Dutch Society.docx

today im gonna talk about alluring dutch society and im gonna focus on 5 things that i think you re gonna find quite interesting about the dutch people. Cycling is a common mode of transport in the Netherlands, with 36% of the people listing the bicycle transport,car by 45% and public transport by 11%. This high frequency of bicycle travel is enabled by excellent cycling infrastructure such as cycle paths, cycle tracks and by making cycling routes shorter, quicker and more direct than car routes. Car parking is never allowed in either type of lane. cyclestreet a road where bicycles are considered to be the primary and preferred form of transport and where cars and other motorised vehicles are allowed "as guests".all required to have a speed limit of 30 km/h or less.flat country,expensive gas,parking,taxes,government supports bicycle use even they use it WEED forbidden but tolerated, it is not allowed to mix marihuana and tobacco, decriminalized for personal usage. forbidden (magic) mushrooms from 2008., owning 5 grams or 5 plants isn’t punishable. if you have more than 30 grams you’ll go to jail Legal distinctions are made in the Opium Law between drugs with a low risk of harm and addiction, called soft drugs, and drugs with a high risk of harm and addiction, called hard drugs. Soft drugs include hash, marijuana, sleeping pills and sedatives, while hard drugs include heroin, cocaine, amphetamine, LSD & ecstasy. Policy has been to largely tolerate the sale of soft drugs while strongly suppressing the sale, circulation and use of hard drugs, effectively separating it into two markets. Checkpoint,Mellow Yellow,The BulldogSigns in Amsterdam, indicating smoking cannabis and drinking alcohol are prohibited in this particular neighbourhood due to disturbances. public place where you can buy cannabis, and coffee., alcohol is forbidden from 2007 PROSTITUTESaround 1675 amsterdam counts around 1000 prostitutes on 200 000 habitants, prostitution is considered a legal job since 1988, 1999: 78% of dutch citizens thinks that prostitution is a job like any other, 1.10.2000. bordels are completely legal and they even have a licence, biggest dutch sindikate lets prostitutes be a member of it 1911. raamprostitutie The prostitute rents a window plus workspace off a window operator for a certain period of time, often per day or part of a day. The prostitute is also independent and recruits her own customers and also negotiates the price and the services to be provided. In the beginning the curtains were completely closed, as sexual morality became less strict, the curtains opened even further. When the curtains were completely open, the process continued in the form of fewer and fewer pieces of clothing that the prostitute wore. In current times, the curtains are only closed when the prostitute has a customer. WINDOWSIt was to show their neighbors that they had nothing to hide in terms of what they owned. Items are put on view on the windowsill and the curtains are left open. Anything really nice is around the corner so that the neighbors can’t see it. A lot of people eat dinner in front of the window too, so their neighbors can see what they have for dinner. And everybody walking by pretends not to peek, but out of the corner of their eye they’re peering in. It’s about appearing to be doing everything out in the open while in reality appearances are being carefully stage-managed. 1st of january 1998 registered partnership 1st of april 2001 marriage, weddings in protestant churches from 2004,church accepted that change very good,1st in the world legal 2001-2015: 20000 married couples86% of dutch citizens support gay marriage,10% against, 4% without opinionINTERESTNG: 60% of christians support gay marriageA'dam Gay Pride is a citywide gay-festival held annually at the center of A'dam during the first weekend of August. The festival attracts several hundred-thousand visitors each year and is one of the largest publicly held annual events in the Netherlands. The general view of the Dutch Society towards LGBT is under an optimistic atmosphere and people support and open to promote the equalities and freedom of LGBT community.The Netherland Police Units participate in a yearly event that illustrate the inclusion of the Netherlands. The Netherlands' Police Department wear pink uniforms during the festival to emphasis the departments' support in the LGBT community.