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Location: Segovia, central Spain, 1230 m asl, Csb Mediterranean with strong continental influence, 40º43 N
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I'm just curious about that matter.
Although every country has strong cultural traditions and features that are unique, some of these features often have filtered into neighbouring countries.
So, The Netherlands as a whole has these facts listed below:
Windmills.
Clogs.
Tulips.
Bike-friendly cities.
Red brick architecture.
Persistent lack of curtains in their windows.
Lot of water networks as most rivers and channels are available for ships.
Big EDM and dance festivals.
Sex-oriented business.
Soft drug policy.
Well, I want to know how some of these Dutch facts overlap within its neighbouring coutries.
More specifically, by watching a map, I would ask how these facts overlap in the following regions and countries:
Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.
French-speaking part of Belgium.
German-speaking part of Belgium.
Luxembourg.
Dutch-speaking part of northenmost France.
French-speaking part of northenmost France.
Rhineland valley in Germany.
Northwesternmost part of Germany.
Southernmost Denmark.
Southeasternmost England, (mainly Dover and surrounding areas).
Location: Segovia, central Spain, 1230 m asl, Csb Mediterranean with strong continental influence, 40º43 N
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Originally Posted by England Dan
Why would you bring Dover into it?
Just because is not so far away from the continent, and the architecture of Calais and Dunkirk tend to use red bricks, same than The Netherlands.
I know the UK has unique features which can't be found in the continent, but anyway, if something Dutch overlap in the UK, Dover should be more prone to receive such Dutch influence because of geographical reasons.
Fair point, mind you I do see a lot of very old Flemish or Futch architecture in Southern England, and in Chelsea where I work, often called Lego houses, meaning the roofs, but these are 1600-1700 , obviously very old.
Luxemburg does not share a border with a Dutch speaking region, so apart from the BeNeLux name for the three countries I don’t see any Dutch influence.
Wikipedia i can't rely on it. Especially through out the centuries of Frence being the only acceptable language of instruction in schools.it's like the German language in eastern France and not used in day to day basis even though it was originally German speaking area.
The Flemish language in far northern France has long been extint. But the Nazis attempted to retrieve the language there, but these that attempt to learn it then were accused as nazi collaborators as that area was occupied by the Nazis in WW2. . That was the last time efforts were taken to bring back the language.
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