This year the Netherlands and the Unites States are celebrating their 400 years of enduring friendship.400 years ago, a Dutch ship called the Half Moon guided to the shores of what is now New York City with Captain Henry Hudson at the helm. This led to th

In 2009 it has been 400 years since the English world traveler Henry Hudson via Europe came to America. He claimed to be the first European who lived in European Manna-Hata, the former Manhattan. The Grand Hotel Amrath Amsterdam has a special bond with th

Relegated by history to a mostly forgotten footnote, the government and people of the Netherlands proudly stepped forward last week to remind the world that if America begins in New York, then New York began 400 years ago thanks largely to the Dutch. A we