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Sinterklaas for Expats – All the Dutch you need for Pakjesavond
The unofficial (but totally worth it) DutchReview guide on Sinterklaas for Expats: While the rest of the world knows December for the celebration of Christmas, we have are own way of fooling our kids...
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Black Pete might turn Blue tonight
This years ‘pakjesavond’ might just be the night that Sinterklaas’ sidekick will turn blue instead of black. The statesnews station NOS predicts the coldest Sinterklaas-evening in 20 years! Luckily the...
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National Historic Platform for Slavery: New “Black” Piet Just As Bad.
Just a few days ago Amsterdam dropped a bomb on the rest of the country, not an actual thankfully, but culturally it certainly was. In line with its progressive culture the capital city crossed out...
View ArticleZwarte Piet & Frisian Traffic Jam – Are We Taking This Too Far?
Sure, here at DutchReview we also love Sinterklaas – especially if it’s inclusive for everyone (as it should be), but maybe people are taking things just a little too far when they deliberately block...
View ArticleChased Out! Sinterklaas Circus Rotterdam Cancelled After Threats!
This is not a great Sinterklaas-year, it really isn’t. Amsterdam tried to alter Zwarte Piet to make it more inclusive and neither pro- or anti-Black Piet sides seem to like it, Frisians blocked traffic...
View ArticleTwo Dutchies get married as ‘Zwarte Piet’
It’s official, both the wedding and the fact that the Dutch are taking Zwarte Piet way too serious. Seriously. We get it now, you love Zwarte Piet, enough now. Anyway – the point is, sigh, two people...
View ArticleZwarte Piet discussion is so nasty that no town wants to host Sinterklaas’...
No-one to host Sinterklaas With the Zwarte Piet discussion getting more pressing every year, it appears that the penny has finally dropped. The NTR, who broadcasts Sinterklaas’ arrival to the...
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Community Service sentences demanded against Pro-Zwarte Piet protesters for...
The Public Prosecutor’s Office is demanding serious community service sentences against the suspects who blocked the A7 at Joure last year in order to stop anti-Zwarte-Piet protesters. Against Jenny...
View ArticleSad story and online commotion: Child calls another child ‘Zwarte Piet’...
The Zwarte Piet debate isn’t over yet, in fact it’s being discussed more than ever, considering the fact that Sinterklaas is only this week. In a FB post which is causing all kinds of discussion today,...
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A Chocolate Letter from Santa – The Sinterklaas Way
Children around the world write letters to Santa, and they dream of having the big man write them a reply. Dutch children, on the other hand, tend to demand something much more delicious. They won’t...
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