How are Dutch people for real?

I lived in the Netherlands for a year, and found the Dutch to be a very unique and singular culture. Obviously, it's not good to generalize, and no one people are exactly alike, but I did find some very striking similarities amongst them. read more

Since Dutch is spoken by very few people on earth, and because the Dutch have been merchants and done business in every corner of the world, most people from the Netherlands learned to speak multiple languages. I found most people spoke Dutch, English, German, French, and often Spanish or another language. read more

Dutch people are tall, eat hagelslag for breakfast, kroketten for lunch, stamppot for dinner and ride their bicycles while talking on their phone and carrying 3 kids (without helmets) with a bag of groceries. read more

They vote in great and scary numbers for Geert wilders; The have a critiqueless and sycophantic adoration for the royal family; they are easily confused with, of all people, the Danes. read more