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Countryclub ‘Groen-Geel’ – The Hague Comments Off

Posted on 5 Aug 2011. By Geert Daniëls. Filed under Dutch Culture

Groen-Geel is a sports club near Wassenaar, a town just outside The Hague, and was founded in 1932. It currently has more than 1500 members who mainly play hockey and golf with a smaller membership for cricket. more »»

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Princess Máxima — the fairy-tale at 40 Comments Off

Posted on 1 Jun 2011. By Alun Goodmass. Filed under Dutch Culture

If there was ever a case of the princess making the fairy-tale come true, then Princess Máxima Zorreguieta, Princess of the Netherlands and wife of the Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, is it. more »»

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Top 5 Things to do in Amsterdam (1)

Posted on 18 Dec 2010. By Helen Cross. Filed under Dutch Culture

Amsterdam, though relatively small for a European capital, is bursting with world class attractions. This compact city offers visitors history, culture and awe-inspiring architecture combined with more »»

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Holland in WW2 – Hannie Schaft Comments Off

Posted on 25 Oct 2009. By Alex. Filed under Dutch Culture

This post contains an excerpt from an article originally published on Haarlemshuffle.com about the Dutch second word war heroine Hannie Schaft. Sadly, she was captured and executed by the Germans just days before the end of the war. more »»

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Writer Simon Vinkenoog dies aged 80 (5)

Posted on 28 Jul 2009. By Alex. Filed under Dutch Culture

Dutch literary giant Simon Vinkenoog has died of a cerebral haemorrhage at the age of 80. Vinkenoog was a writer, poet, activist, lifelong hippy and cannabis connoisseur par excellence. more »»

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