Good to know
Public holidays | |
If you want to know which public holidays there are in the Netherlands, look at: | annual calendar |
School holidays | |
School holidays in Woerden (Middle region), look at: | school holidays |
School holidays and study days at the KBS Franciscus (primary school): | KBF Franciscus School |
School holidays and study days at the Ithaka (secondary school): | Ithaca |
air raid siren | |
The siren is tested every first Monday of the month at 12:00 exactly. The signal lasts continuously for 1 minute and 26 seconds. When you hear the siren, you know nothing is wrong. The siren is never tested on national holidays, Remembrance Day and religious holidays. | air raid siren |
Typically Dutch | |
The small stubborn country of the Netherlands has a lot of things, habits and things that you can rightly label as 'typically Dutch'. Some subjects are unique to the Netherlands, others also occur elsewhere, but are typical of the Netherlands, Dutch culture and the Dutch themselves. | typically Dutch |