I lived some time in the Netherlands and the culture shocked that still have in mind was how tall Dutch were, one bicycle for every Dutch and how integrated is the bicycle culture. People who smoked most weed were tourist, Dutch are more beer drinkers. There is this "Dutch directness" they are proud of, they don't like it when you do it back though. Also very good engineering, fighting the seas is a marvel.

Also funny anecdote as a tropical Latin American ice coolers were not common there. Or maybe I was dumb I could not find any.