Some American fairy tales with Dutch characters are not at all known in the Netherlands. Only Kelpius continued his hermit ways, praying alone in his rock-bound chapel. Dutch teenagers Volendam or cultural minority and low income groups Enschede. If you're a pedestrian and cars are stopped at a red light, you will fearlessly cross the street in front of them. The first exhibition organised by the Centre was in the Bondi Pavilion in 1983 of Dutch artists living and working in Australia. You don't really know what to think about your neighbors the Belgians. You consider people with Indonesian ancestors Dutch. The Netherlands is the first country in Europe to demand immigrants take an integration course and 300 hours of Dutch language training.

You also think that the Dutch people are better at this than other people. For Moroccan imams who are sent to the Netherlands through private organisations, there are other pressures. Even the name of crown prince Willem Alexander's dog is for privacy reasons not known to the Dutch public. Journalists may write about everything but usually avoid the private life of public people. Still understand Dutch? Still think the Netherlands are as we left them? Click here.

At 11 o'clock the Dutch drink coffee with cream or milk and treat themselves to a piece of cake. Sadly there is no obligation to publish or let inspect their yearly figures, so there is not much to control. The Dutch code of etiquette governing social behaviour is considered very important. Prince Bernhard is a bon vivant, unlike his domesticated wife. The Dutch artists of the 18th century are less well-known.

Some of us have, with our typical Dutch hypocrisy, objections against the Argentinian Di-wannabe jetset member. In two or three hours this swift stream of traffic straks a route that six-horse Conestoga wagons used to labor along for days. Until 1830, the Dutch and Flemish were generally seen as one people. Many spread westward and southward until today hardly a farming section of our country is without these master farmers. The only exception is that a pond pound is half a kilogram, and an ons ounce is 100 grams. Frequently updated Webcam views from Grote Markt, updated every half minute. The police are armed, but not with submachine guns.