’The Dutch have the ability to tell you straight to your face what they want’

‘One day, I’ll have the courage to go to a naked spa’

'The Dutch take being 'gezellig' to Olympic standards, it is very comforting'

'I fell in love with the overall society — the organisation, biking culture, openness to change'

'The whole concept of layering clothing is surely something the Dutch invented'

'By chance, I ended up in one of the most advanced and safest countries in the world'

'One thing that brings magic in my life is the time I spend in Limburg'

'Fresh flowers are so available and so cheap, you can have them all the time'

‘I can now hear the Monday alarm without fear’

'I was new here, and we saw 30 or 40 people on bicycles and they were naked'