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Forget hygge, it's time for uitwaaien
Washiongton PostOn a recent Wednesday morning in December, Tess Posthumus drove about 30 minutes from her home in Amsterdam to the beach, zipped up her wet suit, grabbed her surfboard and headed into the ocean. Just as she had two mornings before.
“In Amsterdam, housing is dense, and the openness of the beach is very healing,” said Posthumus, who owns two bars in the city, Flying Dutchmen Cocktails and Dutch Courage. “Plus, being in the cold water gives you that rush of adrenaline. We’re back in lockdown, and being a bar owner, it’s very stressful. The fresh, salty air helps clear your head a lot.”
Posthumus’s regular wintertime beach outings are a quintessential example of uitwaaien (OUT-vwy-ehn), a Dutch word that translates literally as “out blowing” but is perhaps better understood as “to walk in the wind.” Typically used as a noun, it describes the act of undertaking some sort of outdoor physical activity in windy conditions. Wind, as local wisdom goes, refreshes and recalibrates you.
“It’s an old saying: ‘I’ve gotta get uitwaaien.’ I’ve gotta clear my head and just get away from distractions for a bit,” said Arie Boomsma, who owns Vondelgym, a small chain of gyms in the Netherlands. In April, he published “10,000 Stappen Boek” (“10,000 Step Book”), a very uitwaaien-minded guide of 30 walks, each approximately 10,000 steps, Fitbit’s magic number, across urban and rural settings throughout the country. “During the pandemic, it’s just become a thing to go outside, get some fresh air. There’s not much allowed aside from walking, running and biking. People just gave a whole new meaning to the term. Now it’s urgent.”
“In Amsterdam, housing is dense, and the openness of the beach is very healing,” said Posthumus, who owns two bars in the city, Flying Dutchmen Cocktails and Dutch Courage. “Plus, being in the cold water gives you that rush of adrenaline. We’re back in lockdown, and being a bar owner, it’s very stressful. The fresh, salty air helps clear your head a lot.”
Posthumus’s regular wintertime beach outings are a quintessential example of uitwaaien (OUT-vwy-ehn), a Dutch word that translates literally as “out blowing” but is perhaps better understood as “to walk in the wind.” Typically used as a noun, it describes the act of undertaking some sort of outdoor physical activity in windy conditions. Wind, as local wisdom goes, refreshes and recalibrates you.
“It’s an old saying: ‘I’ve gotta get uitwaaien.’ I’ve gotta clear my head and just get away from distractions for a bit,” said Arie Boomsma, who owns Vondelgym, a small chain of gyms in the Netherlands. In April, he published “10,000 Stappen Boek” (“10,000 Step Book”), a very uitwaaien-minded guide of 30 walks, each approximately 10,000 steps, Fitbit’s magic number, across urban and rural settings throughout the country. “During the pandemic, it’s just become a thing to go outside, get some fresh air. There’s not much allowed aside from walking, running and biking. People just gave a whole new meaning to the term. Now it’s urgent.”
I'm not a linguist, but it seems to translate to: "doing something that's cold..."
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Pantsdrunk
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Not only can I not do booze anymore, my old body is wrapped in numerous layers to keep warm with my coffee.....
Now, off with me to get my booster jab!
KY.......
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pantsdrunk (or stylized to Päntsdrunk; Finnish: kalsarikänni) is an form of drinking culture, originating in Finland, in which the drinker consumes alcoholic drinks at home, dressed in as little clothing as possible, mainly in underwear with no intention of going out. To a large extent, it is still considered a way of life in Finland, possibly related to the stereotyped lack of social contacts among Finns. The forced isolation of people in their own homes caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic created a global trend for this drinking habit.
Not only can I not do booze anymore, my old body is wrapped in numerous layers to keep warm with my coffee.....
Now, off with me to get my booster jab!
KY.......
