More features:
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Lick it!
If you're in 's-Hertogenbosch you shouldn't leave without sending an old-fashioned postcard home....
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Bicycle Museum
A number of prominent cycling enthusiasts are working hard behind the scenes to set up a bicycle museum in ’s-Hertogenbosch....
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Bike Heaven
For years Dutch employers have reimbursed the purchase of a bicycle for employers who cycle to work. Since the end of 2009, however, the following law was passed by former government parties: employees with an electric bicycle or scooter will receive a reimbursement of 19 euro cents per kilometre....
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Royal Fortunes
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....
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High Times in Holland
The Dutch people's laid back liberal attitude is perhaps best illustrated by its very reasonable and unprejudiced drug policy....
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New Windmill
Den Bosch has set itself the target of being fully carbon neutral in 2050, which means all energy used in town must be generated by sustainable sources like water, wind or sun....
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Street Talk (1)
Although everyone knows Amsterdam, 's-Hertogenbosch is still off the beaten path for most foreign tourists....
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Shhhh! The Dutch are Listening!
Last year 26,000 ‘suspicious phone calls’ were monitored by the police in the Netherlands....
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Less tourists in Holland
Due to the economic crisis, the number of foreign tourists in the Netherlands has been in steady decline....
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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....
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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....
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Orphaned Bikes
The Netherlands is the only country in the world where there are more bikes (18 million) than inhabitants (16....
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Bosch 2016
Den Bosch's most famous son will be honoured in 2016 with an exhibition never seen before in this town....
Liquorice and Cheese
When Dutch people travel abroad they are great promoters of traditional Dutch products. More than 50% of Dutch holidaymakers bring along food from home on their international travels, especially typically Dutch things such as liquorice, cheese, chocolate sprinkles, ontbijtkoek (a type of ginger cake) and even potatoes and pancake mix! Caravans, cars, suitcases and even bicycle panniers cross the border bursting with familiar edibles. All this happily preserving their global image as ‘those stingy, frugal Dutch’…