In this issue:

Places

Nes aan de Amstel, just outside Amsterdam, where time seems to have stood still; Hoorn, city deeply rooted in Dutch history; A taste of life on board, the Houseboat Museum in Amsterdam.

People

Kieft's War, tyranny under New Netherland's Director Willem Kieft; Meeting King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima; Heinz Polzer (Drs. P.), creative manipulator of the Dutch language; Shandra Martinez, business reporter in Grand Rapids.

Traditions

Village Fest with a traditional Dirt and Ditch Race.

Cooking

Celebrating the Humble Potato: Fries with mayonnaise; Hutspot new style; Easy creamy Chicken Stew; Potato-Zucchini Gratin with Gouda.

Books, Art and Language

Rembrandt's lost mistress;  View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer; How Water-Related Words define Dutch Topography; Excerpt from Bonita Avenue by Peter Buwalda; The Dinner by Herman Koch; June by Gerbrand Bakker.

Columns and Cartoons

Editor's Letter; Dutch Mom in Arkansas; The View from Out West; The Dutch Dished Up; Invading Holland; De Ruyter; Rembrandt; The Dutch Judge.

And... 

Calendar of Events.

Contributors

Tom Bijvoet, Stuart Billinghurst, Ray Cavanaugh, Gerrit Jan Groothedde, Pieter Hogenbirk, Eva Lebens, Eva Lambooij, Sonia Motisca, , Alison Netsel, Jonathan Reeder, Herman Roozen, Jesse van Muylwijck, Gerald van Wilgen, Paola Westbeek.