At national festivities like Koningsdag (celebrated on the 27th of April) and also during general social gatherings like Burendag (“neigbours-day”, usually the fourth Saturday in September), Dutch children (and adults) use to play traditional games like Sjoelbak, Koekhappenand Spijkerpoep.
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How to fill in names in forms in the Netherlands
When filling in forms in the Netherlands, many internationals struggle when confronted with voorletters and tussenvoegsel and wonder what and why they need to fill in these parts of the form. In most forms one is asked to indicate voornaam, voorletters, achternaam, and sometimes there is also a field called tussenvoegsel. Voornaam is the name […]
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Sending children to Dutch schools (article in ACCESS magazine March 2019)
When moving to the Netherlands with family, one of the first things internationals want to find is a school for their children. Although very mobile families tend to prefer international schools, but more and more choose to send their children to local schools. In this article for ACCESS magazine (issue Spring 2019) I shared some aspects […]
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ExpatINFO Holland
by John Graham-King ExpatINFO Holland is a new English-language online resource for the international community in the Netherlands…expat workers, trailing spouses, foreign students, visiting professors, diplomats, love-pats and anyone who may not fully understand the Dutch language. ExpatINFO Holland’s mission is to provide useful information across the entire Netherlands experience lifecycle, whether that […]
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Dutch language resources
The best way to learn Dutch is to fully immerse into the language and join the worldwide 23 million native speakers in the Netherlands, Flanders, Suriname, or the 4 million people who speak Dutch as a second or foreign language. You can also start with listening to a local radio (online), watch local TV, get in contact […]
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