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Pika are pickled onions with chili. Watch out, spicy!<\/p>\n
Eetcaf\u00e9 De Buurvrouw<\/a> sells homemade pika to its guests. Perhaps a souvenir<\/a> if you want to take something culinary home with you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> A well-attended neighborhood festival in the streets of Otrobanda. In the months leading up to the Kaya Kaya Festival<\/a>, districts are “cleaned up”, visually embellished and new murals are created on house walls. For the festival itself, which is accompanied by music, you buy a ticket including a cup. In the spirit of sustainability, there are no drinks containers anywhere except for these cups. The street festival celebrated its 5th anniversary in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Nena Sanchez<\/a> (1945 – 2017) is a famous local Curacao artist who was crowned Miss Curacao in 1966.<\/p>\n Her colorful paintings are known beyond the island’s borders. Famous motifs include her goddesses, Kunuku houses and the fauna of Curacao. Nena’s murals decorate numerous house walls in Punda, Willemstad.<\/p>\n There is a gallery<\/a> of her works in the picturesque Jan Kok mansion, which you can visit every day except Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> It’s always nice and warm year-round. The temperature hovers around 30 degrees during the day and rarely dips below 25 at night, which means summer days with tropical nights.<\/p>\n We’ve included the monthly average temperatures<\/a> in a table, which can also be displayed in Fahrenheit using a slider. Simply follow the link.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> With the Curacao Chronicle<\/a>, the only English-language newspaper on the island. N<\/strong>etherlands A<\/strong>ntilles F<\/strong>lorin – Florin Antiano, the currency unit on Curacao.<\/p>\n Naf. or Nafl. is the abbreviation for the Dutch Antillean Guilder (ANG).<\/p>\n In Papiamentu<\/a> they say Florin or Heldu. You will also often hear Gilders or ‘G\u00fcldis’, which means (Antillean) Guilders.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> The Divi Divi<\/a> is the symbol of Aruba.<\/p>\n The Divi Divi tree made of precious metal is awarded as an honorary prize at the annual film festival held in Aruba.<\/p>\n Probably the most famous living Divi Divi tree stands in the middle of the white sand of Eagle Beach on Aruba.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Of course, you can’t ride iguanas<\/a> (= iguanas) – they are too small for that.<\/p>\n Iguana Ride Curacao<\/a> offerselectric scooter – great fun with Pablo in Willemstad. The Curacao Chronicle<\/a> is the only online daily newspaper in English. Find out from the editor-in-chief and publisher of the Curacao Chronicle, Aldrich Hermelijn, in the interview<\/a> how he came up with the idea of founding his own news agency.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Glacial, also known as Alcolado Glacial, is a mentholated liquid that the manufacturer describes as ‘air conditioning in a bottle’.<\/p>\n First and foremost, Glacial<\/a> cools and refreshes. It also relieves pain and helps with colds. It is also effective against itching after mosquito bites. The bottles with the bright green contents and the penguin on them can be bought everywhere on Curacao as a lotion or spray.<\/p>\n Know-it-all tip: It’s easy to remember the size of Curacao in square kilometers, because it’s a repdigit, handy number: The landmass of Curacao is about half the size of Berlin.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Papiamentu is the creole language<\/strong> of the inhabitants of Curacao.<\/p>\n Due to the island’s turbulent history, the Taino of the indigenous people was mixed with Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and African.<\/p>\n Papiamentu is one of the three official languages on Curacao, alongside Dutch and English.<\/p>\n Find out more in our article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> From the two Aqualectra seawater desalination<\/a> plants in Mundo Nobo and Nieuwpoort.<\/p>\n The groundwater on Curacao is not drinkable and the deposits are too small. It is used to irrigate the sparse farmland.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> You will often come across this name when you study the history of Cura\u00e7ao.<\/p>\n In 1795, a freedom fighter named Tula led the largest slave revolt on the island. The revolt started at Landhuis Knip, the manor house of the Kenepa plantation. The plantation was named after the surrounding Kenepa trees<\/a>.<\/p>\n The leader of the slave revolt was rehabilitated by the Netherlands more than 200 years later and is considered a national hero because he fought for freedom.<\/p>\n The country house, which is now home to the Museo Tula, is located on the way to the two well-known beaches, Kenepa Grandi<\/a> and Kenepa Chiki<\/a>, in the West of Curacao.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Quiz Question<\/h2>What is the Kaya Kaya Festival?<\/div><\/div>
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\nKaya is the name of the street in Papiamentu<\/a>.<\/p>\nQuiz Question<\/h2>Who is Nena Sanchez?<\/div><\/div>
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Quiz Question<\/h2>How warm is it in Curacao?<\/div><\/div>
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Quiz Question<\/h2>I don't speak Papiamentu, Dutch or Spanish. How can I find out what's going on in Curacao?<\/div><\/div>
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\nOnline you can keep up to date before, during and after your trip to Curacao.
\nIn an interview with us<\/a> you can get to know Aldrich Hermelijn, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Curacao Chronicle.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Quiz Question<\/h2>What does NAF or NAFL stand for?<\/div><\/div>
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Quiz Question<\/h2>Which tree is the symbol of Cura\u00e7ao's neighboring island Aruba?<\/div><\/div>
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Quiz Question<\/h2>What is Iguana Ride Curacao?<\/div><\/div>
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\nThe small chopper-style bikes turn sightseeing into\u00a0an unforgettable event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Quiz Question<\/h2>Does Curacao also have news in English?<\/div><\/div>
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\nHere you will find up-to-date information about the island and its inhabitants, short and sweet, very well researched in depth.<\/p>\nQuiz Question<\/h2>What is Glacial?<\/div><\/div>
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\nGlacial is produced in the laboratories of Landhuis Chobolobo<\/a>, the home and production site of the famous, original Curacao liqueur.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Quiz Question<\/h2>What is the size of Curacao?<\/div><\/div>
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\n444 km2<\/strong>
\nThe island is 61 km long and varies between 5 and 14 km in width. The total coastline is 364 km long.<\/p>\nQuiz Question<\/h2>What is Papiamentu?<\/div><\/div>
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Quiz Question<\/h2>Where does the drinking water come from in Curacao?<\/div><\/div>
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Quiz Question<\/h2>Who is Tula?<\/div><\/div>
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