Famous Countries

From emperor penquins to cocaine use... this new map from The Doghouse Diaries has revealed the surprising things that countries are best at.

The colourful map above shows what each country leads the world in... The Netherlands and United Kingdom are too small to see what is written across the country's geographical territory, but what do you reckon? What's our country famous for?

I pondered The Netherlands could potentially take the lead in marijuana consumption, tulips or clog wearers. And United Kingdom could claim its fame for gingerheads, football hooligans and teadrinkers (oh how stereotypical of me). 

But, based on statistics gathered from across the internet from sources such as the World Bank and Guiness World Records, my two favourite countries seem to take the lead in the following:

United Kingdom leads the world in Fascist Movements

&

The Dutch for being the tallest!

I am not a big fan of this form of radical authoritarian nationalism as existing in the UK, so the Dutch giants will take the lead this post!

Liefs,

Dutchy xx

You can take the girl out of the Netherlands.....

...BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE NETHERLANDS OUT OF THE GIRL!

I'm feeling a bit guilty since I have been giving GB so many points lately. Hence why I wanted to provide you with some of my Instagram snaps posted in the last couple of months or so. As you can see, you've got nothing to fret about. I am still very much patriotic...

Hayling Island Sailing Club welcomes the Dutchies

Proudly wearing the Dutch colours!

I passionately hate Mc Donalds,
but my heart does melt a little from the Dutch McKroket.
Famous in the Netherlands and sadly unknown to the rest of the world.

Dress code: Delfts Blue!

Many sleepover to come on my 'tompouce' luchtbed, thanks F!

You come across the Dutchies e v e r y w h e r e - yayy!

You can recognize me running in the park,
wearing my orange Rabobank hockey top!

A restaurant to tackle the homesickness - My Old Dutch

I always have a bunch of tulips in my house of course!

I think The Netherlands has earned some brownie points, don't you agree?

Liefs,

Dutchy xx

The Red, Blue and Whites are square again!

Greasy Dutch

We all know that the Dutch happily discuss weighty issues due to their country being very liberal. But for some reason it is incredibly difficult to engage in a debate about hair gel with a Dutch man..

With their curly, blonde thick hair I find the tall Dutch men extremely good looking.. but only when they have just woken up! As soon as they've had a shower they whip out the gel and cover their locks in a frankly obscene amount of hair gel. They've got enough grease in their hair to fry chips in!

There is also no chance of anyone being able to talk the Dutch men out of their obsession with hairgel, I assume they want to maintain their status of their nation being amongst the highest consumers of hair gel in the world?

Dutch hottie's with a not so hot shiny wet mop look:

Jim Bakkum

Ruud Feltkamp

Michiel Huisman

Jan Kooijman

See what I mean? 

I'm sorry, Dutchies. The English modest men are definitely winning with their not so greasy locks!

Liefs,

Dutchy xx

Postman Dutchy

I love sending (and receiving) letters to friends and family.. 

But posting letters whilst living in England is even more enjoyable!!

Dutch letter box

English letter box

Need I say more?

Liefs,

Dutchy xx

Whitstable

I come from a lovely little fisher’s town in a Dutch region called Zeeland (‘sea-land’). The big mussel statue right at the entrance of the village shows how devoted we are to our trade-mark. I am sure every villagers as well as visitors owns at least one picture posing proudly in front of the gigantic shell-fish!

The Big Mussel in Bruinisse

Because the seafood we eat (muscles, lobster, oysters, razor clams etc.) is freshly caught from the North Sea, I feel that I have a legitimate excuse to be a real fish snob. There is no way I would satisfy my seafood-cravings with the tasteless, frozen fish you get in London!

Not having traveled much in England yet, and only experienced greasy Fish ‘n Chips wrapped up in a newspaper, I did not realize in the slightest there did exist such as thing as a sea-food heaven in Britain! But after getting off at the wrong junction on the A2 on our way back to London from The Netherlands, we somehow accidentally ended up in a true ‘fishy’ paradise named Whitstable!

This charming fishing village is by far one of the nicest places I have ever visited. The fish market in the harbor is very impressive because it offers some of the very finest oysters and fresh fish, for reasonable prices. Judging from the oyster shell recycling I was not the only person who enjoyed slurping the juicy raw oysters with a bit of lemon juice or a dash of Tabasco on it, whilst sipping on a glass of fizz!

Piles of empty oyster shells!

We walked along the beach path and admired all the beautiful houses and the quirky colorful fisherman’s huts looking out on to the shingle beach and the North Sea. I could definitely see myself living here in summer months.

I want the pinke one!

 We also played a game at the beach: who could throw a pebble into the sea the furthest. Being quite terrible at the game, we moved on to go on a proper oyster hunt! Sadly we found no pearls, but we did collect heaps of oysters (which we returned untouched back to the sea of course).

After a pint at the Old Neptune (which is slap bang on the beach!) we regrettably had to leave the salty air and head back to the Big Smoke. J promised to treat me on a romantic weekend in Whistables in summer, I am beyond excited to discover what other things this picturesque village has to offer! 

Liefs,

Dutchy xx

Bruinisse vs. Whitstable?