The Dutch Are Taking Over The World

It ain't much if it ain't Dutch

Meet super model Doutzen Kroes

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The most successful model The Netherlands have ever known

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She was a Victoria Secret Angel till the most recent show (she walked 8 shows), together with Adriana Lima she shares the second place in Forbes highest-paid models list, she's in the top highest-paid models since 2008, she is the face of L'Oreal for 9 years now, she was the face of Valentino, Calvin Klein, Blue Marine, Repeat and currently H&M. She appared on the cover of every important magazine

And she is a mother of two

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Doutzen and her husband, famous dj, Sunnery are the parents of Phyllon Joy (4 years) and Myllenna Mae (10 months)

Well this is Michiel Huisman

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Fast uprising actor

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You know him from: Game of Thrones, Treme, Age of Adeline, Wild, the most awesome Channel commercial with Gisele Bündchen, Nashville, Orphan Black, World War Z

He played in a movie with an other famous Dutchie: Carice van Houten

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Black Book (2006)

You probably know her as the Red Lady

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Her role in Game of Thrones made her famous in the US. But in the Netherlands she is known for dozens of movies and awards (she won 5 Gouden Kalveren (Dutch Academy Awards)). She's also a singer and she wrote a book with her best friend and well known Dutch actrice Halina van Reijn

The Yankees shortstop is a Dutchie. GO DIDI

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Last December Didi Gregorius stepped in when Derek Jetter retired. He is 25 years old, born in Amsterdam and raised in Curacao. He played for the Cincinnati Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks before. In the Netherlands he was a part of the National Baseball Team.

DJ's Afrojack, Armin van Buuren and Tiësto

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These legends:

Afrojack: Worked with musicians like David Guetta, Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown. And of course Give Me Everything with Pitbull and Ne-Yo

Armin van Buuren: Has been named best DJ of the World 5 times. You must have heard This Is What It Feels Like. Right?

Tiësto: Is literally a legend, he won a DJ Mag - Legend Award in 2013. He won a Grammy for his All Of Me (John Legend) Remix. And he was named best DJ of the World for 3 times. You might now this song: Red Lights

Lara Stone, known for her beautiful curves

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She is THE face of Calvin Klein, after she signed an exclusive contract. Carine Roitfeld is a fan of this beautiful Dutchie.

She has a contract with L'Oreal (just like Doutzen), did campaigns for H&M and Armani this year. Appeared on the cover of Vogue and W Magazine so many times we stoped counting. She opened and closed an amazing amount of shows. Besides all the modeling she has a two-year-old son with David Walliams, known comic of Little Britain.

DJ Hardwell

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At the age of 25 Hardwell (Robbert) was named best DJ of the world in 2003 (according to DJ MAG), and received the award again in 2014

At International Dance Music Award (IDMA) in Miami this year he won 5 awards and was named best DJ of the world again. He has his own radio show and is currently traveling the world for his ‘I AM Hardwell – United We Are' world tour. He is nr.11 on the Forbes most paid DJ list.

Here is a video of Hardwell on stage that's got 28 million views.

The new generation

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Cato van Ee: Did campaigns for H&M, Balmain Hair, D&G, Scapa, John Frieda, Massimo Dutti and many more. She did so many editorials that counting was useless.

Imaan Hammam: She was 16 when she opened a Givenchy show, the start of her career. Just 18 years old and walked her first Victoria Secret Show last year. You can see her now at the H&M adds. She appeared on the cover of Vogue US, walked many important shows. Its's kind of, everywhere you look you see Imaan and we are going to see a lot more.

Romee Strijd: She walked her first Victoria Secret show in 2014 and became an Angel last month. If things go that fast then her career must be a promising one.

The Voice (and other shows)

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Yes it's true. The Voice, that show with the turning chairs, probably your guilty pleasure, is created by a Dutchie: John de Mol. He sold the voice to more than 40 countries.

Besides The Voice he was the one that gave the world Big Brother. Chapeau John!

Fast-rising DJ: Martin Garrix

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You've probably danced on the song Animals without knowing Martin Garrix. He is 18 years old, his real name is Martijn, he is talented and good looking. Because of the enormous success of Animals, Martin moved from 40 to 4 in the DJ MAG top 100 of 2015. He is the youngest DJ ever that made it in the top 5. Together with other Dutchie Afrojack, he made this huge hit: Turn Up The Speakers

The man behind the camera: Anton Corbijn

Corbijn is an amazing photographer and he directed The American (2010). He made famous shots of U2, Johnny Depp, Tom Waits, JJ Cale, Rolling Stones, Coldplay, Nirvana and so on...

Mr.Probz

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This rapper, singer and producer is everywhere with his song Waves. Nothing Really Matters is an hit as well. You'll hear much more from him in the future.

Linda Tol, blogger

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Linda Tol recently won Rising Star Award at the STYLIGHT Fashion Influencer Awards for her fashion blog. She's an international street style icon, she writes for Vogue Italia and is a trendwatcher for L'oreal Paris.

These boys <3

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This is the Dutch national soccer team. They are all super talented but here are some players that are internationally successful: Arjen Robben (Bayern München); Robin van Persie (Manchester United); Nigel de Jong (AC Milan), Gregory van der Wiel (Paris Saint-Germain).....and many more and the young national players will go international soon and become super duper famous.

Rem Koolhaas, the architect of the world's most amazing buildings

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Well technically Koolhaas has been taking over the world since 1975 with his company Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), so nothing new there. But for everyone who doesn't know anything of architecture, this man is a legend.

Mysteryland & Sensation White

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Maybe you've been to Sensation White without knowing that the festival was founded in the Netherlands, well now you know! Both festivals are created by the Dutch company ID&T. They organize festivals all over the world, lucky us. Mysteryland festival is in the US this weekend.