Children often et hot cereal for breakfast. The main meal usually consists of potatoes and gravy with seasonal vegetables and meat or fish. Dutch pastries are world famous. Restaurants in larger towns offer a wide variety of cuisine, and Indonesian food had become an established part of the Dutch diet. Eating out is a special affair and is not as common as in the United States.
Most families continue to eat most meals in the home.
The Netherland's national soccer team competed in the 1994 World Cup. Tennis, field hockey, swimming, sailing, ice-skating, wind surfing, basketball, badminton, and many other sports are also enjoyed. A few Dutch ride in competition, but most ride for their health and for transportation. People ride to work, to go shopping, for fun, or just to get around town. A visitor could easily tour the entire country on a bicycle.