Traditions & Events

Did you know that every first Monday of the month at noon a wailing siren will sound all over the Netherlands? A network of...

Did you know that United Nations is investigation whether Sinterklaas' helper(s) Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) is a racist caricature?This year the annual debate about...

Did you know this week in some parts of the Netherlands processions take place for St Martin's Day on 11 November? Children walk down...

Did you know that coming Saturday is Dress Red Day? The Dutch Heart Foundation asks all women (men can join too!) in the Netherlands...

Did you know that today on Ascension Day it is a tradition to get up very early to make a bicycle tour? This is...

Did you know that 58% of the Dutch quizzed in a opinion poll of over 20,000 people answered that it is okay to commemorate...

Did you know that as of next year there will be no Queen's Day on 30 April anymore? Starting 2014 King's Day will be...

Did you know that tonight three popular radio deejays are being locked up in a glass house in Enschede to collect money for charity?The...

Did you know that the largest tropical party in Europe will take place this weekend in Rotterdam? Nearly 1 million visitors will go see...

Did you know that 'fierljeppen' (far leaping) originates with farmers who used poles to cross waterways that divided plots of land? Today fierljeppen is...