Browsing: Poles in the Netherlands

After four highly successful editions of the Pole of the Year in the Netherlands Contest, already came time for the anniversary edition of ‘Polonus 2016’. Foundation Polonus looking for candidates for this prestigious award. Prizes will be awarded at the ceremony on November 19 in Aalsmeer.

The contest is held under the Link to Poland’s media patronage.

According to the latest findings published by the The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau – SCP) 70% of Polish migrants in the Netherlands completed secondary or tertiary education. Polish migrants are also often employed in the construction industry, as well as in agriculture, horticulture and the industrial sector. Also striking is the high proportion of Poles with a higher education qualification who are employed in elementary occupations; in many cases, their work in the Netherlands is far below their qualification level – reveals the report.

Kapela Banachy is a musical family from the Dutch town of Heerlen. In love with the folklore of their homeland, they draw from it in a very special way in numerous traditional songs from southern Poland (Babia Góra, Beskid Żywiecki, Podhale, etc.). On the 25th of June 2013 Małgorzata and Eugenius Banach have been awarded with the Golden Cross of Merit.

PoPolsku is the Polish newspaper in the Netherlands, entirely written in Polish.