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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4514403, member: 2844&quot;]I think it was mostly the royal family who still had an issue with the Spanish. For the rest of the Dutch Spain has been a favourite holiday destination for decades. And we have many Spanish who settled here, just about every town has a Spanish cultural centre (or more).</p><p>For the royals the issue was settled when former Spanish king Juan Carlos laid a wreath on the grave of William the Silent (who spoke a lot but said very little<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the Netherlands, the old Netherlands, which included Belgium and Luxemburg.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dutch Jews with Spanish/Portuguese names didn&#039;t come here as a result of the Spanish occupation. They fled from persecution by the Spanish, and ended up in the Netherlands because they were allowed to practise their religion here.</p><p>Freedom of religion was one of the things the Spanish tried to take away from us, and it was the main reason why the Dutch did their best to kick the Spanish out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fighting the Spanish is also how Dutch colonialism started, anything to get in the way of the Spanish and prevent them from gathering riches to fund a war on Dutch soil.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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