Topic: The continental Europe thread

Since the non-native English speaking people are divided into so many, mostly European, nationalities I decided to step into the hype with one continental Europe thread. Let's talk about all the good, or bad, stuff to come from France, Spain, Belgium, Sweden etc., starting with my own country:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands

We export the following:

Our major companies:

Useful:

Totally questionable:

Totally remarkable:

I love visiting Holland, it usually goes something like this....

PLUS EQUALS

@Terra: Yup, and it's all your fault.

Shell has British & Dutch origins.

Continental Europe?
So European Islands don't count?

Anyway, Some good things from Portugal.

Some bad things from Portugal: