# New Country in the Netherlands area?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-country-in-the-netherlands-area/162666>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 19, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-country-in-the-netherlands-area/162666 "2003-03-19T23:53:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![swannguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@swannguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swannguy)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-country-in-the-netherlands-area/162666/21 "2003-03-20T16:10:07Z")

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Mestreech - posting for me in English is easier than posting in Dutch or dialect…For the last 7 years I have been completely submerged in English;  
I lived in the UK for a year  
I have been living in DC since 1999  
My entire Business Administration course at the HogeSchool Zuid (is it is now called, I believe), former HEAO was taught in English.

It sucks that I missed out on carnaval this year…especially “AuwWieverBal” in Vallekeberg.

How is the rest of the binnenstad doing? I heard that for the longest time things were a big mess - Groete Staat, Kleine Staat, etc, etc were completely dug up

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-country-in-the-netherlands-area/162666/22 "2003-03-20T17:40:31Z")

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I’ve seen stories about the draining of the polders exposing the wrecks of a good many WW2 aircraft, mainly Allied bombers that had used the Zuider Zee to shorten the time they’d spend exposed to enemy anti-aircraft artillery. The Dutch military had/has to deal with so many recovered remains of crewmen that it’s a permanent program.

Just curious - when the new land was created, how was ownership handled? Did the government declare itself the owner and sell off parcels to entrepreneurial farmers or real-estate developers?

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**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-country-in-the-netherlands-area/162666/23 "2003-03-20T19:36:37Z")

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[Dutch hijack: beware]

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> \*Originally posted by Maastricht \*  
> I am thinking of starting a thread called:  
> “Dutch dopers: what’s it like to post in English?”… Hope you and TTT will contribute then! \*\*

Nice idea. Actually **ColdFire** doesn’t seem to believe [you’re Dutch](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=168386); you might want to set him straight.

**ElvisL1ves** , I believe indeed the reclaimed land did belong to the government (as does every public water and the floor beneath it).

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