Facts About The Netherlands?

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Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_netherlands.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107824.html
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/european-union/the-netherlands/facts-about-netherlands.htm

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Answer 2

Rotterdam is the second largest port in the world.

Amsterdam has 1,281 bridges. Venice, by comparison, has 409.

Keukenhof Park is the largest flower garden in the world.

There is over 4,400km of rivers, lakes and canals.

Amsterdam’s soil is so sandy that pretty much every building is sitting on wooden piles.

Tulips do not originate from the Netherlands. The first tulip bulbs were imported from Turkey to the Netherlands.

Dutch electronic dance music has conquered the world with DJs like Armin van Buuren, Tiësto and Afrojack.

One of the largest electronics companies in the world, Phillips, is Dutch.

After Scandinavians, the Dutch are the world’s biggest coffee drinkers.

The Dutch beer brands Heineken, Grolsch and Amstel are among the most famous brews in the world.

70% of the world’s bacon comes from Netherlands.

Dutch cheese is the best cheese in the world.

The Dutch invented Gin, though it’s called Jenever here.

The famous Dutch windmills were used to pump away water for hundreds of years.

It is the bicycle capital of the world with more than 18 million in the country.

The microscope, the telescope, pendulum clock and the mercury thermometer are all 16th or 17th century Dutch inventions.

The Dutch are on average the tallest people in the world. Men are six feet tall (182.5cm) and women are 5 feet 7 inches (170.5cm).

The Dutch love to play football, although as yet the Netherlands have not won the World Cup.