Holland, or the Netherlands for us locals, is the same place; however, the official name is the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
25% of Holland is below sea level.
Every square kilometer contains an average of 480 inhabitants: we are most dense country in the world.
The Netherlands is only 0.008% of the world surface, but we are the world’s third biggest exporter of agricultural products.
Holland has 15.000 kilometer of bicycle roads.
Dutch is spoken not only in the Netherlands but also in France, Belgium, South Africa, Suriname, Aruba and the Dutch Antilles.
Nowadays we still have approximately 1000 working windmills.
The Dutch are the tallest people in Europe.
De Afsluitdijk is world’s longest sea barrier (36 km).
Amsterdam contains 42 museums and the Netherlands has 1000 in total.
The Netherlands have more bicycles than it has inhabitants.
Herring has to be eaten raw with unions!
Most people only get to visit great works of art …The Dutch get to live in one.
Thirty % of all babies are born at home.
Amsterdam has 22 paintings by Rembrandt and 206 of Van Gogh.
We have 27 airports in Holland of which 20 are paved.
Holland highest point is a ‘mountain’ of 323 meters.
Amsterdam is the capital. The Hague is home town of our government.
We are worlds eighth biggest export country.
Not many people know it, but tulips are originally from Turkey! Our good nose for making money gives us a good result: today we produce at least 80% of the world’s production.
Most Dutch people speak at least one foreign language.
There are 1281 bridges in Amsterdam.
Schiphol is situated 4.5 meters below sea level.
Europoort Rotterdam is the world’s second largest port.
Vincent van Gogh, one of our best painters, only sold one painting in his entire life.
Arie Luyendijk is ours.
The bugaboo is also a Dutch invention.
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