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Vandaag is de langste dag van het jaar met 16 uur en 46 minuten daglicht. Wat ga jij doen met zoveel daglicht in de dag?

Today it is the longest day of the year, with 16 hours and 46 minutes of daylight. What will you do with so much daylight in one day?

Het daglicht - The daylight
De zonsondergang - The sunset
Het licht - The light

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Vandaag is het Luilak! Het is een feest waarbij langslapers en te laat komers worden bespot. Luilak wordt vooral door jongeren gevierd. Ze staan zeer vroeg op en proberen iedereen wakker te maken door aan te bellen en lawaai te maken.

Today it is Luilak! it is a celebration whereby people who sleep in or come late are mocked. Luilak is especially celebrated by the youth. They get up early and try to wake up everyone by ringing doorbells and making lots of noise

De luilak = The slacker
Inslapen = to sleep in
De lawaai = The noise

It's Queen Maxima's birthday. Maxima is Argentinian and she has also learned the Dutch language. What do you say to someone at their birthday (in Dutch 😉 )?

Today it is Hemelvaartsdag. A day to celebrate the ascension of Jesus to the Hemel (heaven). A lot of Dutch people get up early to go Dauwtrappen (kicking dew). They wake up early in the morning and go for a walk. Traditionally, people would walk barefoot, dance, and sing through the dew, which would have natural healing powers.

So today's words of the day are:

Hemel = Heaven
Dauw = Dew
Trappen = Kicking

Vandaag is het windmolendag in Nederland. Nederland zou niet bestaan zonder de molens, aangezien molens werden gebruikt om het land droog te houden. Vandaag honderden windolen zullen hun wieken laten draaien

Today it is Windmolendag in the Netherlands. The Netherlands would not exist without the windmills, as windmills were used to keep the land dry. Today hundreds of windmills will be turning their blades

So today's word of the day is

De molen = The windmill
De wieken = The blades
Malen = to grind
Draaien = to turn
De windkracht = The wind power

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