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It is that time of the year again, the holiday season. Christmas, New Year and, in Dutch there is even more to celebrate in the last month of the year. Today marks the start of the Carnaval season. No, this isn’t about Brazil. The Southern Dutch provinces have a Carnaval all their own, though they share common roots. The Netherlands, literally meaning ‘low-lying land’, is almost 26% below sea level. Around 17% of the whole country is reclaimed from the sea or lakes. For many expats, this time of year is strange. Not only for the usual reasons, either. Theater festivals are great events to meet people. You can experience local and international culture on stage. Wooden clogs, known in The Netherlands as “klompen”, are as quintessentially Dutch as the windmill and tulip. The Dutch monarch can marry a person of the same gender without giving up their right to the throne, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says.
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