The Dutch I Presume?

Martijn de Rooi

The Dutch, I presume?

‘Do I need flippers when I visit the Netherlands?’ Of course you don’t: dykes keep the water out, and it doesn’t rain 366 days a year. This book deals with the forty best- known Dutch features and stereotypes, from windmills to Cruijff and from Rembrandt to the typical toilet. Were clogs and the infamous cheese slicer really Dutch inventions? Why did some Dutch masters go bankrupt in the tulip trade? And why have most Dutch never heard of the world-famous Hans Brinker? Providing the facts and unravelling the myths, this book gives you the essentials on living in the polders, and will even help you survive a Dutch birthday party.

“A colourful, attractive, most informative book, extraordinarily amusing
for both foreigners and Dutchmen.” – Biblion