Are the Dutch in particular increasingly losing their way?
We've become a weird, reckless bunch, looking for kicks and thrills.
Public assaults and bullets agents after cycling round in Etten-Leur : 'An absurd explosion of violence'
A brawl in Etten-Leur got completely out of hand on Sunday evening. Several people were injured, including three officers. The police spoke of 'an absurd explosion of violence' and arrested four people.
Nearly 13,000 cases of violence against police in 2022
Not only is there an explosion of violence in our country, Dutch young people are also less and less welcome in the holiday countries.
Vacationers lose their way more often
Holidaymakers are exploring the borders more often. Are the Dutch in particular increasingly losing their way? Yes, says Gerard Gielen, lecturer in tourism at Breda University of Applied Sciences. Both literally and figuratively.
He supervised many of his students' studies into the holiday behavior of Dutch people. His conclusion: we have become a strange, reckless people, looking for kicks and thrills .
I myself went to Crete for a week; even on the plane, young people were very drunk. Fortunately, they were removed in time by the police. It has to be increasingly extreme, apparently this group wanted to be able to say at home: we were drunk before we got on the plane.
