In this issue:

Places

Brielle, the historic fortified South-Holland city where victory over the Spanish started on April 1, 1572.  Warmond, a hidden gem in the Bulb Region.

People

Frederique van der Wal, supermodel, entrepreneur, television and film producer, actress and philanthropist. Jacob Luitjens, one of the last surviving Dutch Nazi collaborators. Community page: Butter Makes Everything Better, an immigration memoir by Bill Stroet.

History & Society

Sparta, a century of cycles. Traces of World War II in the Achterhoek region.

Cooking

A Taste of Pella, four recipes passed down the generations from America's Dutch Treasure: Speculaas (St. Nicholas) Cookies; Amsterdam Caramel Cookies; Dutch Spiced Beef (Rollade); Hollandse Sla (Dutch mess).

Books and Art

A virtual visit to Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. Jan van Goyen, breathing new light into landscapes. Gable Tales, by Billy Eric. Investigative journalist Huib Modderkolk's There's a War Going On But No One Can See It. We talk to award winning composer Johan de Meij. Manhattan Masters, paintings from the Frick collection, by Quentin Buvelot. Art and Cooking by Teuntje Klinkenberg, Karin Gaillard and Eline van den Berg.

Columns and Cartoons

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

Contributors

Edina Bijvoet, Tom Bijvoet, Stuart Billinghurst, Eric Bryan, De J and Debra de Jong, Billy Eric, Gerrit Jan Groothedde, Kevin Hatt, Eunice Kuyper Folkert, Dana Marin, Annette McDermott, Alison Netsel, Bas Opdenkelder, Ann Randall, Anna Rupert, Amanda van Mulligen, Jesse van Muylwijck, Gerard van Wilgen, Paola Westbeek, Lisa Zylstra.