Netherlands
Western EuropeEurope
A flat country by the North Sea, known for bicycles, windmills and its long fight against the water. You will find the Netherlands in Western Europe. The capital is Amsterdam. About 17 million people live in the country.
- Capital
- Amsterdam
- People
- 17 million
- Size
- 37,000 km²
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About a quarter of the country lies below sea level. Dykes, dunes and pumps keep it dry.
- 2
There are more bicycles than people: about 23 million bikes for 18 million inhabitants.
- 3
The province of Flevoland is new land, won from the sea in the twentieth century.
Compare with
Size
Netherlands37,000 km²
United Kingdom240,000 km²You could fit the Netherlands into the United Kingdom about 6.5 times.
People
Netherlands17 millionUnited Kingdom67 millionAbout 3.9 times as many people live in the United Kingdom as in the Netherlands.
Its colours are red, blue and white.
Do not mix it up with
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IraqCities · 50
- Amsterdam
- The Hague
- Rotterdam
- Utrecht
- Eindhoven
- Haarlem
- Tilburg
- Groningen
- Breda
- Nijmegen
- Almere Stad
- Enschede
- Arnhem
- Zaanstad
- Amersfoort
- Apeldoorn
- 's-Hertogenbosch
- Leeuwarden
- Maastricht
- Leiden
- Dordrecht
- Zwolle
- Venlo
- Deventer
- Alkmaar
- Heerlen
- Hilversum
- Lelystad
- Roosendaal
- Oss
- Spijkenisse
- Helmond
- Almelo
- Gouda
- Hoorn
- Ede
- Bergen op Zoom
- Assen
- Den Helder
- Hardenberg
- Emmen
- Doetinchem
- Kampen
- Weert
- Woerden
- Sittard
- Middelburg
- Emmeloord
- Waalwijk
- Drachten
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Neighbours
2 countries border the Netherlands.
Belgium
Germany
Austria
France
Liechtenstein
Monaco
Switzerland- Windmills of KinderdijkNineteen windmills that kept the Dutch polders dry.
- Wadden SeaA sea you can walk across twice a day.
- VaalserbergThe highest point of the Netherlands, where three countries meet.
- AfsluitdijkA dam of 32 kilometres that turned a sea into a lake.
- Canals of AmsterdamRings of water around a city that was built on poles.
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