Editing 's-Hertogenbosch (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Overzicht - 's-Hertogenbosch - 20110195 - RCE.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Typical street in 's-Hertogenbosch]]
's-Hertogenbosch is home to a variety of events such as the theatre festival ''Boulevard'', ''Jazz in Duketown'', and hip hop in duketown, the start of the [[Tour de France]] (1996), [[Tour Feminin]] (1997), the [['s-Hertogenbosch International Vocal Competition|International Vocal Competition]], [[November Music]] (a contemporary music festival) and the UNICEF Open (formerly the [[Ordina Open]]) grass court tennis tournament (in the nearby town of [[Rosmalen]]). There are also over 350 restaurants, pubs and cafés to be found in the city.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

's-Hertogenbosch is also home to the European Ceramic Work Centre. This is a juried international ceramic residency where they invite artists, designers and architects from around to the world to explore the medium of Ceramics. This program was initially started in 1991 and continues to this day.

The city has its own food speciality, the [[Bossche Bol]] — effectively a giant [[profiterole]], somewhat larger than a tennis ball, which is filled with [[whipped cream]] and coated with [[chocolate]].

The spoken language is {{ill|Maaslands (Brabants)|lt=Maaslands|nl|Maaslands (Brabants)}} (the variant spoken in 's-Hertogenbosch is called ''Bosch'' which is placed among the Central North [[Brabantian dialect|Brabantian]] dialects, although other classification systems also describe it as [[East Brabantian]]), which is very similar to colloquial [[Dutch language|Dutch]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Oost-Brabants|last1=Swanenberg|first1=Jos|last2=Swanenberg|first2=Cor|publisher=Sdu Uitgevers|year=2002|isbn=9789012090100|series=Taal in stad en land, 7.|location=Den Haag|language=nl|oclc=783055844|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[De Toonzaal]] is a [[music venue]] for [[chamber music]], [[improvised music]], and [[experimental music]]. For popular music there is the venue [[W2 Poppodium|W2]] (or Willem II).

=== Museums ===
[[File:Brabants Museum main entrance building Den Bosch at 21 May 2015 - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|[[Noordbrabants Museum]]]]
The [[Noordbrabants Museum]] is a provincial museum with an overview of works that [[Vincent van Gogh]] made in Brabant. The [[Design Museum Den Bosch]] is a modern art museum. The [[Jheronimus Bosch Art Center]], is dedicated to the work of [[Hieronymus Bosch]]. Other museums include the [[Swan Brothers' House]] and [[Museum Slager]]. Also the National (Dutch) Carnavalsmuseum Oeteldonks gemintemuzejum is located in the city. In the near future a new museum will be opened about the fortresses of the town and in general in Europe.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} The house where the famous painter Hieronymus produced his paintings can be visited on the market square.

===Carnival celebrations===
[[File:PeervaandenMuggenheuvel.jpg|thumb|right|Mayor Ton Rombouts, the Mayor of Oeteldonk, and the prince at City Hall in 2007]]
's-Hertogenbosch has a strong [[carnival]] tradition. In its current form the story and symbolism dates from 1881 to 1883. In these years some citizens created the legend of "Oeteldonk", whereby the city was renamed to Oeteldonk for the three day carnival. "Donk" is a reference to a dry place in the [[marsh]]. The frog is widely used as a symbol during the 's-Hertogenbosch Carnival. It is also a symbol of the Oeteldonk [[marsh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oetelpedia.nl/wiki/index.php/Oeteldonk |title=Oeteldonk – Oetelpedia |language=nl |publisher=Oetelpedia.nl |date=2010-11-17 |access-date=2013-03-25}}</ref> It was also a remark aimed at Bishop Godschalk from Den Dungen, where 'Van den Oetelaar' was a common family name. He had wanted to forbid the traditional festivities of [[Shrove Tuesday]] that often led to excesses.

Oeteldonk is a village and therefore every inhabitant is a farmer or a '{{lang|nl|durske}}' (a girl or young woman), eliminating class differences.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oeteldonk.org/over-oeteldonk/geschiedenis/1882-1945 |title= De stichting van Oeteldonk en de decennia daarna (1882-1945) |trans-title= The foundation of Oeteldonk and the subsequent decades|language= nl |publisher= Oeteldonksche Club van 1882 |date= 2020-06-28 |access-date=2020-06-28}}</ref> The village is headed by the Mayor "Peer vaan den Muggenheuvel tot den Bobberd". Each year the mayor of 's-Hertogenbosch hands over his authority to the Mayor of Oeteldonk. On Sunday at 11:11 AM the Mayor of Oeteldonk then receives Prince Carnaval "Prince Amadeiro XXVI" at Oeteldonk central station. From there a parade of all carnival clubs escorts the company to the town hall.

The citizens of 's-Hertogenbosch wear traditional outfits throughout these days. A so-called ''boerenkiel'' is worn and every year patches are designed according to that years theme which can then be stitched onto the outfit. The ''boerenkiel'' is often combined with a traditional farmers bandana and a long scarf in the colors of Oeteldonk. The tradition of the Boerenkiel and / or Bandana is very different from the carnival traditions in the rest of the Netherlands. Other aspects like the parade, the temporary name and the temporary flag (for Oeteldonk red, white and yellow) are very similar.