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Lets get it startedFebruary 11, 2010 | nummer 1 The Dutch newspaper in Olympic Vancouver

With a nal sweep through the Holland Heineken House, crewmembersmake sure that the world feels welcome. For the next nineteen days, allthe visitors will get an orange experience in the transformed Minoru

Arenas. There will be Olympic events to see on huge television screens,medal celebrations from Dutch athletes and the traditional parties.withperformances by famous Dutch artists. Photo:SanderStoepker

To make sure that he is completely

focused, speed skater Sven Kramer

has decided not to go to the Olympic

village. He will stay in a room at

the Hilton hotel, which is just a few

minutes away from the Richmond

Olympic Oval. Surely, Kramer wont

participate in the opening ceremony

in Vancouver tomorrow, so he will be

totally ready when he starts in the

5.000 meter race to compete for his

rst gold medal.

Kramer stays put inHilton Richmond

Photo:ANP

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Te bar stands on his spot, the ood has been

prepared and the artists are booked; everythingis set up or eighteen days o orange un at theHolland Heineken House. With the tenth edi-tion starting today, Dutch ans know where tofnd their home away rom home.

by Mathijs Vuister

Just before the start of the 1992 Olympic games inBarcelona, Heineken wanted to create a meetingplace for the Dutch athletes, VIPs and fans. In theharbour of Barcelona, Heineken transformed a tentinto the rst Holland House. Winning two goldmedals, the Dutch made it their spot to celebratemedals and where fans could come together to

watch Olympic events.With the years passing by, the Holland HeinekenHouse became more and more the place to party.Dutch athletes won more medals, resulting in bigparties at the Olympic games in Atlanta (96) andNagano (98).

Tobias Bos, Pim Brassien, Twan Clarijs, Richard

Geeve, Marlot Hak, Paul de Lange (coordinator),

Rens Lieman, Gert-Jan Peddemors (coordinator),

Marjolein Reezigt (lay-out), Ingrid van Rooijen,

Femke van der Veen, Mathijs Vuister (editor).

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Ater our years o preparation, the world getsready or the Olympics. For the Dutch athletes,its their time to show the world what they aremade o. Te Daily Dutch shows our top pics.

by Mathijs Vuister

According to Sports Illustrated (SI), speed skaterSven Kramer should walk away with three goldmedals. Te Dutch skating fans know for sure thathe is going to win the ve and ten kilometers byhimself and be the leading man during the teampursuit. Te only question is, can he handle thepressure? A whole nation is counting on him being

the king of the Olympic games.How about Stefan Groothuis? SI doesnt mentihim, but insiders know he is dangerous. Te Dunational champion showed how to overcome a trible injury on his Achilles tendon and is readyshow his abilities. During the games, he will pform in the 1.000 and 1.500 meter race. Shani Dvis and Denny Morrison are warned.

With snow falling down in the Netherlands, Dutfans look to Nicolien Sauerbrij to show were notabout the ice. Winning the world cup last seasin parallel giant slalom, Sauerbrij made it clear sis one of the favorites. SI predicted her as the nOlympic champion. On February 26 well know

Dutch on a quest for gold

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Richmond welcomesOlympic phenomenon

Nevertheless, it took the rest of the world un

2000 before they got acquainted with the HollaHeineken House. Celebrating 25 medals in Sydnpeople from all over the world knew that you hadbe with the Dutch to party. Tey played good muand served nice food and drinks, using orange as important supporting color. Te word was sprequickly, making it hard for all the Olympic fansget in. Long waiting lines were the result.

With their tenth edition coming up, Heineken athe Dutch Olympic Committee NOC*NSF wlooking for a place near the Richmond OlymOval, so fans wouldnt need to travel a lot to their favorite athletes in action. Tey found Mino

Arenas, located just over two kilometers from Oval, as the perfect place to support all Olym

fans.For seventeen days, 300 professionals and voluteers from Canada and the Netherlands workvery hard to turn the skating arena into the perfplace to party. Lets hope that every fan, foreigndomestic, is able to nd the true Olympic feelin

ProgrammeToday

4.00 pm - Opening ceremony

Holland Heineken House

2.00 am - Holland Heineken House closing

Tomorrow

9.00 am - Holland Heineken House opening

6.00 pm - Live coverage opening ceremony

2010 Olympics10.00 pm - Performance by De Coronas

VisitorspartyintheHollandHeinekenHouseduringthe2008summerOlympics Photo:SanderStoep

The Dutch participants were all smiles when

they took their rst look at the Olympic vil-

lage. Two athletes will share one room together,

with a bathroom attached. Weve got beautiful,

large rooms, according to speed skater Renate

Groenewold. In the Olympic village athletes

can go to different restaurants for free, have

access to the internet and even a room for

prayer.

With the short track event starting on Satur-

day, the Dutch team isnt very pleased with

the ice condition at the Pacic Coliseum. The

ice is soft. That makes it very tough to skate,

says Sjinkie Knegt. He will participate in three

different events during the games. The only

good thing about it, is the fact that it makes it

tough for everybody. The team hopes that the

icemakers from Calgary are able to get the job

done before the short track will start.

On Wednesday night between 40.000 and

50.000 people participated in the second and

nal rehearsal for the Olympic ceremony. In a

rainy Vancouver, getting into BC Place stadium

went quite smooth, according to Canadian

Broadcasting Corporation. Getting wet from

the rain outside was the only complain. 60.000

people are expected to attend the real Olym-

pic ceremony tomorrow.

Wet rehearsal ceremony

Tough ice upsets Dutchshort track team

Athletes excited about

Olympic Village