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Showing posts with label Netherlands/holland. Show all posts

Sunday, December 29, 2019

SLJ W1 Activity 2: Discovering Aotearoa

I am a quarter dutch and am from the Netherlands!  I don`t know how to speak a lot of dutch I can  only say a few words, here are the ones I know... Goedemorgn= good morning Hallo=Hello,
Banan=Banana, Goedenmiddag=good after noon.


Here are some facts about the Netherlands

  • The Netherlands is ranked the healthiest eating country in the world
  • Dutch men are the tallest men in the world
  • There are over 1000 windmills still standing and there was 1850
  • The dutch government wants to ban selling diesel and petrol powered cars in 2025
  • In the Netherlands there are actually more bikes than people!
  • Holland is famous for how much liquorice they eat
  • Did you know that if it weren`t for Holland we wouldn't have orange carrots?
  • Hollands national anthem is the oldest in the world (see below)
  • In Amsterdam there are over 1200 bridges
  • The currency in Holland is Euros
  • Vincent van Gogh is the most famous dutch painter
  • Netherlands is famous for its clogs, cheese, windmills and flatland
  • In Holland Christmas is on December the 5th and they have sinterklass not Santa (Here is how they are different)