The Netherlands

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Objective

Students will hear something about typical Dutch history and culture

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Dutch Anthem "Wilhelmus"

+/- 1570. 

15 coupletten 

The first letters of the verses form the name Willem van Nassov

The Netherlands

• The Netherlands didn't exist as one country in the Middle Ages

• Lots of small provinces that together were 'the low lands'

• Every province had it's own ruler

Which sentences stand out in in our national anthem? 

Wilhelmus of Nassau,

I am, of German blood,

faithful to the fatherland

I will remain until death.

A Prince of Orange

I am, free, undaunted,

the King of Spain

I have always honored.

The Dutch Revolt

The Dutch revolt against their Spanish: The 80-year war. 

Willem van Oranje fights against the Spanish. 

With this song Willem tried to gain followers in the Netherlands

Where are we in this world?

18.005142 inhabitants

aug 2024

About one third of the Netherlands lies below sea level

The lowest point being 6.7 meters below sea level

The Netherlands

• About one third of the Netherlands lies below sea level
• . 

Where we are?

Our School

• Het Baarnsch Lyceum
• Baarn little village in province Utrecht
• 1100 students age 12-18 years
• since 1919. 

In the Netherlands know for 

the palace "Soestdijk"

Dutch symbols

• Polder = reclaimed land wich was controlled by windmills. 
• Back in the days the windmills were controlling the polder areas
• Now the gemalen are controlling the polder areas

Windmills

The Zaanse Schans 

• The Zaan region is the oldest industrial area in Western Europe.
• It had around six hundred windmills operating. 

Today we will visit the Zaanse schans. This is a tourist attraction were you can see typical houses of this region. The village wasn't originally there but they moved buidling and windmills to preserve them to this place. 

Traditional Crafts

The Netherlands has around 18 miljon people and 24 miljon bicycles

• We have worlds biggest bike garage in Utrecht what can store 12.500 bikes
• We have about 37.000 kilometers of bike lanes tot travel
• The avarage Dutch person bikes 979 kilometers in a year

Asignment

Groups 2/3

Choose a melodie 

Write a song like Willem about the Netherlands

to gain a lot of followers

Which of these DJs is Dutch?

1. Tiësto
2. Martin Garrix
3. Armin van Buuren
4. Afrojack

All of the DJ's are Dutch

We have al lot of very famous DJ's in the Netherlands

Tiësto

Martin Garrix  

Armin van Buuren

Afrojack 

Where does Santa Claus originally come from?

1. Arctic
2. South pole
3. Equator
4. Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas)

Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas)

Santa Claus comes from Sinterklaas, which is a long-standing tradition in the Netherlands that uses the same idea as Christmas, but instead of socks, we put our shoes near the chimney. And instead of elves, Petes are used. Emigrants took this with them to America. There he was called Santa Claus.

• Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. 
• Iceskating has always been a significant part of the dutch sport culture,  but is fading because of the rising temparture
• In region of Baarn, hockey is also a popular sport to practice

What percentage of Dutch people iceskate ?

Which of these foods it typically Dutch?

1. Stroopwafels
2. Bitterballen
3. Drop
4. Hagelslag

Stroopwafels, bitterballen, drop en hagelslag are the most famous foods in the Netherlands.

But there are more, so match the Dutch foods!!

Hagelslag

Stroopwafels

Drop

Pindakaas

Bitterballen

Pepernoten

Poffertjes

Stamppot

Rookworst

Why are a lot of houses in Amsterdam so narrow?

1. It's a part of the Duth culture
2. In that way there could fit more houses over a smaller space
3. So that you could build higher with less resources
4. To avoid high taxation

How many bikes do we have in the netherlands

1. 5 million
2. 9,5 million
3. 23 million
4. 50 million