Slide 1:
We are Blau Camarasa and Isabel Domingo and we are going to talk about Dutch people. In these image we can see some things that are typically from there: The bikes,the bear, the cow,the tulips, the clogs, but we are going to focus in the Dutch people.
Slide 2:
We are going to start talking about the physical characteristics of Dutch people because it’s the first thing that appear in your mind when you meet a person. Then, after meeting someone, you can learn about their personality: if they are tolerant, strict, nice, rude… Dutch people have a very peculiar personality. Do you want to know more about them?
Slide 3: To describe the Dutch the adjectives tall and blond won’t let you down. Of course immigration is changing that picture but still, anyone under 1,75 meters will have to look up when addressing most Dutch, whether they be male or female./// We suggest that anyone with a height complex should be friend the Indonesian, Moroccan or Turkish populations who are considerably shorter.
Slide 4: The Dutch are on average the tallest people in the world. Men are six feet tall (182.5 cm) and women are 5 feet 7 inches (170.5 cm). Researchers point to a healthy diet and good medical care as the main factors that lead to a tall population.
Slide 5: Both Dutch women and Dutch men are renowned for being straight-forward in conversation, and little social negativity is attached to asking personal questions or openly stating one's unsolicited opinion in the Netherlands. The Dutch tend to believe it is better to be honest than mislead someone.To the untrained dater it may appear rude or direct but it is a refreshing scene of playing with your cards on the table.
Slide6:The Dutch are famous for how tolerant they are. A large part of their history involves welcoming foreigners to the country and allowing them to continue living lives as they chose. It reflects on the cuisine as well.Nowadays foreign products and ingredients are more and more added to the daily cooking.
Slide 7: The Netherlands is also well known for its liberal attitude towards specific subjects, such as gay rights or marriage, euthanasia, soft drugs, freedom of speech, abortion etc. That doesn’t mean that locals can’t get extremely upset sometimes when it comes to ‘’drug tourism’’. Smoking a joint in public is not recommended and could give you a lot of angry faces.
Slide 8: They aren’t friendly with the people around them, they should be a little bit more open. They need more soul and showing more about their feelings. Sometimes foreigners doesn’t make Dutch friends because they don’t like how Dutch people interact with the others. But this appointment isn’t negative for them, they are proud of what they are.
Slide 9: They also tend to be exaggerated, oversimplified and a tremendous amount of fun. The Dutch, or at the very least the stereotypical Dutch, are able to laugh at themselves and so they won’t be too offended by the following. They celebrate the Queen’s day and more than 800,000 people went there to have fun, drank some bear and to be with their friends.
Slide 10: When meeting a Dutch person, it’s very common to shake hands or when you know someone better, to give that person three ‘’kisses’’ on the cheeks instead of two. A big no-no is to ask someone how much money he or she makes in a year! Asking that would be considered VERY rude and would end up in getting a snappy answer like ‘’none of your business’’.
Slide 11: Dutch people are very blunt, they will give you their opinion being honest. For example if you phone them , you will start the conversation saying hello, how are you, but then they immediately will answer “hi,hi what are you calling for?
Dutch people can call a person who they haven’t seen for two years and ask directly if you can borrow them a bicycle, this is very normal for them, not for catalan people.
Slide 12: In particular Dutch people don’t like to be told what to do, they don’t like to be pushed, they like to do their own way and follow their decisions and opinions. They feel they have nearly the right to live in the way they were raised. Well, Dutch people feel like they have a right about every single thing.
Slide 13: They tend to live a pretty structured life. Everybody has agendas. They’re not very fond of surprise visits, they like to follow their own schedule and you cannot change it unless you have a strong reason. We can just define them as almost the most organized people of the European Union. This appointment very important for them, without organization, you cannot be a real Dutch person.
Slide 14: Dutch are this kind of people that pay for themselves even if they are in a date, they don’t like to spend their money for other people. They are a little bit stringly, thanks to the fixed expression “ going Dutch” that means that everybody have to pay for himself, the personality of the Dutch people is recognized over the world.
Slide 15: Dutch nature would be a pragmatic view of life. They are really pragmatic people, if you have a problem with them, it’s very easy to find a solution and solve it.But don’t be surprised if they have a rude behaviour when you asked them to solve the problem. They are not interested on pulling your last nerve, they just want to be in peace with all their friends, family, colleagues....
Slide 16: No-one loves a bargain quite like the Dutch. That’s why window shopping takes many forms: special offer (aanbieding or aktie); offer (reclame); and the most exciting of all, everything must go (alles moet weg). If you say gratis (free), you’ve just made a Dutchie very very happy.
Slide 17: The Dutch were the first in the world to legalise gay marriage: same-sex marriage has been legal in the Netherlands since 2001. Dutch law requires either partner must have Dutch nationality or to reside in the Netherlands. The marriageable age in the Netherlands is 18, or below 18 with parental consent.
Slide 18:The Netherlands has the highest population density in Europe: Not counting countries just a few kilometres long (such as Monaco), the Netherlands is the most densely populated country with around 17 million people in 41,500 square kilometres, at around 500 people per square kilometre.
Slide 19: Home births are still cherished in the Netherlands: around 20 percent of babies in 2013 were born in homes.This is partly due to the Dutch attitude on not medicalising birth, lower costs compared to hospital births and a good screening system of women who can safely deliver at home. Home births are covered by Dutch health insurance while hospital births without medical necessity can be refused.
Slide20: To finish our presentation here we have some funny words in dutch:
The Pindakaas the translation will be peanut cheese and the word in english peanut butter
The Apenstaartje the translation will be Little monkey tail and the word in english at sign
The Mirenneuker the translation will be somebody who is intimate with ants and the word in english some body who care too much for details.
That’s it
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