Cheese, tulips and Antje.

They say that the story of the Creation had run a slightly different course in the Netherlands. Here, God first created man who then worked for him separating land and sea with dikes and polders. This was the genesis of land for acres and colonies. However things were created, the result is definitely great. Windmills, canals, tulips, beach, recreation, sports, pure nature, towns and culture are waiting for Dutch visitors. Besides a varied and multifaceted landscape, tourists are regaled with Dutch delicacies from kitchen and cellar - in the evening or in between. And there is something else: In 1999, the ADAC checked about 160 seaside resorts at the North Sea giving the Dutch resorts a good grading. Last year, the EU tested the quality of European bathing seawater praising the Dutch coasts as "best quality in the EU".