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	Sailing on Lake Michigan 2008 Pictures of the sailing event on July 20. View all photos (9)

	Kinderclub End of Year Celebration May 2007 Children, teachers and parents celebrated the end of the first year of the Nederlandse Kinderclub with ice lollies at a playground. Prior to that there was a try-out of the Nederlandse Peuterclub, the little brother of the Kinderclub. You can see the 2-4 years old enjoying Dutch pancakes while parents discussing the ins and outs of the new club for toddlers. View all photos (14)

	Kinderclub Winter/Spring 2007 The Nederlandse Kinderclub (monthly fun and educational sessions in Dutch for children age 4-12) was delighted to have a real Dutch goochelaar showing amazing tricks during the February session. In April the children had a lot of fun celebrating Koninginnedag with traditional Dutch games like “sjoelen”, “koekhappen”, “stoelendans” and the like. See the Events page for more information on the Kinderclub. View all photos (47)

	New Year's Reception 2007 An unprecedented number of 130 members and non-members attended the New Year’s Reception last friday. With lots of oliebollen, bitterballen, Gouda and other free food and drinks, everybody had a good time. Never before was the Heineken totally sold out towards the end of the reception. Ages ranged from 0 to 93 and it was good to see that all sorts of DutChicagoans are represented within the club. Many thanks go to Lily Pasaribu and Myra Noll and all others who helped make this year’s kick-off a great succes! View all photos (17)

	Sinterklaas 2006 While there was much ado about the Pieten before the event, the event itself was a huge success! While outside the snow was totally in line with the legend, inside a great number of children with their parents were busy making mijters, eating speculaas and drinking hot cocoa. After a while, Sint came into the room with his colorful Pieten. A lot of children had been following the Sinterklaasjournaal before the event on the internet, where the Pieten were also covered in many bright colors due to the fact that Sinterklaas’ boat sailed through the rainbow. So no surprises here! Every child had great fun and got to sit on Sinterklaas’ lap or hand him a selfmade drawing. After that, the children could pick up their presents. Many thanks to all people who helped with this event. View all photos (14)

	Nederlandse Kinderclub The kick-off of the Nederlandse Kinderclub on September 23, 2006 was a big success: 26 children attended and they had a very good time. The theme was "Fruit & Harvest". For more info on the Kinderclub, check the Events Page. View all photos (24)

	2006 Netherlands Americas Soccer tournament Shots from the 2006 Netherland Americas Soccer Tournament in Chicago on 9/9/2006. This time the Windy City Dutchees beat the New Amsterdam Pretenders by a score of 4-3 . . . Enjoy! View all photos (18)

	Marathon Training Update 1 Nog zeven week trainen tot aan de marathon van Chicago. De zwaarste weken. De meeste Dutch Runners volgen het trainingsschema van Hal Higdon (www.halhigdon.com) en de trainingsafstanden lopen in deze periode op tot 80km in de week. Een klein beetje meer dan de afstand Amsterdam Rotterdam. Ook lopen ze in deze weken regelmatig een lange afstands loop van 32km wat bijna de afstand is van Amsterdam naar Utrecht is. Al met al reden genoeg om de atleten extra aan te moedigen en een verdiend schouderklopje te geven. Seven more weeks of training until the Chicago Marathon. The most difficult ones. Most Dutch Runners follow the trainingschedule of Hal Higdon (www.halhigdon.com) en the distances in this period go up to 50 miles. That is almost equal to from down Chicago to the state border of Wisconsin (Winthrop Harbor). Also the Dutchrunners run longruns of 20 miles, which is almost from down town to Downers Grove. With this in mind there is even more reasons to support the runners and give them a big hand if you see them running. View all photos (1)

	Chicago Distance Classic On August 13 some of our Dutch runners participated in the 13.1 mile Chicago Distance Classic. Here are some pictures to get exited for the upcoming events. Join the team again on October 1 for the Chicago half marathon and on October 22 for the marathon. View all photos (43)

	Sailing and Barbeque 2006 Pictures from the wildly successful 2006 sailing and barbeque event! Make sure you join us next year! View all photos (46)

	WK Voetbal Borrels! Pictures of Dutchies watching the WK Voetbal at Sedgwick's!!!! Lots of orange fever going on here! View all photos (15)

	Maggie Daley Tulip On April 18, 2006, the First Lady of Chicago, Maggie Daley, had a tulip named after her. Her husband, Mayor Richard Daley, was also in attendance. Consul General Willem Schiff, Roland van den Berg of de Vroomen and Norm Bobbins CEO of ABN AMRO subsidiary LaSalle were all present for this historic event. Children of our members, Leonie Verstegen/Casper Ravesteijn and Minou Janus/Arjen Hoekstra were present to help with the presentation as well! Enjoy the pictures! View all photos (29)

	Freek and Hella de Jonge Visit The pictures below are from Freek de Jonge's performance on April 1, 2006 and Hella de Jonge's presentation of her book 'Los van de wereld'. View all photos (29)

	Mini-Elfstedentocht 2006 On March 4, 2006, a whole group of speedskating enthusiasts made their way over to the Pettit National Ice Center for some speedskating, hot chocolate and erwtensoep . . . koek en zopie. The ice was perfect, everyone managed to get stamps from each of the 11 cities on the elfstedentocht (but no "kruisje" because there was no "klunen"). View all photos (25)

	Indonesian Dinner 2006 Here are some shots from the sold-out 2006 Indonesian Dinner. More than 80 people enjoyed a wonderful authentic meal at Frank Lloyd Wright"s Unity Temple in Oak Park. View all photos (14)

	New Year's reception Jan 1, 2006 Our New Year’s Reception on the first day of the year has rapidly become a tradition with the NCoC. As usual it took place in the elegant Prince of Wales room of the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel downtown Chicago. Here are some memories: View all photos (13)

	2005 Chicago Marathon On October 9 the NCoC runners team and morale team completed the Chicago marathon. Congratulations to the runners: Marcel Birkhoff, Ian de Jong, Andrew Enschede, Nelleke Roffelsen, Adelbert Spaan, Arthur Pina, Fons van Aert. Many thanks to the morale team for the great support. Here are some of the highlights. View all photos (9)

	End of Summer Borrel - September 2005 Here are some shots from the End of Summer borrel held at the Four Farthings in September 2005. View all photos (14)

	Haring Borrel - July 2005 Pictures from the haring borrel held at the Four Farthings Tavern on July 14, 2005! View all photos (36)

	Sailing and BBQ #1 - June 2005 On June 25 we enjoyed Lake Michigan with five yachts. Afterwards we had a BBQ with 42 people (see the next album). View all photos (11)

	Sailing and BBQ #2 - June 2005 These pictures are from the BBQ held in the beautiful park on the shore of Lake Michigan at Belmont Harbor. There was enough Grolsch and good food for everyone. View all photos (45)

	Netherlands Americas Soccer Tournament 2005 Pictures from the 1st Netherlands Americas Soccer Tournament held in the Big Apple. Unfortunately the Linkin' Park Grasshoppers lost 4-1 but the rematch is already in the works . . . View all photos (121)

	Summer Borrel - June 2005 Pictures from the June 2005 summer borrel . . . it was raining outside! The Netherlands Club and NLBorrels (www.nlborrels.com) co-sponsor the monthly borrel in the Chicagoland area. NLBorrels.com is an independent non-profit network for Dutch expat professionals and entrepreneurs dedicated to increasing social interaction, career advancement and exchange of information of interest to the Dutch community living abroad. View all photos (10)

	Q-Day - April 30, 2005 Pictures from the Koninginnedag Feest 2005 . . . and some pre-party pictures! View all photos (11)

	Easter Egg Hunt - March 2005 Meer foto"s komen wanneer de organisatie (Ruben) heeft uitgevonden hoe hij de resolutie van zijn foto"s kan veranderen. Wordt hard aan gewerkt. View all photos (0)

	Indonesian Culinary Fest - March 2005 -Pictures of the Indonesian Culinary Fest held at Frank Lloyd Wright"s Unity Temple on March 6, 2005! View all photos (2)

	Valentijn Borrel - February 2005 Pictures of the Valentijn Borrel held at the Four Farthings on February 17, 2005! We hope to see you at a future event. Click here for event information! The Netherlands Club and NLBorrels (www.nlborrels.com) co-sponsor the monthly borrel in the Chicagoland area. NLBorrels.com is an independent non-profit network for Dutch expat professionals and entrepreneurs dedicated to increasing social interaction, career advancement and exchange of information of interest to the Dutch community living abroad. View all photos (18)

	Nederland Geboorteland Borrel - January 2005 Pictures of the Nederland Geboorteland Borrel held at the Four Farthings on January 20, 2005! We hope to see you at a future event. Click here for event information! The Netherlands Club and NLBorrels (www.nlborrels.com) co-sponsor the monthly borrel in the Chicagoland area. NLBorrels.com is an independent non-profit network for Dutch expat professionals and entrepreneurs dedicated to increasing social interaction, career advancement and exchange of information of interest to the Dutch community living abroad. View all photos (12)

	Voetbal in Lincoln Park Voetballen in Lincoln Park . . . een wekelijks terugkerende activiteit . . . voor en na het zaalvoetballen! View all photos (24)

	Zaalvoetbal - Indoor Soccer Pictures from our weekly indoor soccer outings at the Windy City Fieldhouse . . . as well some hospital shots! For details about indoor soccer, click here. View all photos (43)

	Dutch American Heritage Day Sonotheque was the location for Dutch American Heritage Day 2004. More than 100 people showed up and a fantastic time was had by all. More pictures to follow as soon as we receive them! View all photos (16)