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I think FvD are a spent fringe force. A lot of people who voted for them in the past did so as a protest vote, and aren't as extreme as Baudet thinks they are. They have all switched to "still pointy-headed but slightly less extreme" alternatives like BBB and PVV.

Even if NSC change their minds, I think he'll still struggle to get a majority without VVD backing. There's a nice little swingometer tool here where you can plug in your own parties and see how they can (or cannot) form a government: https://app.nos.nl/nieuws/tk2023/ Without VVD (and assuming...

Indeed. And just in the interests of accuracy, Wilders is currently predicted to win 37 seats in a 150-seat house, which is 25% not 35%. So "only" one in four voters picked him. Still shocking enough given the bile he spouts, but he's been knocking around there or thereabouts for two decades, so...

Looks like a Rye Bock - I see on Untappd that there are 2 of them on draught: the Walhalla and the K.E.G.S. Rye ale would be more golden in colour...

Thank you mean Roodborst (Robin). Roodbaars is a fish (red snapper)...

I know the brewer of that very well. He doesn't make bad beer. (His own K.E.G.S. brews are decent too...)

I was posting at the same time as you, clearly. Enjoy!

I'm sure you've already had it, but if not, don't miss their "Big Fat 5" DIPA, it's sensational... Was originally brewed by Uiltje for the 5th anniversary of sister bar the Beer Temple back in 2014 but it was so good it's now the "house" beer

I do like a nice gehaktbal met jus. A much underrated dish... Oh, and 'table decoration' is very much the best use for a Vedett.

André van Duin is a national treasure. And yes, totally and uttterly unfunny.

Alquin and Kayak were both half-decent progrock contemporaries of Focus back in the 70s. Radio Caroline used to play them both a lot. The Ex are the best of the long-standing stalwarts. The local scene is currently as good as I can remember it in my 30+ years here. There are a growing number...

If you're doing that, Angus Young is married to a Dutchwoman and lives here part of the time. They have a house up in the east

Adolphe Sax - invented and then named a famous musical instrument after himself.

My top 10 would consist entirely of beer, although none of those places are likely to be showing the match...

Eight years of headaches and frustrations as a commuter on Dutch trains back in the 1990s was plenty enough to convince me that the internationally held notion that the country runs an efficient rail network is, in fact, utter b*ll*cks...

Hope you all brought your brollies: https://www.weeronline.nl/Europa/Nederland/Amsterdam/4058223/weersverwachting-48uur

Probably also worth noting is that although the official speed limit on Dutch motorways is 130km/h (except some clearly marked areas that are 120 or 100), there is (in a bid to reduce emissions) a blanket limit of 100km/h that applies nationwide from 6am to 7pm. After 7pm you can put your foot...

There are no tolls on the stretch of French motorway between the tunnel and the Belgian border.

As has been mentioned above, it's a good idea to avoid hitting the Antwerp ring road at peak times. A lesser-known pinch point if you're driving via the A27 between Breda and Utrecht is a bridge around the town of Gorinchem. I wake up every morning to Dutch news radio and that area features...

Certainly among the best (can't beat Hollandse nieuwe in my opinion, or snert when I come to think about it), although one a year is probably sufficient for anyone who wants to survive into old age...