he most popular tourist souvenirs from the Netherlands include clogs¹ (wooden shoes), miniature windmills, cheese, and tulips.

荷兰最受欢迎的纪念品包括木底鞋、迷你风车、奶酪和郁金香。

Although it were the Portuguese² who discovered tea in East Asia, it were the Dutch who started to import it commercially into Europe in 1610. By the way: tea didn't get to the UK until about 40 years later!

虽然是葡萄牙人在东亚发现了茶，但却是荷兰人在1610年开始把茶商业化地进口到欧洲。另外，茶传到英国还要再晚40年！

The Dutch are the biggest licorice eaters in the world. They consume 32 million kilos of the stuff every year.

荷兰人是全球最大的甘草糖食用者。他们每年要吃掉3200万千克这玩意儿。

Popular throughout the world, the 'stroopwafel' is undoubtedly³ the most famous and popular pastry⁴ from The Netherlands. A 'stroopwafel' is a unique kind of cookie. It is a waffle made from baked batter⁵ and sliced horizontally. The two thin layers of the waffle are filled with special sweet and sticky syrup⁶ (the 'stroop') in between. The stiff batter for the waffles is made from butter, flour, yeast⁷, milk, brown sugar and eggs.

闻名全球的“荷式松饼”无疑是荷兰最出名的面食。虽然它名字里有“华夫 wafel”，但它是一种很独特的饼干。这是一种用面糊烤制而成的华夫，然后再垂直切片。两层薄薄的华夫之间要加上一种甜蜜浓稠的特殊糖浆，也就是 stroop。制作它的浓稠面糊是用黄油、面粉、酵母、牛奶、黄糖和鸡蛋制成的。

The 'kroket' is a deep fried roll with meat ragout inside, covered in breadcrumbs. The original Dutch 'kroket' is made from beef or veal⁸, but there are many different flavors like chicken satay, shrimps⁹, goulash or even a vegetarian¹⁰ 'kroket'. You can eat a 'kroket' as a snack, but most of the time they are served on sliced white bread or hamburger buns with mustard on the side.

荷兰炸肉卷是一种包了蔬菜炖肉的油炸卷，外面裹上了面包糠。最早的炸肉卷是用牛肉或者小牛肉制成的，但现在也有很多不同的版本，比如鸡肉沙爹、虾、炖菜牛肉甚至纯素食的。这种炸肉卷可以单独当零食吃，不过更常见的情况是放在白面包片或者汉堡面包上，然后旁边配上法式芥末。

Holland's version of pea soup is a thick green stew¹¹ of split peas, pork, celery, onions and leeks¹², and contrary to its name, it's completely delicious.

荷兰版本的豌豆汤是一种绿色的浓稠炖菜，原料包括打碎的豌豆、猪肉、西芹、洋葱和韭菜。虽然名字snert不好听，但真的很好吃。

Despite occupying only 0.008% of the world's surface, the Netherlands is its third largest agricultural exporter. The Netherlands is the world's biggest exporter of cheese; its dairy industry worth a mind-blowing 7 billion euros. The Dutch have been making cheese since 400 A.D. 70% of the world's bacon comes from the Netherlands.

荷兰的面积只占地球表面的0.008%，但它却是全球第三大农业出口国。荷兰是全球最大的奶酪出口方，他们的奶制品业达到了惊人的70亿欧元。荷兰人从公元400年就开始制作奶酪了。另外全球70%的培根都是从荷兰来的。

The Dutch wear rain suits in lieu of umbrellas because of the blustery winds.

荷兰人下雨的时候不打伞，而是穿雨衣，因为这里的风真的很狂暴。

In the Netherlands, 4/10 people work part-time. That's the highest number in the European Union.

在荷兰，40%的人都是做兼职的。这是欧盟里面最高的水平。

Delftware or Delft pottery¹³, also known as Delft Blue, is a general term now used for Dutch tin-glazed earthenware¹⁴, a form of faience. Most of it is blue and white pottery, and the city of Delft in the Netherlands was the major centre of production, but the term covers wares¹⁵ with other colours, and made elsewhere.

代尔夫特瓷器，又被称作代尔夫特蓝陶，是对荷兰锡釉陶器的统称，这是一种珐琅彩。他们大多数都是蓝白相间的陶器，荷兰的代尔夫特是它们的主要产区，不过这个名字也包括一些其他颜色和其他产地的陶器。