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• Dutch cuisine (1)

  
  Dutch cuisine has a long and interesting history and includes everything from hearty family meals to the lightest of pastries....

• Space oddity

  
  If you fly KLM frequently and have collected plenty of air miles, you can soon exchange them for a rather unusual outing....

• Caffeine nation

  
  The Dutch love their coffee. On average they slurp three cups of Java per person per day. This, by the way, is only an average....

• High times in Holland

  
  The Dutch people's laid back liberal attitude is perhaps best illustrated by its very reasonable and unprejudiced drug policy....

• Shhhh! The Dutch are listening!

  
  Last year 26,000 ‘suspicious phone calls’ were monitored by the police in the Netherlands....

• Toasting in Dutch

  
  In case if you meet new drinking buddies in one of the old town cosy pubs, it's always good to know how to toast in the national language....

• Royal fortunes

  
  The international recession has left its mark everywhere and the Dutch are no exception. More than 50% of Dutch people have chosen to limit their supermarket budgets because of the credit crunch....

• Have your say

  If you've had an experience to remember at any of the venues listed in this guide, be it good, bad, ugly or downright sad, let the two million regular unique visitors to our website, www....

• Ajax: the most loved and loathed club in Holland

  
  Amsterdam's legendary football club is a household name throughout the world, yet despite, or perhaps owing to, its success the Dutch either love or hate Ajax and there doesn’t seem to be any middle ground....

• Amsterdam calendar of events

  
  Here's what's going on in Amsterdam this winter. New Wave icons Echo & the Bunnymen will perform at the Paradiso on January 21....

• Orphaned bikes

  
  The Netherlands is the only country in the world where there are more bikes (18 million) than inhabitants (16....

• Liquorice and cheese

  
  When Dutch people travel abroad they are great promoters of traditional Dutch products. More than 50% ...

• 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....

• Striking out in the Red Light District

  
  We thought that interviewing a local prostitute would be a rather simple task, but not everything is as it seems in Amsterdam’s infamous Red Light district also known as De Wallen....