TOPIC: Netherlands

Black Ice Turns Dutch Roads Into Ice Rinks

Authorities in the Netherlands issue a code red weather warning due to the cold and tell drivers to "stay off the roads".

news.sky.com/story/1617894/black-ice-turns-dutch-roads-into-ice-rinks

Stay safe our Dutch posters

entrangermercenary1 wrote:


Some people saw the fun of it and took their ice skates out and ice-skated on the roads and sidewalks

The Cheese maffia

8,500 kilos of Dutch cheese was stolen from dairy farms last year

The weight of cheese stolen from dairy farms in the Netherlands last year was around 8,500 kilos, with a value of €90,000,
the NRC says on Friday. At the end of last year it emerged cheese had been stolen from three dairy farms in Brabant.
However, the NRC has indentified a further six cheese heists, including the theft of 200 cheeses from a farm in Gelderland,
with a value of €25,000. Cheese has to ripen for at least 10 months before it can be categorised as ‘old’, when it is most valuable.
The loss of the cheese has had a serious impact on the farms, which have their own pool of dedicated customers, the paper says.
Eastern Europe The farmers themselves suspect the cheese has ended up in eastern Europe, although there is only anecdotal
evidence of this.

Eastern Europe

The farmers themselves suspect the cheese has ended up in eastern Europe, although there is only anecdotal
evidence of this. Cheese traders have been alerted to be on the look out for the stolen dairy product. Each wheel is stamped with
a serial number. ‘It’s speculation, but I think they have gone to the Russian market,’ Irene van de Voort, chairman of the farm dairy
board, told the paper. ‘Not much cheese is being sent there because of the boycott. It’s a rare product and that drives prices up, so
would explain the current spate of thefts.’
www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/01/8500-kilos-of-dutch-cheese-was-stolen-from-dairy-farms-last-year/

for anyone who wants nice slices; try the Dutch kaasschaaf

Asylum seekers in court for Almere sex attack

''Two asylum seekers will appear in court in Almere in February charged with sexual assault, the NRC says on Thursday.

The two, aged 18 and 20, live in the city’s refugee centre and were arrested in connection with the offences last September,
the paper says. While the public prosecution department has confirmed the case will be heard on February 9, they have
refused to confirm the identity of the suspects, the NRC says.

‘It is not relevant,’ a police spokesman is quoted as saying.

One man is a suspect for one attack, the other for two.

The paper says this is thought to be the first time asylum seekers in the Netherlands have been charged with sex crimes
since the sharp rise in refugee numbers last summer.

Parents of the girls involved and an independent source told the NRC that four girls were actually attacked in separate incidents, not two.

Two girls pressed charges, one girl, who was 17 at the time, gave a statement only and a fourth girl declined to get involved
because her parents did not know she was out so late, the paper says.

www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/01/83370-2/

Dutch man arrested for wearing a pig hat

Cows going outside for the first time after winter has ended

We only get around 12 oC (53.6 F) this weekend, maybe they need to take them back in

The cows videos shows staying in a 4 wall is so difficult once they released how they are enjoying with a joy nice to see.

johnniewalk wrote:
Hey Aarav , forum signatures are nofollow, just saying.

Dunno about Dutch cows but here in England cows seem to be becoming more violent.
So far this year four reported deaths of walkers attacked whilst crossing cow pastures.
Usually with a dog.

GMP wrote:
Maybe walkers should play the violin;works great on this video

Sounds like a good plan.
At worst you could use the violin to whack the cows over their noses.
We don't see cows round here, seals n Harbour Porpoises mainly; but if we did I wouldn't go into a field with them.

GMP wrote:
The majority of cows in the uk are Dutch Holstein Friesian

dentedarthur wrote:
Bastard foreign cows coming over here - eating our grass!
Typical.
Dexters mate, that's what we want
Fine British cows are Dexters.

GMP wrote:
Dexters are Irish

dentedarthur wrote:
Nope you are thinking of the O'Dexters from County Donegal.
They're OK but prone to friskiness..
I was referring to British Dexters.
Fine breed all descended from the Lancashire Dexters, very laid back cow is your British Dexter.
Small for sure but good milkers.

Less cowbell and more Cow Raves, plz.

Ga ga lactic Milky Way

The Dutch now, not to generalise in any way but the word 'bovine' has sprung to mind a time or two whilst waiting for restaurant service in Holland.
Those laid back feckers do NOT like to hurry.

GMP wrote:


Indeed, things in this country, including the overall work-mentality, have definately changed for the worse.

Few years back we went to New York and the Americans there were very nice, friendly and helpful at the restaurants.
When we came back we were quite amazed how crappy most of the service actually is at most places over here. There
are places with good service of course, but overall it's definately gone down. And the service we mostly get feels 'forced',
like people ask how the food is / everything is ok as they only have to due to company rules. Difference with NY was that
the people there actually seemed to have pleasure in their jobs at the restaurants.

According to a friend of mine Americans at the Westcoast seem to be even nicer.

GMP wrote:
Expecting restaurant service in Holland is like expecting a month of sunshine without rain in Ireland.