At highschool (looong time ago.. in the seventies) we had lessons in Dutch, English, German and French. Most of the kids drop the French language and continue the others.

Many (most of the) 'Dutchies' (born after 1950) are able to speak at least two foreign languages.

The Dutch (!) company I work for has English as the preferred language because of the many nationalities of emloyees.

International TV-progams, movies and internet make we hear-, see-, think-, read-or write English several times a day.

btw This is the bar isn't it ?