Nieuwe Haring

"New Herring". Another typically Dutch food is 'haring' (Herring). 'Haring happen' involves eating a raw Herring , sometimes covered in raw chopped onions, by picking the up by its tail, tilting your head backwards, opening your mouth and taking a bite. Haring happen can be traced back to 3000 B.C. although it was first eaten in Scandinavia. Every year on a Saturday in late May there is a festival called 'Vlaggetjesdag' (Flag Day). The harbor at Scheveningen is filled with ships deco