1. The Dutch were the pre-eminent traders in Asia after England.
2. Today, there are globally recognized Dutch brands like Shell, Philips, Unilever, and so on.
3. Dutch computer science has contributed to the advancement of technology in both theory and practice. Two representatives of those sides are Edsger W. Dijkstra and Guido Van Rossum. You may not be sitting on a Dutch sofa, but my money is on the that you do code in Python, which was developed at the Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, now CWI.
4. Even in art, Netherlands has contributed a huge number of painters like Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, etc
For perspective : the population of Netherlands is 17 million, which is 1/20th that of the US.
Despite such stereotypes as "going Dutch" etc., the Dutch have contributed enormously to the modern world.
1. The Dutch were the pre-eminent traders in Asia after England.
2. Today, there are globally recognized Dutch brands like Shell, Philips, Unilever, and so on.
3. Dutch computer science has contributed to the advancement of technology in both theory and practice. Two representatives of those sides are Edsger W. Dijkstra and Guido Van Rossum. You may not be sitting on a Dutch sofa, but my money is on the that you do code in Python, which was developed at the Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, now CWI.
4. Even in art, Netherlands has contributed a huge number of painters like Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, etc
For perspective : the population of Netherlands is 17 million, which is 1/20th that of the US.
Despite such stereotypes as "going Dutch" etc., the Dutch have contributed enormously to the modern world.