Why the Dutch are Different: A Journey into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands: From Amsterdam to Zwarte Piet, the acclaimed guide to travel in Holland

by Ben Coates

Early Dutch speculation led inevitably to excesses, most famously a 1637 bubble in the price of tulips, which saw prices rise more than twentyfold in just one month, with a single onion-sized bulb costing roughly the same as a decent family home.