The Netherlands
Jan 16, 2015
The Netherlands
Van Gogh Museum is an art museum in Amsterdam. The museum collects the works of Vincent van Gogh which are paintings and drawings.
Van Gogh museum is the most visited museum in the Netherlands.
The Starry Night
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country
The capital city of the Netherlands
The Royal Palace
Amsterdam Arena
Rijksmuseum
Replica of Amsterdam
Prinsengracht and Leidsegracht
Basic Dutch Conversations
Hello => HalloHi => HoiHow are you ?=> Hoe gaat het met u?I’m fine => Met mij gaat het goedThank you => Dank uBye => Doei
Transportation
• The main public transport in the Netherlands for longer distances is by train. Some local public transport by bus.
Cycling is a popular transport in the Netherlands.
27% of all trips are by bicycle – the highest of any country in the world.
Money Currency
Money currency unit in the Netherlands is Euro.
For currency exchanging 1 Euro = 41 Thai baht
City SymbolLisseA small town in the South Holland.It has the world largest Flower Garden
named Keukenhof. The signature of Keukenhof is Tulip.
City Symbol
DrentheA city in the north-east of Holland.
The signature of the city is Windmill.
Windmill
Landscape
The name of the country is from the word ‘’Neder’’ which means ‘’low’’ because most of the parts of the country are located below the sea level.
Weather
The Netherlands has 4 seasons such as
SpringSummer AutumnWinter
Many Dutch residents feel that they live in a rainy country.
The unpredictability is caused by the country’s location by the sea, it’s lack of mountains.
FestivalQueen’s Day is a national holiday in the
Netherlands.It will be celebrated on every 30 April, which
is the birthday of Juliana , the mother of the queen Beatrix.
For celebrating , people will wear orange clothes and they will be able to sell & buy anything without tax.
Social DiversityThe Netherlands has a number of population
about 16 million, with 80% of Dutch and 20% of others.
The Dutch are the tallest people in the world, with an average height of 1.81 metres for adult males.
There is a tradition of learning foreign languages in the Netherlands: about 70% of the total population have good knowledge of conversational English, 55– 59% of German, and 19% of French.
Culture
Approximately 4.5 million of people in the Netherlands are registered to sports.
Football is the most popular sport.
The Netherlands national football team is known as one of the best team in the world.
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