03-05-2025
Dutch Ambassador visits Pella Tulip Time
PELLA, Iowa– Tulip Time this year had a very special guest visiting the city.
Birgitta Tazelaar is the Ambassador from the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States of America. She is in the middle of a four year term working in the U.S.
'I represent just the kingdom of the Netherlands and the kingdom of the Netherlands consists of four countries actually, the Netherlands and then three countries in the Caribbean, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten,' said Tazelaar
The Dutch Ambassador also visited Pella last summer.
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'It's really a wonderful feeling that on the one hand you go back more than 150 years because that's when their ancestors came and you can see it in the costumes that they're wearing,' said Tazelaar. 'It is also a feeling of connecting, and when I see people here they look Dutch to me and they still have this feeling of being Dutch, so it's a great people to people experience.'
The Ambassador is hoping to strengthen ties between the Netherlands and the United States.
'The message I want to say to the people of Iowa is stay connected to the world, stay connected to Europe and Netherlands,' said Tazelaar. 'We are great partners, we invest in each others' countries we are members of the same security alliance and support to keep it that way because it's a winning formula for all of us.'
Tazelaar said she has enjoyed her visit to Tulip Time.
'I think the hospitality, generosity, and the way people are receiving us, very open and friendly and enthusiastic exchange of how we view things in the world.'
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