Dutch term – Zondag

Zondag is the Dutch word for Sunday.

During the oil crisis in 1973, there were autoloze zondagen [carless Sundays] where no cars were allowed to drive to conserve energy.

Highway pic-nic during a carless Sunday, 1973. Credits: Unknown photographer, collection Nationaal Archief (CC-0)

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