'Biking helps you pack so much into one day'

'I wish Van Gogh had come from my country'

'I've seen more rainbows in my time here than anywhere else'

'When dealing with Dutch colleagues, I had to be more direct or it wouldn’t work'

'There’s a sense of energy in Amsterdam you don’t really get in many other places'

‘The Dutch are some of the most travelled people on the planet’

'I love the warm smell coming from the oliebollen trucks that announces winter'

'There is something very romantic about standing on a bridge, looking down a canal'

‘I stick to the Swedish way of always wearing a bike helmet!’    

'Complaining is deeply ingrained in Dutch culture'