The Netherlands is a wonderful place, with genuinely friendly, helpful people.The gave us Genver (Dutch gin) They gave us good cigars! Some wonderfully strong beers. They gave the UK the insight into canal construction and land drainage enabling us to recliam East Anglia and Lincolnshire from the swamps using their engineers and skills.

Unfortunately they also gave the world the word apartheit, and concentration camps, invented in the Boer war. But, they gave the US many immigrants and the pilgrim fathers who came to England first before setting off to America.They gave us the Dutch East Indies company and also had a massive input into the slave trade-probabbly saving Britain from becoming so involved.But this is much to their shame.They gave us songs written about Van Deimans land But, unfortuately, they gave the UK King Billy of Orange, whose legacy still lives on!!!!!

They let us visit their brown cafe's (if you have a mind) and show us that tolerance is quite a good thing with their sense of liberty and freedom. They give us the worlds biggest outdoor rave (if you want to go!!)

The best and safest place in the world for cycling.Kicked Spain's butt good and hard in the 16/17th? century

And they are giving us next years Euro gathering!!!!