Today the Netherlands celebrates 80 years of peace and freedom. It began yesterday at 8 pm with 2 minutes of...
Read moreDetailsMost of the values that made America great aren’t English values. They’re Dutch values. As Russell Shorto wrote in his...
Read moreDetailsI came to the Netherlands in March hoping to see the country by bike, and to learn about its biking...
Read moreDetailshttps://youtube.com/shorts/GAcqWchokQ4 We are now as far removed in time from the events of September 1944 as the end of World...
Read moreDetailsMany people believe Europe is miles behind America when it comes to new technology. Europeans I have spoken with agree....
Read moreDetailsWhen the Netherlands began its transition to bike-based transportation, its train system developed some cunning plans. Car lots were replaced...
Read moreDetailsSomething important happened to me last week. I passed the halfway point in my trip to the Netherlands. My dear...
Read moreDetailsBack in the day, when I took my family on “vacation,” it was on a tight schedule. I was nervous,...
Read moreDetailsI had pushed my luck too far this time. Standing on the wrong side of a train station, in a...
Read moreDetailsIn the Netherlands, people are tightly packed. Less than one eighth of the country has anything built on it, including...
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