In this issue:

Places

Our office in the Bronte neighborhood of Oakville, Ontario; Amsterdam's music mecca's, Paradiso and the Melkweg; A walking tour of the Dutch Coastline from Hook of Holland to Den Helder.

People

Peter R. de Vries, assassinated crime reporter.

Identity

Iconic Symbols of Dutchness; Dutch Skies, from Ruisdael to KLM.

Cooking

A culinary celebration: Poffertjes (mini-pancakes); Bossche Bollen (Chocolate-covered creampuffs); Poffert (traditional bundt cake); Aged Gouda Cheese Salad.

Books, Music and Art

The Fête Champêtre by Dirck Hals; Nijmegen by Billy Eric; Excerpt from the novel Shocked Earth by Saskia Goldschmidt; The Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest; Fleeting – Scents in Colour by Ariane van Suchtelen, et al.; The Cycling Paradise by Peter de Lange & Robert van Weperen.

Columns and Cartoons

Editor's Letter; Memories; Third Culture Kid; The Dutch Dished Up; Invading Holland; Van Oranje; the Dutch Judge.

And...

Reader letters and photographs for our tenth anniversary; What it means to be Dutch.

Contributors

Edina Bijvoet, Tom Bijvoet, Stuart Billinghurst, Billy Eric, Gerrit Jan Groothedde, Andrew Herygers, Pieter Hogenbirk, Sonia Motisca, Jesse van Muylwijck, Alison Netsel, Herman Roozen, Paola Westbeek, Gerald van Wilgen, Mark Zegeling.