About the Netherlands!
Fast Facts
Continent: Europe
Capital: Amsterdam
Area: 41,543 km2
Population: 16,751,323
Currency: Euro
Official Language: Dutch
Type of Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Continent: Europe
Capital: Amsterdam
Area: 41,543 km2
Population: 16,751,323
Currency: Euro
Official Language: Dutch
Type of Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Fun Facts About Holland!
- There are around 16 million bicycles in Holland, which supposedly means almost one for every inhabitant.
- Hollanders usually have a bunch of flowers in their living rooms.
- Holland has the highest museum density in the world, with almost 1000 museums.
- The landscape of Holland is dotted with windmills, which have become its hallmark.
- Holland makes up roughly 13 percent of The Netherlands.
- The country has over 4,400 km of navigable rivers, canals and lakes.
- Dutch cuisine is renowned in the world for its rich taste and aroma. Potato is the prime ingredient for a number of traditional Dutch recipes. Holland is also known for its wide variety of cheese.
- Holland is quite often termed as a ‘land of compromise’, as it always has a coalition government.
- Rhine and the Meuse (Maas) are the main rivers of Holland.
- As many as 300 castles in the country are open to the public.
- Holland appeared first on the list of the "happiest" country published by the OECD.
- Though Holland remained neutral during the Second World War, on the 10th of May, 1940 the country was invaded by the Nazi Germany.