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• World heritage

  
  There are many attractive places on earth and UNESCO, the most important guardian of culture in the world, has chosen 890 locations, which should be kept for posterity for their ‘irreplaceable importance'....

• Dutch cheese

  
  With more than 4 million cows in the Netherlands, it may come as no surprise that the country produces ...

• A farewell to pints

  
  Unless you’re at an Irish pub or sports bar where you can get a proper pint or half liter mug, beer glasses in the Netherlands tend to come in dainty sizes more suitable for children or ladies who lunch....

• Dutch mountains

  
  One of Holland's most successful bands, The Nits, wrote a world famous hit Into the Dutch Mountains in the 1980s even though Holland's highest pimple is only a meagre 365m-high....

• Schiphol Geese

  
  For many years Schiphol Airport, the largest airport in the Netherlands, has had its fair share of trouble with geese....

• 400 years of canals

  
  Look at any map of Amsterdam and the first thing you’ll notice is the semicircle of canals that embrace one another like the layers of an onion....

• Dutch courage

  
  Michael Caine perhaps said it best in the third installment of the Austin Powers film trilogy when he said: ‘There are two kinds of people I can't stand in this world....

• What to buy in Amsterdam

  
  Don’t settle for a snow globe with a wind mill or a cheesy t-shirt. Here’s a list of our favourite Amsterdam souvenirs....

• Cash or credit?

  
  That the Dutch are a frugal lot has never been up for debate, but, as it turns out, this affects your lifestyle as much as it does theirs....

• Café confusion

  
  The Oxford English Dictionary defines a café as ‘a small restaurant selling light meals and drinks’ but also adds that in North America it’s a ‘bar or nightclub’, while in South Africa a café is ‘a shop selling sweets, cigarettes, newspapers, etc....

• Highlights outside of Amsterdam

  
  Highlights outside of AmsterdamZaanse Schans (Zaandam) - 'But where are all the wind mills?' You're not the only one whose asked this question....

• Bitter… balls?

  
  The name bitterballen, or bitter balls, conjures up all kinds of images and not entirely wholesome ideas from sour edibles hardly fit for consumption to a sex toy you might find in the Red Light district....

• Dutch crooners

  
  Hang out in local Amsterdam pubs long enough, as we have, and you’ll come across a deep, dark Dutch secret....

• Amsterdam calendar of events

  
  Here's what's going on in Amsterdam this spring. Photo of MUSE courtesy of www.positivus.com....