Foreign Eyes International Students Reflect on Utrecht

"Annually, hundreds of students fromall over the world come to study atUtrecht University. To commemoratethe university's 375th anniversary, currentand past international students wereinvited to refl ect on Dutch culture. Whatdo they consider particularly noteworthy, surprising, incomprehensible or charmingin their Dutch academic life? From a personalperspective and in their own words, the students share their experiences andcomment on remarkable, frustrating andfascinating features of Dutch culture. Curtainless windows, delicious stroop wafels, a scent of freedom in the streets, canalsrefl ecting."@en
""Every year hundreds of students from all over the world come to study in Utrecht. On the occasion of the 375th anniversary of the founding of Utrecht University, foreign students and alumni were invited to reflect on Dutch culture as they had experienced it in their university years there. This book collects the best of the essays they wrote; the result is a unique and fascinating contribution to the study of Dutch culture. These essays offer not only an intimate portrait of the students' experiences, but also a fresh perspective on the remarkable, frustrating, and fascinating features of Dutch culture."--"