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Hollandse Haring or simply “haring” is the most famous Dutch dish, so if you are a seafood lover, you should try it at least once. It is a dish of raw herring served with plenty of raw onions and pickles. First, the herring is cleaned; then the head is removed and it is salted. The Dutch take the herring by the tail and put it in their mouths and chew it whole, but if you can’t take the risk and put this raw fish straight into your mouth, you can ask the seller to cut it into pieces and give it to you as a sandwich on a piece of bread. This sandwich is called “Broode Haring”. If the herring you are eating was caught between May and July, it is called “Hollandse Nieuwe”.  Herring is one of the most famous street foods in the Netherlands and you can find it all over Amsterdam and other cities in the Netherlands, but if you want to eat a real herring, it's better to head to the best restaurants in Amsterdam.