Typical Dutch

Typical Dutch: Quiche Hollandaise

Typical Dutch
Hongrui Cui arrived in Wageningen a few months ago. He notices some interesting and even funny things around here.

Dutch curtains are always open

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Whenever I ride my bike or travel by bus, I notice there’s…

Bricks but no mortar

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Every old house and many footpaths in the Netherlands are made of…

The Animal Ambulance

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I sometimes get the impression that the Dutch health service cuts a…

A tall guy and his big bike

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Breaking the stereotype of Dutch guys not being very romantic*, this guy…

Finnish nightmares

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When it comes to teaching methods, the Dutchies seem to be very…

The heavy handshake

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Dutch smiles are mostly accompanied with a very heavy and serious handshake.

On first-name terms

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It was shortly after I started my Master’s at WUR that I…

‘You can always bake a cake’

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It was in the end phase of a course’s group work when…

Fresh air is the Dutch medicine

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There was no need for a drug prescription, we simply had to…

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