Dutch Ancestry Association

These Dutch spice cookies taste similar to the windmill cookies we enjoy in the United States. In Holland, it's tradition to mold the dough into the shape of St. Nicholas and serve the baked cookies on Sinterklaas (St. Nicholas Day).

Dutch Speculaas These Dutch spice cookies taste similar to the windmill cookies we enjoy in the United States. In Holland, it's tradition to mold the dough into the shape of St. Nicholas and serve the baked cookies on Sinterklaas (St. Nicholas Day). —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Oh my...the lace!

The blouse was made by Vernon of London for queen Maud of Norway around 1915-1917, and is today in the care of The National Museum in Oslo

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (Cheese) Coffee Cheese, a hybrid of Guatemalan coffee and cheddar, is the new trend in Copenhagen.

Piet Oudolf & Dutch Wave Gardens August 17 - 23

!Recipes For All Things Cake! Dutch Buttercake (Boterkoek) . This is a moist, soft butter cake, famous in the Netherlands. Often served with a cup of coffee. Easy to make and very popular!

New Maternity Beds At Dutch Hospital Are Revolutionizing Childbirth Traditionally, after a mother gives birth her baby is placed in a nursery with all of the other newborn babies, in a room separate from mom, or they are placed in a bassinet too far from mom's hospital bed for her to reach her baby without help from a nurse. That's just the way it's always been, b..…

Amsterdam: The Rijksmuseum, A Turkish Lunch & More Apple Pie We packed so much into our lovely day yesterday that today just turned into a slow Sunday with no particular plans. The great thing about being in a city you know well is you don't feel obliged to ...

Video Garden Visit: Keukenhof. | Vancouver Sun Today I want you to come on a Video Garden Visit to one of the world’s most famous gardens, the Keukenhof, the spectacular spring flower-bulb garden, located just outside Lisse, southwest of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. I have been there twice, once in 2010 and again in 2012.

weekly calendar - The Hague Online The Hague Online is a website that provides a wide range of information for expats in The Hague.

New self-employed in the Netherlands want a challenge and flexible working hours The main reason consultants, IT experts, builders and other self-employed persons without employees that offer their own labour or services give for becoming self-employed is that they wanted a challenge. Many of these also-called ‘new’ self-employed also want to set their own working hours.

Looks like everyone is into "selfies" these days ;)

[Selfie (noun): a photo taken of oneself for the purpose of sharing on social media]