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In the 16th century, the Dutch were renowned for their humor throughout Europe, and many travel journals have notes on the happy and celebratory nature of the Dutch. Farces and joke books were in demand and many Dutch painters chose to paint humorous paintings, Jan Steen being a good example. "Fighting peasants" by Adriaen Brouwer.
However, both Dutch Low Saxon and Limburgish spread across the Dutch-German border and belong to a common Dutch-Low German dialect continuum. There is a tradition of learning foreign languages in the Netherlands: about 89% of the total population have a good knowledge of English , 70% of German , 29% of French and 5% of Spanish .
Dutch culture may refer to: used more narrowly, the Culture of the Netherlands; used more widely, the culture of Dutch-speaking Europe, including: Dutch architecture; Dutch literature; Dutch music; Dutch festivities; Dutch folklore
A Dutch passport (Dutch: Nederlands paspoort) is an identity document issued to citizens of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the purpose of international travel. As the Netherlands only distinguish one category of citizen (Nederlandse (Dutch), NLD), for all countries in the Kingdom, passports are the same for all four countries.
Hopefully by beginning now, the children will either get an A in the course because they already know how to act, or, they will not have to take the class at all because they got an A in etiquette ...
First published in 1530 [2] it was addressed to the eleven-year-old Henry of Burgundy, son of Adolph, Prince of Veere, and gives instructions, in simple Latin, on how a boy should conduct himself in the company of adults. [2] The book achieved immediate success and was translated into many languages. [3]
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The Dutch identity card (Dutch: nederlandse identiteitskaart [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ʔidɛntiˈtɛitskaːrt]) is an official non-compulsory identity document issued to Dutch nationals in the European part of the Netherlands and certain diplomatic missions.