NETHERLANDS

BY: LUIS CASTELLANOS

 THE FLAG OF
HOLANDA

The flag comes from the time of the war of

independence against Spain, known as the war of
eighty years (1568-1648). The provinces of the
Netherlands fought under the colors of the coat of
arms of the Prince of Orange: orange, white and blue.
And the person who created the Dutch flag was
Queen Wilhelmina.
 AMSTERDAM

The capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam.

Amsterdam is very beautiful because it has very
beautiful canals as we can see in that image, its
houses are narrow with gabled facades, it has cultural
museums and etc... And Amsterdam has
approximately 821,752 people who live in the capital
of the Netherlands.
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CITIES IMPORTANTS
The country Holland has many cities, but it also has very important cities in Holland. And those
important cities are:

Enkhuizen urk Hoofddorp

Lelystad Zoetermeer

Tilburg Zaanstad
 • Woman
OUTFIT
The typical Dutch
costume for women
has a long skirt that is
printed with vertical
colored stripes, where
orange is the main
tone. * A kind of short-
sleeved black shirt is
also used.
Men
The man wears wide black pants,
On top of him he wears a striped
shirt that is seen all covered by a
black jacket.
That it has some minimal details
that make it stand out.
The man also wears clogs, with the
difference that they do not have a
platform.
 CULTURE
• The Netherlands have a very secular culture with over
40% of the population claiming no religious faith. The
rest of the country is made up of 30% Catholic, 20%
Protestant and 10% other denominations.
 TYPICAL MEALS
• The Netherlands also have their typical foods and they are very delicious and curious. Some of those
typical foods are:
Bitterballen Raw Herring poffertje Tompouce

Stroopwafel Croquettes Stamppot

Dutch Fries cheeses Rijstafel

 TOURIST CITIES
• Not only netherlands is also a beautiful country. it is also a tourist country, where there are many
tourist cities. These are the tourist cities of Holland:

Amsterdam La Haya Lisse

Róterdam Alkmaar Marken

Delft Haarlem Gouda

10 CURIOSITIES ABOUT THE NETHERLANDS
• 1. More than a quarter of the Netherlands is below sea level
• 2. The Dutch are the tallest people in the world. Men reach up to 1.84 meters and women 1.70 meters.
• 3. The Netherlands is the flattest country in the world, as there are hardly any mountains. The entire territory is completely flat.
• 4. Amsterdam is built on poles
• 5. In the Netherlands there are many red tulips, because the Dutch like red tulips very much and there are excessively many red
tulips.
• 6. About 30% of all Dutch babies are born at home
• 7. The Dutch love coffee.
• 8. 86% of the Dutch speak English as a second language
• 9. The Netherlands is the most populous country in Europe.
• 10. The Netherlands is the largest exporter of beer in the world.
 THE CURRENCY OF NETHERLANDS

EURO
• The Euro is the currency
used in almost all of Europe.
Which also the Euro is the
currency of the European
Union.
 TRANSPORT IN NETHERLANDS
• In the Netherlands they use certain types of transport. Some of these transports are: Bicycle, Car, but
you can also move very easily by train and bus, even by subway, tram and boat. But the most favorite
transport of the Dutch is the bicycle.

Bike Train Subway Boat

Car Bus Tram

 NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE
NETHERLANDS

• The Netherlands is one of the smallest countries in the world, but it

has a large number of people who live in the Netherlands, and even
tourists, who live in the Netherlands. And by the way, the
Netherlands is one of the most populous countries in Europe. Now,
the exact population in the Netherlands is approximately 17.44
million people living in the Netherlands.
 IDIOM
• The Netherlands also has many languages that people speak, there are many languages spoken by the
Dutch but the official and most famous languages in the Netherlands are:

• *Dutch
• *Yiddish
• *Romandi
• *Limburgish
• *Lower Saxon
• *Dutch Sign Language
 FAMOUS RIVERS IN NETHERLANDS
• A curiosity about the Netherlands is that it is the country with the most rivers in the world. For this
reason there are different canals in the Netherlands, but there are also rivers that are important to
the Dutch and the most famous. Those are the most famous rivers in the Netherlands:
Meuse River Spaarne Dieze

Amstel river Gouwe Geer

New Meuse Rhine Kroomme Rijn