I want to welcome you to All about Holland, the website that gives you all you ever wanted to know about a small country in Europe.

The Netherlands, maybe you heard of it, if you don't, you will very soon.

When people are asked do you know Holland? They respond with almost similar answers

-Yeah! Sex and free drugs policy.

-Isn't that the place with the windmills, the cheese and where they walk around on wooden shoes?

-Nope never heard of it.

Its so funny that this image is inside peoples head because its so much more then Cheese, windmills, Drugs, Sex and wooden shoes.

Stroll around the centre of Amsterdam, along canal banks lined with narrow-fronted buildings dating from the city's heyday as a trading centre.

Among these is the Anne Frank House a place that shows you how a jewish girl survived WO II by hiding behind a bookcase.

• Visit one of Amsterdam's diamond traders, and watch craftsmen cutting and polishing the precious stones. Here, the stones can be selected and mounted in jewellery on the spot.

• See some of the many great works of art, including those of Dutch painters such as Rembrandt, van Gogh and Vermeer displayed in Amsterdam's many museums and galleries, including The Rijksmuseum.

• Take a fascinating tour of architectural heritage at the palaces and government buildings of The Hague, seat of Dutch government and royalty, and the UN's fourth most important city, to the west of Amsterdam near the North Sea coast.

• Enjoy a miniaturised flavour of the whole of The Netherlands at Madurodam which replicates many aspects of the country in 1:25 scale, incorporating windmills, a cheese market and what is claimed as the world's most extensive miniature railway.

• Get up early to witness trading at Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer (the Aalsmeer Flower Auction) close to Amsterdam, the world's largest commercial building.

• Head to the far southeast of Holland to see the medieval architecture of Maastricht, Holland's oldest fortified city. Highlights include the basilica churches of Our Lady and St Servatius, and spectacular caves in the surrounding hills.

• Do not miss the elegant Dom (cathedral) tower and old town area of Utrecht, which also boasts a museum dedicated to the work of Dick Bruna, creator of Miffy.

• The Red Light District is unlike any other place. Certainly, The Red Light District that everyone knows about is the one where women, of all nationalities, parade their wares in red-fringed window parlours, many ready to offer more than a school boy peep-show in a private cabin.

• See the Netherlands' many tulips; the most spectacular glimpses of these flowers can be seen in Haarlem, 12 miles west of Amsterdam. The countryside affords a fine view of the bulb fields from the end of March to mid May.

• Enjoy the spectacle of one of Holland's cheese markets. The best are Waagplein, in Alkmaar, open every Friday from mid April to mid September, and at Gouda, 20km (12 miles) southeast of Rotterdam.

• Watch the skills of the porcelain makers at the Royal Delft pottery in Delft, also home town of Johannes Vermeer, and where a new centre dedicated to the artistopened in 2007.

Around the globe, my country is well known for our over dressed Orange colour when we are supporting the national soccer team, or any other sport or event where we get the change to dress up ;)

Especially our national Holiday "Queensday" is an event not to miss but i will tell more about this later on.

Sit back and relax, while you discover how great a small country can be.