{"id":17222,"date":"2013-04-19T20:03:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T18:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/?p=17222"},"modified":"2013-04-19T20:22:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T18:22:37","slug":"do-it-like-a-dutch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2013\/04\/19\/do-it-like-a-dutch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Do it like a Dutch"},"content":{"rendered":"
Before Agora Rhein-Neckar started, AEGEE-Utrecht organized a pre-event. The main topic was reliability of the media, which was also the event title. Twelve lucky participants from all over the Europe took part and had a lot of fun. They\u00a0partied, went sightseeing, they had a European night and many other activities that every other AEGEE event has… But what were the factors that made this event unforgettable and typically Dutch?<\/strong><\/p>\n 2. Typical food<\/strong>: the organisers cooked the well-known winter dish called \u201candijvie-stamppot\u201d, and “nasi”, which actually comes from the Indonesian culture, as Indonesia was colonised by the Kingdom of the Netherlands during the 17th<\/sup> century. I know that you are wondering why I did not explain what this food is like, but you will just have to try it to understand.<\/p>\n \u00a03. High quality conferences<\/strong>: from World War I to social networks, from Europe to Africa, from manipulating to advertising. In a world of technology, you cannot choose not to interact with media. You have to do it if you want to be informed. So it is pretty much a vicious circle. Information is power and the media wields this power, sometimes media shows you what they want you to see. So be smarter than them and always remain critical.<\/p>\n 4. Weather<\/strong>: as the event was during spring, we all hoped for some sunny days, and the staff organized a nice game for the participants so that they could discover the city of Utrecht on their own… But then some grey and gloomy clouds thought: “Let’s give them some snow!” Conclusion: snowing and cycling = feeling like a real Dutch. As some people said, “Easter was colder than Christmas this year”.<\/p>\n 5. Windmills<\/strong>: when people think of the Netherlands, they inevitably think about windmills (and fields of tulips, but tulips and cold weather do not get along very well). I always thought that windmills were used to turn cereal into corn or flour. Well, this one was used for woodcraft work.<\/p>\n 6. Film night<\/strong>: the best way to finish the event was to watch a film entitled \u201cZwartboek\u201d, also known as \u201cBlack book\u201d. The film deals with the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, combining history and fun relaxation.<\/p>\n I would like to give special thanks to Tessa Speelman (AEGEE-Utrecht) for helping me with the Dutch words in this article.<\/p>\n Written by Cosmina Bisboaca, AEGEE-Torino<\/em><\/p>\n Photos by Annie Smailikova(AEGEE-Kyiv),Farid Amlal(AEGEE-Utrecht), Kamal Vasnani(AEGEE-Las Palmas), Marta Belda(AEGEE-Valencia).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Before Agora Rhein-Neckar started, AEGEE-Utrecht organized a pre-event. The main topic was reliability of the media, which was also the event title. Twelve lucky participants from all over the Europe took part and had a lot of fun. They\u00a0partied, went sightseeing, they had a European night and many other activities that every other AEGEE event has… But what were the… Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":17366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[5],"tags":[497,825,924,928],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17222"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17367,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222\/revisions\/17367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>1. Cycling<\/strong>: this term does not only mean that you have to keep moving on a bike in order not to lose your balance. Cycling is a quick (especially in city centres) and green way of transport, but it is even more… For Dutch people, cycling is a way of life.<\/p>\n
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