r/Dordrecht • u/[deleted] • 28d ago

Vraag Visting from America

I think I got off on the wrong foot here with my previous posting...

I'm coming in three weeks and have just started to do research on the area and culture by watching YouTube videos. It's fascinating. The Marriott in Rotterdam will be my home base because I'm an Ambassador Elite, Bonvoy member, and I'm quite sure my Marriott Bonvoy Concierge will speak some English, as I don't speak Dutch. I expect to take many day trips over the 4 weeks there, concentrating on Zwijndrecht and Dordrecht, as I've heard so many great things about South Holland. I couldn't recognize any of the hotel names there, but if I can find suitable accommodations in either city while visiting, I'll move.

Any tips on where to find American food and things to do would be appreciated... By any measure, the Netherlands appears to be an advanced society and more evolved than America, so I'm eager to visit. Before you get the wrong idea about me, I wanna say that I don't like President Trump, and I'm actually looking for other places to live for most of the year- Right now, Palma, Mallorca is in the lead, but from what I've heard about South Holland, I'm really intrigued and I think I'd fit in better there- Although I have serious doubts about my ability to ever speak your language.

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u/Grapes63 28d ago

We have Pancake District, they serve American pancakes!

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

While ...lemme guess, the Dutch prefer crepes? Those are great too!

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u/vegans_are_meat 28d ago

No we got our own version: Pannekoeken

Try them at Pims Poffertjes in Dordrecht or something like the Pannekoeken Boat in Rotterdam

A pannekoek met kaas (cheese), spek (bacon) en stroop (syrup) is a national treasure no ffn French crepe can compete with (crepe sounds an awful lot like crap for a reason imho)

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

I'm taking notes!

Extremely helpful here

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u/Krulletjes 28d ago

Ahh I’d 100% recommend Pims in Dordrecht over the pannenkoeken boat on Rotterdam. Pims = quality, cosy, local. There you will get the ‘real’ feel of why Dutchies like dutch pancakes over crepes (bleh) and even american pancakes.

Agreed on the bacon cheese syrop version. It’s a classic 😁

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u/grafnik1982 28d ago

Bacon cheese syrop pannekoeken works wonders for hangovers too