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- Ajax Experience
- Bitter… balls?
- A Clockwork Orange
- Rivalry and Christmas trees
- Empty farms, crowded cities
- A step behind the Scandinavians
- Senseless slaughter
- Who wants to be a trillionaire?
- Sticks and stones
- Amsterdam calendar of events
- The price of complaining
- Shhhh! The Dutch are listening!
- Liquorice and cheese
- Chardongay
- Caffeine nation
- Waste not, want not
- The Weed Pass
- Space oddity
- Royal fortunes
- Orphaned bikes
- Oldest national anthem
- KLM in search of its Dutch roots
- High times in Holland
- Gare du Nord
- Enemy of the state
- Dutch gifts (1)
- Dutch cuisine (1)
- Crisis? What crisis?
- Bike heaven
- Beetle
- Act like a local (1)
- Miraculous Amsterdam
- Cash or credit?
- Dutch crooners
- Red Light streets
- Striking out in the Red Light District
- Ajax: the most loved and loathed club in Holland
- Menus: lunch v. dinner
- Have your say
- Toasting in Dutch
- In Your Pocket video guides
- A farewell to pints
- Pilots as wingmen
- Dutch courage
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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.... -
Menus: lunch v. dinner
Although many Europeans take it for granted, the Dutch restaurant industry’s custom of offering separate lunch and dinner menus may come as a surprise to visitors from across the pond.... -
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.... -
High times in Holland
The Dutch people's laid back liberal attitude is perhaps best illustrated by its very reasonable and unprejudiced drug policy.... -
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.... -
Miraculous Amsterdam
Amsterdam first put its name on the map of Europe not with its trading prowess, its port or with prostitution, but with a supposed miracle that’s still celebrated today on March 12.... -
Liquorice and cheese
When Dutch people travel abroad they are great promoters of traditional Dutch products. More than 50% ... -
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.... -
Shhhh! The Dutch are listening!
Last year 26,000 ‘suspicious phone calls’ were monitored by the police in the Netherlands.... -
Who wants to be a trillionaire?
Recent research has determined that the total value of all property in the Netherlands is over €3.... -
Rivalry and Christmas trees
There's always been a tremendous rivalry between the two biggest cities in Holland: Rotterdam and Amsterdam.... -
Orphaned bikes
The Netherlands is the only country in the world where there are more bikes (18 million) than inhabitants (16....
Royal fortunes
More than 60% choose cheaper deals, 33% have cut spending on ready-made meals or have chosen cheaper types of meat and almost 25% choose cheaper meat products.
Every year the Dutch magazine Quote publishes a Top 500 list of the nation's richest people. Last year, for the first time, the Royal family agreed to make an appearance in the Quote 's 500. Partially thanks to the credit crunch, the fortune of the family of Orange has shrunk to a paltry 800 million euros. This, however, is good enough to be number 25 on the list.