Noord brabant

South of Holland

Noord-Brabant

Noord-Brabant

In the south but called north?

Noord-Brabant

In the south but called north?

Zuid-Brabant (South-Brabant) now belongs to Belgium

Noord-Brabant Its own dialect Soft G

Example “Big” “Groot”

Noord-Brabant

The farmers of the Netherlands

People : 2.440.000

Cows : 660.000 Pigs : 5.500.000Chickens :

26.000.000

Kapital: ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Noord-Brabant – Farmers Paradise

Noord-Brabant – Crops

Sports – Motorcross Jeffrey Herlings – Motorcross World Champion of 2012 & 2013

Sports – Trekkertrek Tractor Pulling

Sports – Dakar Rally

Sports – Boeren Golf - Farmers way of playing golf

Heeze - Region Eindhoven I am from Heeze near Eindhoven

Small village: 9.950 people

Heeze◦ Castle◦ Windmill◦ Heiden

Region Eindhoven - Smartest region of the world! (2011)

- boeren verstand horse sense

Heeze - Within the smartest region of the world!

- The most fun village of Noord-Branbant!

by radio DJ Giel Beelen

Habitants : 9.950

Votes : 10.572.147

Helmond - Also within the smartest region of the world?!

Helmond Sport Couplet 3

Aan het eind van ut seizoen,

Op de vierde plats belant.

De nacompetitie,

Die wonnen we bekant.

Da ken os toch niks skele,

We bouwen un feestje want,

We hebben de meeste rooien kaarten van heel Nederland!

Verse 3

At the end of the season,

We ranked number 4.

The play-offs,

We almost won.

But we do not care a one bit,

And are going to have a party because,

We got the most red cards of the whole Netherlands!

Region Eindhoven - Smartest region of the world! (2011)

But why then?

Why then the smartest?

Second best technical university of the Netherlands

Campus that houses over 90 companies and

Institues that share R&D information

Biggest producer of photolitography systems

Pioneers in lighting

Truck factory and inventors of the variomatic

Variomatic

Engine Drive Shaft

Continuously variable transmission

Het Dafje

Just as fast backwards as forwards!

Achteruitrijrace (really funny!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ipFApsFec

CARNAVAL!!!! Katholic Feast

◦ 4 days◦ Before the 40 days of Lent◦ Wiki describes it as: public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party

CARNAVAL!!!!◦ Beer

◦ Tonpraoten◦ Telling simple jokes in the towns dialect

◦ Dweil orkesten

Parades – Carnaval

Parades – Bloemen CorsoZundert

Parades – Brabantse Dag - In my home town Heeze

- Building through the summer

Parades – Brabantse Dag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F6gGHQAtuw

Food Breakfast & Lunch

◦ -Bread

Dinner◦ Meat◦ Potatoes◦ Vegetables

Party Food Cheese with a dutch flag

Sausages

Beer