“Did you know that candles burn longer if they have been in the freezer? Tips like that, but of course all saints’ days are included and the water levels of the entire year, for example in Harlingen.”
And don’t forget the weather forecast. You shouldn’t take this too seriously, says Van den Berg: “Some people plan their holidays around it, but I don’t think that is wise.”
Some nostalgia
“Here, the first days of April promise cool spring weather with a chance of showers. The following week it will be changeable. But yes, that is quite obvious. It is often changeable in the Netherlands. That is why there is no almanac for Curaçao, because the weather is always the same there.”
As far as the new publishers are concerned, the almanac will be published for another four hundred years. “Yes, who knows. In any case, I know that people are happy with some nostalgia in these turbulent times.”
