Some comments on the Dutch news mid-November

On the last EU summit between the Heads of Governments. The Netherlands were represented by Prime-Minister Rutte. During an interview with the nation public news broadcasting, NOS, he said that he is ‘negotiating with a loaded gun in his pocket’. 

Biking in The Netherlands is the way to be out of the system

As much as you enjoy when everything has its own place, there’s always one breakpoint where you just need to release. What do Dutch do? No, it’s not smoking weed as most of you think. When something is allowed, it’s not really that interesting.

In such an exclusively well organized country as the Netherlands, where everything has its place and order, one, especially a foreigner, would always ask himself: “OK, they like it when its all regulated, they enjoy having rules and following them, it all goes smoothly, but still, there must be something these people do to release the tension”.