Hup Holland Hup!

Tonight and tomorrow gives us City-folk the chance to err a little westward and head to Trafalgar Square. “And why would I want to leave my cosy City to mingle with tourists in the West End?” I hear you cry. Well, my well-read friend, our dear Dutch neighbours are putting on a bash called “Holland House 2009″ and tonight you can party Dutch-style with “Dutch Therapy” with Ferry Corsten at SeOne with the doors opening at 9.45pm tonight and tomorrow sees a host of live bands, events and other cultural stuff going on at Trafalgar Square, where I’ll be scoffing poffertjes and broodjes for sure.

For the unintiated the Dutch are a European neighbour with a reputation for having a laid-back approach to some things which in England would be at least frowned upon if not considered downright illegal and with whom we’ve managed to have a few fairly inconclusive wars through the centuries but in such a friendly way as not to leave any bad feeling about it, which I think says more about them than it does us (I’m thinking France and Germany here). They have also contributed a disproportionately large and influential number of decent footballers to the Premiership through the years so if England bomb in the next World Cup I’ll be throwing my support behind the ‘Oranje’, if for no better reason than they have some seriously decent parties.

I am so there!

Holland House 2009
http://www.holland.com/uk/hollandhouse2009/

Ferry Corsten
http://www.ferrycorsten.com/

Hup Holland Hup
http://dwotd.web-log.nl/dutch_word_of_the_day/2008/06/438-hup-holland.html