15 Netherlands and Oceania

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Rick Steves

Rick Steves, Public Radio, 721132, Europe, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Npr, Travel

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🗓️ 17 July 2005

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The sea helps define two destinations Rick discusses with his guests on this week's Travel with Rick Steves. Netherlands is one of the real powerhouses of Europe, despite its small geography. You'll find industrial innovation, Spring flowers on a massive scale, and a role model for how to live together in a crowded modern society. Tour guide Rolinka Bloeming takes listener calls to discuss what an American can expect from a visit to the Netherlands. David Stanley has written the definitive guidebook to the islands of the South Pacific, collectively known as Oceania. He provides an overview to this often-overlooked part of the planet, including how they're anticipating the effects of global warming on their island nations. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. On today's travel with Rick Steeves, we're exploring two opposite parts of the globe, both defined by the sea, the Netherlands and the South Pacific.
0:11.0	First we visit the Netherlands.
0:13.2	Rolinka Blooming in Amsterdam-based tour guide will explain how her densely populated little
0:18.1	country, much of it below sea level, is living together in a spirit of tolerance and enterprise.
0:24.0	She'll answer your questions from canals and Dykes to pancake restaurants and Rembrandt.
0:29.0	Then David Stanley returns to give us an overview of the vast expanse of little islands
0:33.8	scattered across the South Pacific, referred to collectively as Oceania.
0:38.9	Polynesian village cultures might be paradise found, but we'll also find out that global warming and other contemporary issues are threatening to make it Paradise lost.
0:48.0	There's a lot to learn about our world as we voyage from Europe to Polynesia on today's Travel with Rick Steeves.
0:54.6	Sail along with us right after this.
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1:12.0	American Airlines knows why you fly.
1:15.0	Every time I take a tour group through the Netherlands,
1:17.5	someone in the back of the bus yells,
1:19.0	everything's so Dutch!
1:21.0	Hi, I'm Rick Staves.
1:22.0	Today we get an insider's guide to the Netherlands, and travel writer David
1:26.6	Stanley opens up the South Pacific with a sunny and salty overview of Oceania.
1:32.0	First, the Netherlands is a land a tolerate different lifestyles or build more prisons.
1:43.6	We're going to the Netherlands with a tour guide friend of mine from Amsterdam,
1:47.0	Rolinka Blooming.
1:48.6	Let's Travel.
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