What else do you really want to do in Holland? Ride a bike, a 'fiets', so that's what we did. Followed the crazy Dutchman race around the city heading to De Pijp, the student, bohemian part of Amsterdam.My favourite street today was Haarlemmer Straat where they have cool shops, bookshops and cafes. We visited the West Indisch Huis on Haarlemmerstraat where in 1625, the West Indian Company decided to set up New Amsterdam, now known as New York. Interestingly, Harlem in NYC is the same distance from downtown NY as the city of Haarlem in Holland is to Amsterdam. That's why they called it Harlem. At the end of Haarlemmerstraat is a big gate called HaarlemmerPoort that marks the road west to Haarlem.