Learn Dutch - Episode 52: music festivals

Pinkpop 2017 System of a Down

Credit: Hoebele, CC BY-SA 4.0

It's summer in Europe and that means there are plenty of music festivals taking place in the Netherlands. Think of Pinkpop, Lowlands and the Zwarte Cross. Joyce Diebels from Dutch with Joyce tells more about it in this new mini-lesson.


Words from lesson 52: music festivals
EnglishDutch
festival(het) festival
music(de) muziek
The festival features live music from various bands.Het festival biedt live muziek van verschillende bands.
performance(het) optreden
The performance by the main act was amazing.Het optreden van de hoofdact was geweldig.
stage(het) podium
There were three stages on the festival grounds.Er stonden drie podia op het festivalterrein.
ticket(het) kaartje
We need to buy tickets for the festival.
We moeten kaartjes kopen voor het festival.
We sleep in a tent on the camping grounds near the festival.We slapen in een tent op de camping bij het festivalterrein.
atmosphere(de) sfeer
The atmosphere at the festival was fantastic.De sfeer op het festival was geweldig.
to drinkdrinken
a drink(het) drankje, drank (meestal met alcohol)
Make sure you drink enough during at festival and that you don't drink to many alcohol drinks.Zorg dat je genoeg drinkt tijdens het festival en niet te veel alcoholische drankjes drink.
food stalls(de) eetkraampjes
There are many food stalls at the festival.Er zijn veel eetkraampjes op het festival.
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