.”

Confronting the Netherlands’ colonial past

This has been a growing sentiment within the Netherlands where the Dutchies have been coming to terms with how its colonial past manifests today. Just last year, a bust of Johan Maurits van Nassau, a governor of the Dutch colonies in Brazil, was taken down in the Mauritshuis in The Hague.

Additionally, JP Coenschool in Amsterdam, changed its name as it felt the weight of the controversies surrounding the 17th-century colonialist, Jan Pieterszoon Coen.

What do you make of this move by The Amsterdam Museum and the Rijksmuseum? Do you think it is sufficient to just drop the term? How do you think the history of the Netherlands and its colonial past can be presented so that it shows all sides of the period? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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No Weigh: Passengers Asked to Step on the Scales When Boarding Dutch Airline Transavia

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No Weigh: Passengers Asked to Step on the Scales When Boarding Dutch Airline Transavia

Dutch low-cost airline Transavia is weighing passengers before they board their flights. But, before we all pick up our pitchforks, let’s take a deep breath: their end goal is reducing carbon emissions – and it’s entirely voluntary. 

The, um, inventive procedure is part of an experiment being undertaken by the Dutch airline. As passengers board their flights they’re asked to step on electronic scales, which then record their weight.

The magic airport elves behind the scenes then know exactly how much fuel to fill the plane with. The more exact the figure, the less weight, and the less carbon-emissions. Genius!

The experiment took place on five Transavia flights yesterday which departed from Eindhoven Airport.

“By a more precise determination of the weight on board, the fuel calculation can be performed even more accurately,” Eindhoven Airport tweeted.

What do people think?

Despite the airport and airlines justification, people on Twitter are skeptical that it isn’t all some elaborate plan for a discriminatory future:

And others thought it was all one big joke:

Eindhoven Airport is politically committed to reducing emissions and noise pollution over the next ten years, so let’s hold our breath (and maybe cut back on the FEBO). At this stage it is unclear if there will be more trials or full implementation.

Look, if it truly is for the environment we’re on board with that – if it’s another attempt to increase profits, maybe less so. But, let’s hear you weigh in (couldn’t help ourselves). What do you think? Tipping the scales in the airlines favour, or gravitating towards to the environment? Let us know in the comments below!

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Meet Rockboost! All you need to know about Growth Hacking in the Netherlands

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Meet Rockboost! All you need to know about Growth Hacking in the Netherlands

Growth hacking, it’s all the rage right now and there’s a good chance that you’ve come across the term once or twice at least when you’re looking for a job in marketing or wondering how you could double your profits. Good chance as well that you’ve just threw up your shoulders and went on with your life not knowing what growth hacking is. But it just so happens that some of DutchReviews friends work at Rockboost, one of the best growth hacking companies in the Netherlands, so we guess you’re about to find out everything about growth hacking in the Netherlands!

Growth hacking in the Netherlands

If you’re a business owner, working for a startup or looking to start your own business, you may or may not have heard of growth hacking. Growth hacking in the Netherlands is something which has become more and more prominent, Rockboost, based in the UNESCO World Heritage site Van Nellefabriek, has been helping businesses right here in Holland and is now one of the top growth hacking agencies in the world.

But what is it? And why should we be so interested in it?

We were new to growth hacking, so we checked out Rockboost in their trendy office at the Van Nelle, to find out more about growth hacking in the Netherlands.

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One of the prettiest buildings in the Netherlands

What is growth hacking?

Growth hacking is a data-driven methodology and collection of smart marketing techniques focused on reaching scalable growth of businesses. Grow fast while spending less time and money – that’s what growth hackers do (in a nutshell). The formula for growth hacking success is based on continuous testing and optimising anything you do. Then you need to document all the learnings you’ve collected during this process to apply them to the next project (so you don’t make the same mistakes again!). Thanks to this approach you can unlock the potential to grow.

And skate in the office

Still not sure what growth hacking is? Nothing explains it better than real life examples. You can read about some of the most remarkable ones in this article. Even though growth hacking might look a lot like marketing at first glance, there are some significant differences. But what makes a growth hacker different from a marketer? Find out here.

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So, how did Rockboost come to be?

This success story started with the failure from the co-founder of Rockboost, Chris Out. As a young entrepreneur, he was working hard on his startup idea. Back then he thought the concept was brilliant and that it would bring him piles of money. He hired the best developers to work on his platform and when it was nearly ready reality hit hard. It turned out nobody really needed his product.

Chris lost a painful amount of money (around 200.000 EUR – eek) and started a job at DotControl (a creative digital agency which is now a sister-company of RockBoost). His failure taught him something important: no matter how brilliant you think your idea is, the market will brutally verify that. Having this in mind, together with the founders of DotControl (Mark, Rutger & Marcel), he’s been helping their clients build products that met market needs.

But, the more clients that built websites and apps with DotControl the more Chris and his partners realised one thing: their clients had no idea what to do next. They asked for advice on how to use their brand new digital products to grow their businesses. Inspired by these requests, Chris, Mark, Rutger & Marcel decided to start a growth hacking agency. Back then (2014) nobody in the Netherlands had ever heard of that. Very excited about this idea, Chris attended a growth hacking conference in London where he met the father of growth hacking, Sean Ellis, who gave him the most valuable tips on how to run a growth hacking agency. Since that time RockBoost grew from 3-persons squad to a multidisciplinary, data-driven team of 15 growth hackers. A real success story.

Also, they have meetings in their shorts 🙂

Havi-connect: creating some serious innovative apps in the Netherlands

Rockboost, together with DotControl, created a smart app that is currently being used by over 5,000 stores worldwide. It’s called Havi-connect and was so good in fact, that they were awarded the Dutch Interactive Award. Read up about it right here.

Want to work in growth hacking?

Now RockBoost is at the stage of rapid growth which makes them experience growing pains and that’s why they’re hiring like crazy. Do you think you might be a match? Drop by for a cup of coffee at their fabulous office located at van Nelle Fabriek in Rotterdam which is listed as UNESCO heritage. Here are their open positions if you’re interested. We checked out their office for ourselves and it really isn’t a conventional office. With modern and trendy decor, glass booths and a swing, it’s certainly the place to get your creative juices flowing.

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Do you know anything about growth hacking in the Netherlands? Let us know if you do in the comments!

Prinsjesdag (Prince’s day) is tomorrow and this is what will happen (as always)

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Prinsjesdag (Prince’s day) is tomorrow and this is what will happen (as always)

The third Tuesday of September, a day of tradition is the Dutch State of the Union: the Netherlands’ speech from the throne and whatever they have for the annual-bored-to-death-by-boring-president speech in Germany and France.

Yes ladies and gentlemen, it’s Prinsjesdag and every year it is the same.

So unless a nasty political discussion disturbs the day or King Willem-Alexander decided to pre-game for this year’s edition, here’s what will go down today at Prinsjesdag, September 17, 2019.

#1 The snitch tradition – No news today

“Ah Abuzer, don’t be such a negative nelly, surely there’s something interesting being presented today.”

Every year, a few weeks in advance, all the fractions in the Dutch parliament get a USB-stick with all the government plans which ought to be presented at Prinsjesdag. And every year (and you can set your clock to it), the plans are instantly leaked to the media. It’s not even a secret or outrage anymore! Usually RTL television wins the ‘race for the plans’ every year and nobody is shocked in any way that this happens.

So all the plans are predictable as hell and already leaked to the press, what else is going on?

#2 There’s gonna be a carriage and a ride

This is how it will be:

Willy and Max step aboard the golden carriage and…

WAIT SOMETHING CHANGED!

Instead of the regular golden carriage with the slavery pictures on it, this year the traditional ride from the North End palace to the Binnenhof will go with the glass carriage. Well, finally something is done about the golden carriage with all that slavery praising going on it. Looking forward to what they did to them when it finally comes back in (maybe) 2021.

This ride to the Binnenhof will be the highlight of the day for us regular folks.

#3 The speech at ‘Prinsjedag’

So it’s finally happening. Our King, praised he be, will finally shower his people with all his wisdom. Surely what our King has to say has to be of some interest, right? Well, this whole little sour piece would be less sour if the King would actually sit down and write down his own speech.

But sadly, not only speechwriters do that for him, but the message is also dictated by the government so it will never ever be something original or insightful (it’s called ministeriele verantwoordelijkheid – lookup that Scrabble winner). Actually, I can already largely predict what will be said:

  1. The country is doing well on the economic front (which we are, purely money-making-wise)
  2. We should be an open and tolerant nation and come together as one people (let in some refugees, but not that much. Vote for mildly conservative folks like the VVD and not the creeps of the PVV)
  3. Trump is a lying idiot(it won’t be said, but writing it down made me happy for a second)

And you know it’s a shame because, in this day and age, the country could actually benefit from hearing the thoughts of someone who has it all and won’t lose his job when speaking out his mind.

Ah well, maybe next year. 

#4 There will be hats

Brace yourself, the ladies are wearing a hat to the ceremony and there will be gossiping and oooh’s and aaah’s about it:

Are you going to be joining the Dutchies on the streets to celebrate Prinsjesdag? Let us know in the comments below!

Feature image: Minister-president Rutte/Flickr

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