
Originally Posted by
cbvnm
Why do people always want to qualify Europeans as either nordic or mediterranean?
We Dutch are neither
although you will find lots of nordic and mediterranean looking Dutch, the average Dutch looks in between. In other words : we are Central-European
some facts about the Dutch :
most common eye colour : blue/green
most common hair colour : brown
cephalic index : 80,4 (on the border of mesocephalic and brachycephalic
according to this info we cant be classed as nordic, mediterranean or alpine
same accounts for the Belgians
the history of the Low Countries is very complex with Celtic, germanic, roman conquest. And after that the Spanish rule of the Low Countries. After that the French Hugenots that came to the Netherlands. etc
Dutch and Flemings are mixed people, we dont fall in the germanic, celtic or roman category even though our language is germanic
by the way :
Lucile Werner is not Belgian, she is Dutch
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