🇳🇱 Netherlands · Oranje
Vupfumba bya le Netherlands: Dyondzo ya ndhawu ehansi ka mpimo wa lwandle
Ku suka eka tindlela ta mati ta Amsterdam ku ya ebaleni ya Breda, tindlela ta mati na ta misava ti famba swin'we
Mixo wa le Amsterdam, i sungulo rinene swinene ra vupfumba lebyi bya Netherlands. Endzeni ka tindlela ta mati ku ha ri na mpfula ya vusiku, ehansi ka bhubhu ku na xikepe lexi hundzaka hi ku nonoha, mpfumawulo wa mati wu namarela ehenhla ka makhumbi ya switina a wu tlakuka. Hi xihatla, ebaleni yintsongo ya le ribuweni ku twala mpfumawulo wo tsekatseka, swirhwerhwe swa swiambalo swi kandziya byanyi byo endliwa, bolo yi khuluka ku fika ehansi ka rimbi ra xisibi, jaha leri ambareke hembe ya xirhendzevutana a yi koka yi tlhela. Ntsinjhi wa bhasikili wu hundza endzhaku kakwe, mpfumawulo wa xiporo, mpfumawulo wa mabureke, ku hleka hinkwaswo swi hlanganile. Netherlands a yi ku nyiki posikhadi ro sungula, yi sungula yi ku chela endzeni ka xiyenge lexi tirhaka: mati ma famba ekusuhi, vanhu va ri karhi va rendzeleka eribuweni, bolo yi lava ku huma endhawini yo kayivela.
Loko u ri karhi u famba etikweni leri, u ta xihatla u twisisa leswaku 'ku lulamisiwa' a hi mhaka ya ndhavuko wo olova, kambe i matshalatshala ya kona. Xihahampfhuka xa Schiphol xi le hansi ka mpimo wa lwandle, madoroba yo tala ma hlayisiwa hi mihondzo, tiphompfo ta mati na tindlela ta mati. Mikondzo ya mpimo wa mati eribuweni ra gondzo yi miyele ku fana na xikalo, kambe yi tsundzuxa: misava leyi nga ehansi ka milenge a yi hi nchumu lowu tolovelekeke. Vanhu va Netherlands a va endlanga mati nala, kambe va ma nyikile ndlela, va tisiyela tiyindlu, tindlela, byanyi na mabala. Vutomi lebyi nga ehansi ka mpimo wa lwandle, byi fana na ntolovelo wo tlanga bolo hi ku twanana siku na siku.
Ndlela ya mati yo ya enwalungwini, Damu ya Afsluitdijk yi tsala ntolovelo lowu wu ri ntila wo lulamisiwa wa 32 wa tikhilomitara. Eribuweni ra ximatsi ku na Lwandle ra Wadden leri nga na xihundla, eribuweni ra xinene ku na Lwandle ra IJssel leri pfariweke, moya wu wela ku suka elwandle, jakete ra munhu ri tlakuka ku fana na seyila. Loko u yima ehenhla ka damu u vona mihlovo yo hambana ya mati, u ta twisisa leswaku damu ya lwandle a hi ntsena vutshunguri bya misava, kambe i nchumu wo tiyisela ndhawu: lwandle ri nga va rikulu, kambe munhu a nga ha dirowa mpimo. Leswi nga ni ntikelo swinene hi Netherlands a hi xirhendzevutana, kambe ku aka xirhendzevutana ehenhla ka matshalatshala mo karhi ya mati.
Kutani tindlela ta misava ti nyikiwa eka mabhasikili. Ndlela yo tshwuka yi hundza hi madoroba, timakaya na masimu, ku fana na misiha yin'wana ya ngati. Vaendzi va le Amsterdam va chaviswa hi tinsinjhi ta mabhasikili, kambe vanhu va Netherlands va rendzeleka hi ku olova, voko rin'we ri khoma xiyendlelo, rin'wana ri khoma swiluva, ri khoma khofi, ri khoma n'wana. Laha, bhasikili a hi xiyenge xa ku wisa, kambe i ku hlawula ndhawu hi doroba: timovha ta pfumelela, vanhu va famba hi xiviti, vutomi byi petshiwa hi mpimo lowu fanelaka. U ta vona leswaku ndlela yo lulamisa tindlela ya Netherlands na ndlela ya vona yo tlanga bolo swi fana, ku hunguteka ka matimba, ku tlula ku languta hi ku hatlisa.
Ndzhuti lowu wu vonaka swinene eUtrecht. Tindlela ta mati ta Oudegracht a ti hi ntsena vutomi bya le henhla, ehansi ka mati ku na mavhengele na tindlu, switarata swi ya emahlweni ehenhla, vanhu va hanya ku fana ni le ka timhaka timbirhi ta doroba rin'we. Hi ndzhenga ndzi tshama ekusuhi na leyi ndzi nwa khofi, ndzi languta mutirhi a tlakusa tirheyi a huma ehansi ka nyangwa, ehenhla ka nhloko ku na mabhasikili ma tsemakanya maribye, emilengeni ku na xiporojeke lexintsongo xi hungisa. Madoroba ya Netherlands a ma lavi ku andlala hinkwaswo, kambe ma petsha ndhawu yo kayivela, ma yi sungunula, ma yi avanyisela vanhu va xiviti xo hambana.
Giethoorn yi hundzuluxa vuxaka lebyi bya mati na misava. Laha tinyangwa ti languta etindleleni ta mati, swikepe swi toloveleke ku fana ni mabhasikili emadorobeni man'wana. Loko xikepe xi suka eribuweni, ntswifu wu sungula wu vekiwa ehansi ka mati hi ku olova, kutani wu hleriwa hi ku nonoha katsongo, xiviti xo koka swikepe xi hunguteka ku tlula doroba. Mihandzu ya mahlanga yi voninga ehenhla ka mati, tibhubhu ta mapulanga ti hundza hi ku leha, vaendzi va vulavula hi ku tsongahala. Loko xikepe xi gumbula swimilani leswi hanyaka ematini, ndzi ehleketa hi ku lehisa mbilu ka vanhu va Netherlands hi ndhawu: a hi ku endla ndlela ku va leyi anameke swinene, kambe ku kuma ndlela yin'wana ehenhla ka mati.
Loko u fika eRotterdam, moya wu tlhela wu luma. Ehansi ka vuhlayiselo bya Markthal, mifananiso ya mihandzu yi fana ni leyi waka ku suka esilingini, emavhengeleni, nun'hwelo wa cheese, nun'hwelo wa waffles na ku bava ka khofi hinkwaswo swi ku wela ehenhlweni hi nkarhi wun'we. Laha a ku na xihlayiselo xa khale xa Amsterdam, ku tlula ku endliwa hi xivindzi xo endliwa endzhaku ka nyimpi: yindlu ya mafurha yi yimile yo petsheka, Buhloko bya Erasmus byi hundza Nambu wa Maas, makete, tindlu, vufambisi swi petshiwile eka ndzhaka yin'we. Rotterdam yi ku byela leswaku, ndzhuti wa ndhawu wa Netherlands a hi wa madoroba ya khale na switarata ntsena, kambe i xivindzi xo sungula nakambe.
Loko u ya en'walungwini-vupeladyambu eBreda, mpfumawulo wa bolo wu tshinelela. Van Dijk u velekiwe laha, doroba a ri rikulu, kambe ri na xiviri xa bala yo tiyisela. NAC Breda wa xirhendzevutana na xintima u humelela ehansi ka mafasitere ya ti-bara, vavanuna va khale va khoma byalwa hi milomo ya vona va kanela hi vahlayisi, vana va tlanga bolo ekusuhi na xivandla. Breda a yi ti pakanisanga ku ri vutshamo bya tinyeleti, kambe yi pfuna munhu ku twisisa leswaku hikokwalaho Van Dijk a fana na damu ro famba: a nga hatliseli ku tshova hinkwaswo, kambe u sungula u khoma ndhawu laha mati ma nga taka kona, u khoma ndhawu leyi xikunguhati xi lavaka ku tsutsuma eka yona.
Leyi hi mhaka leyi ndzi navelaka swinene loko ndzi languta bolo eNetherlands. Gakpo u huma eka nongonoko wa PSV wa Eindhoven, loko a tlanga u tshama a ri na xivono xa ku vona xivandla xa hafu ya xikombiso; Van Dijk yena u lulamisa ku pakanisa emahlweni ka xikalo a swi endla mitila yo tala leyi nga erivaleni. Loko tiko ri sungula kusuka eka vuntswana ri dyondza ku twa ndhawu na mati, ku endla leswaku mabhasikili, swikepe, vafambi, tiyindlu swi tshama swin'we eka ndhawu yo pfumala, vatlangi va rona na vona va nga ta tiva leswaku ndhawu a hi nchumu lowu humaka woxe, kambe i lowu endliwaka, lowu ehleketiwaka, lowu hleriweke-hleriweke hi goza rin'we na rin'we.
Endzhaku ndzi vone vana lava ambareke swijakete swa PSV ehandle ka xitixini xa Eindhoven, va endla tipakete ta vona tiva tihoko ta niyimpfu, va tlanga 3v3 ekusuhi na xivandla. Vito ra Gakpo loko ri vitaniwa, a hi xihlawuhlawu xa tinyeleti, kambe swi fana na lava tshamaka va vulavula hi n'wana loyi a nga suka ekaya. Van Dijk na yena, matimba yakwe a hi ntsena miri, kambe i vuswikoti byo hlaya ntalo. Leswi sasekaka swa bolo ya Netherlands, swi fana kahle ni madoroba ya Netherlands: sungula u languta laha mati ma khulukaka kona, kutani u boha laha bolo yi faneleke ku hundza kona.
Ndzi nga si suka eNetherlands, ndzi tlhelele eka tindlela ta mati ta Amsterdam. Mati ya ndzhenga a ya ri xintima, timboni ta mabhasikili ti pfurha yin'we-yin'we, ekule ebaleni yintsongo ku twala mpfumawulo wa ku tsekatseka. Van'wana va famba eribuweni, swikepe swi hundza ehansi ka mabhubhu, vana va yimisa bolo ekusuhi na nenge va yimela vatlangi-kulorhi va tsutsuma. Eka xikombiso xexo, ndlela ya mati na ndlela ya misava ti fana ni mitila yimbirhi leyi khomanaka emahlweni ka mahlo. Vupfumba bya Netherlands lexi tsundzukiwaka swinene a hi xivandla xin'we xa leswi hlamarisaka, kambe i nchumu lowu tiko leri ri wu kombisaka: loko misava yi nga ku nyiki ndhawu yo enela, u nga tirhisa madamu, mavhilwa, tindlela ta mati na ku pasa bolo ku endla ndhawu nakambe.
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