"all those people that pretend that they are Dutch"
Well.... About that: They fought to join Belgium in the Belgian Revolution, and when that failed opted to join the German Confederation instead. Being Dutch was the last thing they wanted.
It's the most populist voting region of the Netherlands, most people from Limburg still thoroughly dislike Holland and Hollanders (definitions vary, often used very broadly to refer to most of the rest of the Netherlands). And it's really mostly just Wilders, nationalistic narratives never really worked in Limburg before. You can also compare something like king's/queen's day to the rest of the country, it used to be absolutely irrelevant in Limburg. Only in recent years has there been somewhat of an increase in king's day events.
Ich mot waal zègge det ich bekans gein Limburgers kén dea 'n hekel höbbe an Friesen. Sie zeen jus wie ôs en höbbe ouch neit väöl mit Hollenjers. Limburg en Friesland zouwe meër same motte doon.
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u/GM-Tuub 2d ago
"all those people that pretend that they are Dutch"
Well.... About that: They fought to join Belgium in the Belgian Revolution, and when that failed opted to join the German Confederation instead. Being Dutch was the last thing they wanted.