Draft:Moped kieken

The saying mopeds kiek'n or mopeds kieken was originally an excuse for lovers to withdraw to kiss in the Lower Saxon language area.

In the east and northeast of the Netherlands, almost every village has an annual festival, festival week or summer festival, where one or more large party tents are usually erected. Brommers kieken originated there as an excuse to lure a girl to the (moped) bicycle shed in the hope that something will happen.

In the past, there were many mopeds outside at every major celebration (wedding, village festival, etc.). After all, it was the most affordable and popular means of transport between 1955 and 1970. In that period, many people did not (yet) have access to a car, and the moped was a daily means of transport, but sometimes also a status symbol. It is more of an expression to be alone (outside the room you are in at that moment) with a partner you like, to exchange ideas together about a possible relationship. In general, the interests of those who use this phrase are also different than in the 60s and 70s. Sex can sometimes be the result.

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The Achterhoek rock & roll group Jovink en de Voederbietels made an adaptation of I Saw Her Standing There, a song by The Beatles, entitled Brommers kieken. This arrangement is on the album The Hitmachine Goes On.

The debut program of the Hengelo comedian Jeffrey Spalburg from 2008 was also called Brommers Kiek'n.

Geertjan Lassche made a documentary in 2017 under the title Brommers kiek'n, about the lives of young people in both Espelo and Nieuwleusen