Dutch celebrity puts his foot in it

Dutch TV personality Gordon made a mildly racist remark on a talent show and the TV company then received a lot of complaints:

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/11/rtl_gets_official_complaints_a.php

Driving in Germany

Many people in the Netherlands take their cars across the border, which since the Schengen agreement has been totally free and the only thing that tells you that you have crossed the border are a few EU road-signs saying "Welkom in Duitsland". This could be about to change as the German parliament is debating a Swiss-style vignette system, whereby non-residents would have to pay a toll. It is not clear how they intend to collect and enforce this, however I expect it will be totally electronic and involve something like ANPR.

Add a little Dutch humour to your website

So long as you are not too worried about political-correctness why not add this gadget to your website:

http://www.gmodules.com/ig/creator?synd=open&hl=en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgadgets.videgro.net%2Figoogle%2Ffokkesukke.xml

If nothing else you can use it to practice your Dutch.

There are literally thousands of free gadgets available from:
http://www.google.com/ig/directory?synd=open

Worst traffic in the Netherlands

A study by TomTom has revealed that Nijmegen and Gronigen are the worst cities for traffic congestion, and not Amsterdam. This is also true in other European states where the capitals are not always the most congested places. I think this is most likely due to the disproportionate amounts spent on the infrastructure in these areas.

Dutch news in English

If you are new to the country or just struggling to learn the language, and want to know what is going on in the country try visiting http://www.dutchnews.nl/

Dutch driving

Every time I take to the roads in Amsterdam I have to wonder if undertaking, ignoring red-lights, and driving as close, and aggressively as possible, is not part of the standard driver training?
Last night there was a debate on TV regarding increasing fines and punishments for speeding, dangerous driving etc,  and it made me think, that like the UK, the best remedy would be a return to the public information film. I am sure if you showed instances of driver stupidity etc. that many people would learn far more from that, and perhaps think about the way that they drive.