How much is a Package from Germany to Spain?

Do Dutch people feel more Spain-like or more Germany-like?

• Considering that Spain occupied the Netherlands centuries ago but did not occupy Germany. Didn't this make the Netherlands more fiesta-like with some kind of Tapas bars and Spanish rice and Spanish guitar? New York City where the Puerto Rican spanish-speaking people live they call it Spanish Harlem. Wouldn't Spanish Harlem also be what Haarlem in the Netherlands was called when Spain colonised the Netherlands? Where's the Spanish element in the Netherlands, it was part of Spain? Is there something Spanish-like about Dutch architecture? So then instead the Dutch are German and listen to this Schlager and drink beer and are big on soccer....same as Germany.... so are the Dutch closer to the Spanish or the Germans? Aren't there Dutch Catholics because of Spain? And these Dutch Catholics would not be German Lutherans? So why is the culture more German-like with the beer?

• Answer:

  Answering your first question: Back then, the Netherlands were property of Spain. However, Spain did not exactly rule the Netherlands: the Netherlands consisted of several small kingdoms/duchies/etc and the Dutch were ruled by their own "leaders", not by the Spanish. The Spanish king had little influence on them. This is also the reason there is nothing Spanish-like about the Dutch. When Philips II became emperor of Spain, he wanted to centralize the government i.e. getting direct control over all his property (which he didn't have yet). He also wanted all the people living in his country to become catholic. The Dutch weren't (Calvinists, which is btw not Lutheran which is German), and that's how the Dutch revolt started initially. Eventually, the Northern Netherlands became independent. The southern Netherlands remained under Spanish control. That's why the Flemish (Dutch-speaking majority of Belgium) are mainly catholic and the (northern) Dutch are protestant (though nowadays most of the Dutch are secularized). Actually, this might be one of the only things the Spanish left in the Netherlands. I think you should not forget that Dutch is different from German. German and Dutch are not mutually intelligible, and we don't listen to German Schlager at all. We are big in soccer, but Spain is as well. Moreover, Americans drink beer as well, don't they? So in conclusion: the Dutch are more German-like than Spanish-like, even though that's strange to say because then you should say English are German-like as well. The southern Dutch (Flemish) are catholic because of Spain, that's true. The Dutch protestants, however, were Calvinists, not German Lutherans. About Spanish Harlem I can't tell you a lot, it was founded as Harlem and they probably called it Spanish Harlem just like you have Chinatown. Hope this helps!