In the first season they were sent to Huis 't Velde, an International Butler Academy situated in Warnsveld, Gelderland. In the second season they were sent to Nieuw Rande, situated in Diepenveen, Overijssel. Nieuw Rande was specially re-opened in order to try to change the ladettes' habits.
The Battle of Warnsveld was the inspiration for the historical novel De Roos van Dekama by Jacob van Lennep.
The Battle of Zutphen was fought on 22 September 1586, near the village of Warnsveld and the town of Zutphen, Netherlands, during the Eighty Years' War.