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questions for people outside the netherlands:
1. tell me what you know about the netherlands. first thing that comes to mind!
2. name 3 cities in the netherlands that are not amsterdam, rotterdam and the hague
3. do you genuinly only cycle for sports?? and not as a way of transportation?
4. is it common to take swimming lessons as a kid and do you get a diploma for it or nah?
5. here kids often take side jobs starting around the age of 13/14. does that happen in other countries too?
6. name two countries that neighbour the netherlands
7. do you guys think this is actually what the whole netherlands looks like 
8. name our capital (hint: it's not amsterdam)
9. look at this item and tell me what you think its use is
10. name a dutch music artist
11. first dutch food that comes to mind
12. when it's somebody's birthday, say, your cousin's: do you congratulate everybody with his birthday so also his mom, brother, etc.?
13. what ritual do you think these people are having?
14. try to guess which rituals these foods belong to (they each correspond to one "ritual")
15. imagine you have kids. would you let them walk/cycle to school on their own?
16. DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE HILLS
17. which of the following is NOT a real dutch word?
1. meervoudigepersoonlijkheidsstoornis
2. microscoopbalhaghanderingen
3. lagekostenluchtvaartmaatschappij
4. arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekeringsmaatschappij
1. meervoudigepersoonlijkheidsstoornis
2. microscoopbalhaghanderingen
3. lagekostenluchtvaartmaatschappij
4. arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekeringsmaatschappij
18. name 3 dutch cheeses (and i'll tell you if theyre dutch or not haghahs)
19. how many official languages do you think the netherlands has? and what is the main language we speak
20. guess who this guy is
21. do university/higher education students in your country get free public transport?
22. is it common in your country to teach kids about sex? by parents, at school, in the media, etc. or is it not talked about?
23. would you like to visit the netherlands some day? 
(and if you do please for the love of god dont visit just amsterdam)
(and if you do please for the love of god dont visit just amsterdam)
24. what is this?
25. at what time do you guys have dinner?
common here is between 17:30 and 18:00
common here is between 17:30 and 18:00
26. not a question but please consider stanning @mikasounds you won't regret it
27. did you know the netherlands and holland are not the same thing :)
28. i should have asked this straight away but please reply with where you are from!! so i get a nice idea of how we dutchies are viewed in different parts of the world hehe
29. if you made it to the end of the thread: amsterdam actually is our capital, sorry i tricked you 
but this shows how easy you can trick ppl when it comes to countries no one rly knows a lot about! (also our govt is in the hague so you'd think thats the capital but no)
but this shows how easy you can trick ppl when it comes to countries no one rly knows a lot about! (also our govt is in the hague so you'd think thats the capital but no)
