Dutch language
Language is always a part of any culture and Dutch language is a very important part of the culture of this country, because Dutch people are particularly fond and proud of it. The only state language in the Netherlands is Dutch. It is an independent European language belonging to the West-German family of languages. Dutch is spoken also in Belgium (mainly in Flanders - the northern part of Belgium). In Belgium too it is a state language, as well as French and German. Moreover, part of the population of the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba and Surinam speak Dutch. read more |
Dutch culture
The Netherlands have a rich cultural life. Museums, visual arts, design, architecture, music, dance, theatre, film, photography and literature are all well represented. The country is replete with museums - there are more than 1,000, more per head of population than in any other country. Generally one could say that the Dutch excel in the visual sphere. The most well-known are, of course, the works of the Dutch masters Rembrandt, Vermeer and Van Gogh, and large collections of their paintings are on exhibition within the country. read more |
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