To start the year on a lighter note, under this link [1] you will find nine maps that explain the Netherlands - to some extent at least. Cartographically not very appealing, and to be taken with a wagon of salt, they nevertheless summarize some key characteristics.
[1] http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/why-holland-is-not-the-netherlands-nil-...
Nice blog post describing Dutch open data opportunities and a processing work flow to arrive at nice-looking tiled web maps.
http://justobjects.nl/unlocking-the-amazing-opentopo-nl-maps/
We all know that having data officially available is not the same as it being accessible. In the eye-opening and useful Blog of Gert-Jan van der Weijden ( in Dutch, I am sorry) , he tells how he searched for the official dutch address data that is supposed to be accessible as well as available. And he does come up with a solution: how to actually acquire said data...!
