In this Issue:

Places

De Peel bogland area and nature reserve on the border between the provinces of Brabant and Limburg. Ede, Gelderland town near the very heart of the country. Sluishuis, architectural icon in Amsterdam's newest, most innovative suburb, IJburg.

People

Master forger Han van Meegeren. artists' biographer. P.J.H Cuypers, the architect who built the Rijksmuseum and shaped the future of Amsterdam. On my father's shoulders - Peter Faass's immigration story on our community page. Jozef van den Berg, master puppeteer and Orthodox ascetic. We talk to Paul Keeris, Dutch food truck owner in Vancouver, British Columbia.

History & Society

The Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships. An immigrant story: Miss Fisher's Gift, how Piet R. Knetsch learned English with the help of a patient school teacher (community page).

Cooking

Nostalgic Winter Baking: Banana and Chocolate Marmer Cake; Orange and Thyme Sand Cookies; Monchoutaart (Mounchou Tart); Boterkoek (Butter Cake).

Books and Art

Voorlinden, contemporary art museum in The Hague. History comes alive with Pieter Gerardus van Os. Utrecht, by Billy Eric. Renowned Manon Uphoff's literary phenomenon Falling is like Flying. Reflections: Renewing Paleis het Loo by Floris Alkemade, Peter Bakkum, Pien Harms, Anton Kos, Michel van Maarseveen, Koen Ottenheym, Wim Pijbes, Dikkie Scipio. Trick Glasses: Devious Drinking Devices by Kitty Laméris, Marc Barreda. Golden Earring: The Long Versions, Parts One and Two, compilation album by one of Holland's greatest rock bands. 

Columns and Cartoons

Editor's Letter; Third Culture Kid; the Dutch Dished Up; Accidentally Dutch; the Dutch Judge.

Contributors

Melissa Adams, Edina Bijvoet, Tom Bijvoet, Stuart Billinghurst, Melita Cameron-Wood, Ray Cavanaugh, Billy Eric, Gerrit Jan Groothedde, Rachel Ifans, Sonia Motisca, Alison Netsel, Bas Opdenkelder, Lucy Shrimpton, Jesse van Muylwijck, Gerard van Wilgen, Paola Westbeek.