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Definately "soda", even though the native expression ("frisdrank" or just plain "fris") would better translate as "fresh drink".

It's quite rare though that I drink any soda, most of the ones sold overe here contain way too little caffeine for someone working in IT. I prefer to stick to coffee and lemonade - often referred to as saft, which is a bit thinner than your average American lemonade.
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