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• Senseless slaughter

  
  Anyone who thinks that the Dutch are a politically correct, peace-loving people may want to revise their opinion after reading the following sentences....

• 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 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....

• A step behind the Scandinavians

  
  The Scandinavian countries of Finland, Sweden and Denmark top the list of the 'Happiest Consumers' in Europe, while the Netherlands was ranked just below them in fourth place....

• The price of complaining

  
  The Dutch love to complain, especially about money and the weather. Despite of the fact that many daily products like bread, milk, cheese, eggs and beer are 10% cheaper than in neighbouring countries, they love to gripe about the cost of a trip to the supermarket....

• Waste not, want not

  
  On average, Dutch consumers throw away 20% of the food they buy in supermarkets and shops. Thankfully, a website has been launched that strives to tackle this problem: www....

• A Clockwork Orange

  
  In the hot summer of 2010 the Dutch national football team played a World Cup Final for the third time in history....

• Act like a local (1)

  
  Here are some helpful hints and guidelines about local habits and behaviour. Get used to them. In lesson 1 we give you advice about the second most important thing in life: ordering a beer like the locals do....

• Dutch gifts (1)

  
  Dutch national football team shirts:The orange jersey was already popular in the 1970s when the Netherlands finished in the World Cups of 1974 and 1978 as runners up....

• In Your Pocket video guides

  In Your Pocket goes into the movie business... Kind of... Over the past years we've gradually been putting together some extensive video guides to various In Your Pocket cities, using our own editors, writers and local researchers as presenters....

• Beetle

  
  The Volkswagen Beetle is the most popular 'old timer' in the Netherlands. This German-produced car's popularity is probably due to the fact that for many Dutch it was their first private vehicle....

• Space oddity

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

• Sticks and stones

  
  In other countries, the mere mumbling of swearwords like 'klootzakken', 'kankerlijers', 'losers' and 'sukkels' (which are all impossible to translate) to a police officer would be sufficient for at least a night in jail....

• High times in Holland

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