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September 28th, 2009, 10:01 AM
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[CW] Curaçao
The Netherlands Antilles consist out of 5 islands in the Caribbean which belong to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This country is more or less independent: They do not belong to the Netherlands, but the Dutch Queen is officially in charge, and defence and foreign affairs is being led from the Netherlands. The Kingdom had one more country and that is Aruba.
I have been to the island Curaçao. The other islands are Bonaire, Saba, St.Esutatius and Sint Maartan, which is devided in a Dutch and French part. Map:  On Curaçao I have (of course...) been to the beach, but I have also rented a car for trips on the island. For us, Dutch, the interesting about drivng there is that traffic signs and traffic lights are Dutch. Also the lines and arrows on the road are Dutch. And some streets look like ordinary Dutch streets. The official language there are Dutch and Papiamento, but Spanish and English are widely spoken Pictures: Touristic sign  Roadsign which (indirectly) points to the Ring of Willemstad (capital of Curaçao). Curaçao has no roadnumbers (and no highways), but only one ringroad.  The Queen Wilhelminabridge which, including the pavement and traffic light, look tipically Dutch.  The Breedestraat in Willemstad (mainstreet)  The Queen Julianabridge is part of the ring and 55 metres high (for cargoships). It connects the parts Punda (old city centre) with Otrabanda)   The ring from a distance  No parking (court and DA)   Pedestrain zones   The Scharlooweg  Customs  Some traffic signs      Very old sign. Also: a car with Dutch plates  A car with Sint Maarten-plates  And of course: A Curaçao plate  Busstop. Only the Dutch word "Bushalte" is showed here. At busstops there is no information about buslines and departueretimes  The Rotterdamweg   Some roadsigns on the island. The layout is Dutch. However, we use blue signs, and here green signs are used. the font and arrow are the same as in the Netherlands.        Dutch trafficlights    Very old signage, unreadable.  Even older: A roadsign to Saliña, but unreadable  A plate with some signs which are used at roadworks. Minds the no-overtakingsign (expecially the position of the red and black car  ) "Inhalen Verboden" (no overtaking)  The ANWB, the Dutch organization reponsible for the most of the Dutch signs, has placed signs on Curaçao in the time that Curaçao still was a Dutch colony. Such signs can also be found on some spots in the Netherlands, but Curaçao as quite a lot of them. Unfortunately not all in a very good shape.        Some random roadpictures.                  "Watch out. Speed humps"  McDonald's is everywhere  A part of the ring close to and on the Queen Julianabridge (Koningin Julianabrug)           Roundabout wich American schoolbus. All schoolbusses I have seen are American, but the exist in all colors.  Wilhelminaplein (plein=square)  And finally very rare: A bicyclelane 
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September 28th, 2009, 10:07 AM
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Thanks for the photos! But what a dreadful place. I would feel like a prisoner if I had to live there.
Dutch traffic lights look all out of place 
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September 28th, 2009, 12:59 PM
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September 28th, 2009, 04:32 PM
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September 28th, 2009, 10:35 AM
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Thanks for the pics indeed
 Very nice. But they need to buy some new Dutch signs :P
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September 28th, 2009, 11:24 AM
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Very interesting, indeed! Thanks for sharing.
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September 28th, 2009, 04:22 PM
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nice photos
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September 28th, 2009, 05:22 PM
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 Yes there is: sunny, warm weather all year long Nice report! It's indeed quite interesting to see the Dutch sings, especially those with the green background. I'd love to visit the Albert Heijn on Curacao some time
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September 28th, 2009, 06:10 PM
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September 28th, 2009, 09:50 PM
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Beautiful photos and cool island!
Feels kind of Dutch indeed. Is there any motorway on the island? Is that a motorway? Quote:
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September 29th, 2009, 08:44 AM
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No, there are no motorways (or highways) on the island. Even all crossings are with trafficlights or roundabouts. There are only 2 or 3 fly-overs/dive-unders, like this interesting point on that ring (driving from the Arubastraat to the Julianabridge is fun )
BTW'The island was not cool, but very warm
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September 29th, 2009, 04:11 PM
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They have an Albert Heijn?
Cool!
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September 29th, 2009, 09:12 PM
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September 29th, 2009, 09:31 PM
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When it's warm outside, it feels cool inside an Albert Heijn (year round same temperature). xlchris is somehow right
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May 8th, 2012, 01:59 PM
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(Not all of them were in my local map, but it's a start...) |
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May 8th, 2012, 02:07 PM
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Brilliant, thank you very much! You can definitely recognize the Dutch influence, also some warning signs are very different. I believe all of them are Dutch design in Suriname? And some of the directional signs... Are they not pretty much the same as the ones in Holland during WW2?
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May 8th, 2012, 03:00 PM
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I think this thread's title needs to be updated. Curacao is no longer part of the Dutch Antilles - which were extinct in late 2010.
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Now it's like having threads like "Deutsche Demokratische Republik autobahnnen", "Jugoslavija autoceste/avtoceste/autoput" or "Ceskoslovensko dialnice". Seriously, this thread can be renamed "Dutch oversea territories" to avoid having a separate thread for every small island. |
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May 8th, 2012, 03:49 PM
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Alternatively, we could rename the Dutch thread to "Kingdom of the Netherlands" - that actually includes everything. |
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