'People here speak their mind, but they’ve never seemed rude to me'

'I couldn’t get over how perfect Amsterdam looked, like a postcard'

'Amsterdam weather is controlled by an angel who is on an internship'

‘There’s a non-hierarchic, “say what’s in your heart” mentality here’

'There are more than 400 museums in this tiny country'

'I got into local cooking because I had to. I knew I was going to stay'

'Dutch people don't like long silences but in Sweden we can live with them'

'We have fallen in love with the Netherlands, the people, the weather'

'I try to make Dutch food healthier, I made bitterballen with liquid nitrogen'

'People see me and they see my name and they assume I am Dutch'