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Nine out of 10 Dutch are happy


Heres a small fact I learned.
I fond this one out onMonday 09 May 2011 and I thought it was pretty cool and very true about the Dutch People.

An overwhelming majority of the Dutch feel happy, according to research involving 7,000 people carried out by the Trimbos Institute.Asked how often they had felt happy in the previous four weeks, 89% said 'often or more'. Asked to give their life marks out of 10, most give it 7.5 or eight, researcher Ad Bergsma told news agency ANP.People who take anti-depressants also consider themselves to be happy, the research shows. 'One million people in the Netherlands may take anti-depressants but the idea that we are not a happy nation is just not true,' Bergsma said.
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 The Netherlands celebrates Queen's Day, royals in Limburg


The traditional ‘night before Queen’s Day’ passed of peacefully in the big cities on Friday night and there was no more trouble than normal on a busy club night, police said on Saturday.
Some 175,000 people turned up for the Koninginnenach night in The Hague and 30 people were arrested, mainly for fighting.In Utrecht, where the traditional market begins at 18.00 hours, police said it was less busy than in 2010.
Amsterdam. In Amsterdam, it was busy but the atmosphere was good and there were no problems, police said.
Up to 800,000 people are expected to head to the capital for the day’s – Koninginnedag events, including a concert on the Museumplein featuring artists such Gerard Joling, Alain Clark and award-winning dj Armin van Buuren. New Queen’s Day rules in the capital mean all outside activities must end by 20.00. The Museumplein show will end at 21.00 to make sure people have enough time to catch a train home.
Royal visit
The royal family is celebrating Queen’s Day in Limburg this year with visits to the towns of Thorn and Weert.
There is tight security in both towns, with up to 1,300 police officers on duty and widespread camera surveillance. Regional traditions will be at the centre of the celebrations, Nos television reports.
Some 10,000 to 15,000 are expected to turn out to see the queen in Thorn – the first port of call, while up to 80,000 are expected in Weert.

Folding chairs
In Weert well-wishers have been banned from taking folding chairs, stools and large bags to the area where the royal party will be. Cool boxes and alcohol is also banned, Nos says.The royal family was last in Limburg for Queen’s Day in 1995.April 30 was the birthday of queen Beatrix’s mother, Juliana. When Beatrix succeeded her mother in 1980, she decided to keep the celebrations on that day which is public holiday.
Traditionally citizens do not need a permit to sell goods on the street on Queens Day which is why the streets turn into a giant flea market.

The Netherlands celebrates Liberation day with military and music


The Netherlands celebrates Liberation Day on Thursday, marking 66 years since Germany surrendered and the end of World War II. Events started in Wageningen where the Liberation flame was lit shortly before midnight. Torches were then taken by runners to other fires all over the country. Germany signed the capitulation documents in Wageningen on May 5, 1945. The south of the country had been liberated months earlier. Later on Thursday, the university town will stage the traditional military parade, featuring veterans and their vehicles, a parachute drop and gun salute. Fourteen formal Liberation Day festivals are being staged all over the country: one in each of 12 provinces and one in The Hague and Amsterdam. Queen Beatrix will attend the concert in the capital, which ends the celebrations.
Airlifts
Waylong, The Opposites, Moke and The Partysquad are this year's freedom ambassadors and will be airlifted to as many of the concerts as possible. Former foreign affairs minister and Nato secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is giving this year's May 5 lecture which is supposed to bridge the Remembrance Day celebrations on May 4 and the Liberation Day events. The theme of this year's events is worldwide freedom.




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