In this issue:

Places

Hoge Veluwe National park; Baan Hollanda Dutch museum in Thailand; Renting a Houseboat on one of Amsterdam's Canals; Enkhuizen, a maritime monument; A Cheese Warehouse near Alkmaar's Cheese Market.

People

Soccer star Rob Rensenbrink; Coffee consultant Willem Boot.

Industry

PAL-V the Dutch Flying Car.

Cooking

Cooking with the East India Company's finest spices: Roast apple & fig Compote; Pumpkin Cake with chocolate ganache; Poached Pears in white wine; Venison steak with celeriac mash.

Books, Art and Music

Miffy in the Netherlands, by Hollandse Hoogte and Dick Bruna; A Year in Holland with Jip and Janneke, by Annie M.G. Schmidt and Fiep Westendorp; Woman Reading a Letter by Gerard ter Borch; Madurodam by Billy Eric; Excerpt from The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld; Tilburg pop band Krezip.

Columns and Cartoons

Welcome Letter; Memories of Holland; Third Culture Kid; The Dutch Dished Up;  Invading Holland; the Dutch Judge.

Contributors

Edina Bijvoet, Tom Bijvoet, Stuart Billinghurst, Eric Bryan, Ray Cavanaugh, Billy Eric, Gerrit Jan Groothedde, Andrew Herygers, Sonia Motisca, Alison Netsel, Paola Westbeek, Gerald van Wilgen, Mark Zegeling.