I'm from Canada, so you know that I'm used to the weather being a topic of concern, conversation and consternation. I can remember snow in July, and t-shirt weather in March. You just never know which extreme is around the corner from moment to moment, and as such, it's a force of nature that everyone pays close attention to.
In contrast, the Netherlands has one of two conditions : windy, cloudy and rainy, or just cloudy and windy. Either which, in a nation where biking and walking is at least as common as driving, makes it perhaps even more imperative to know, at any given moment, what the weather is likely to be doing on your commute to and from work, your walk to the grocery store or a casual stroll.
On any given day, in my parents home, at any given time, you can find the Weather Network on the television. The Dutch have taken this even further. At Buienradar, you can find a real time map which shows exactly where rain clouds are over the country and then click on links that will show you, in five minute increments, where it will be raining for the next two hours. Beat that, Weather Network!
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