In this issue:

Places

Rotterdam, a city rebuilt on its own ruins; Amsterdam's South Church (Zuiderkerk); Life in the colonial Dutch East-Indies.

People

Milo Anstadt, producer of the seminal tv-documentary series The Occupation. 

Traditions

The continuing re-invention of the Feast of St. Nicholas.

Organizations

Febo, Purveyor of fast food from the automat in the wall.

Cooking

Seasonal Cheer: Spice Nuts; Almond Letter; Filled Speculaas; Oliebollen.

Books, Art and Language

The Van Otterloo Collection, Golden Age masterworks on display; Pleasantry, a poem by P.A. de Genestet; Mokum, the roots of Amsterdam's nickname.

The Courant

Endangered Saint Nicholas Parades; Wind Farm Politics; Provincial Boundary Disputes; Commercializing Madurodam; Most Common Street Names.

Correspondence

Former Dutch-American newsletter, De Nieuwe Amsterdammer.

Columns and Cartoons

Editor's Brief; Perspectives; Digging for Dutch Roots, An Englishman Abroad, Fun and Games, The Dutch Judge.

Contributors

Tom Bijvoet, Brian Bramson, Nicole Holten, Dirk Hoogeveen, Shirley Moskow, Tim O'Callaghan, Anne van Arragon Hutten, Ronald van Erkel, Jesse van Muylwijck, Ubel Zuiderveld.