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f. No, the government is located in The Hague. Amsterdam is the capital of The Netherlands.
t. No, the most northern province is called Groningen.
f. No, they wish. In 1988 they won the European Championship. The Netherlands never won a world championship. They reached the finals twice. In 1974 they lost 2-1 against West-Germany and in 1978 they lost 3-1 in extra time against Argentina.
f. No, Albert is king of Belgium. The Netherlands have a queen called Beatrix.
t. The Benelux is a partnership between three countries: Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.
False . No, the prime minister was Wim Kok. Ruud Lubbers was the former prime minister. He was prime minister for twelve years. A record in Dutch politics.
False . Rotterdam and Utrecht are. Brussels is the capital of Belgium. The other two big cities in The Netherlands are Amsterdam (the capital) and The Hague.
t. Schiphol Airport is the biggest airport and it is located near Amsterdam.
f. No, the nearest country in the east of The Netherlands is Germany.
| This beer is originally from Amsterdam and it comes in green bottles. People all over the world are drinking it. It is named after a well known Dutch family. What is the name of this beer? | Simple Facts About The Netherlands
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Heineken. Mr. Freddie Heineken only died a few years ago.
Johan Cruijff. Cruijff started playing soccer at Ajax. He won the European Cup 1 three times in the early seventies. After Ajax he also played for teams like Barcelona and Feyenoord.
Amsterdam. Millions of tourists (and others) come each year to see women behind windows.
Queen Beatrix. It is Queen Beatrix. She is the daughter of the former Queen Juliana and the former Queen Wilhelmina is her grandmother. Maxima is married to her son, Willem-Alexander.
Rembrandt van Rijn. The Nightwatch was damaged several years ago by a lunatic, but it has been restored.
| In July 2002 the dead Elvis Presley scored a number one chart-hit with his song 'A little less conversation'. The song was used by Nike for a worldwide commercial for the 2002 World Cup Soccer in South-Korea and Japan. The song was remixed by a Dutch artist: JXL. What does JXL mean? | Simple Facts About The Netherlands
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Junkie XL. It means Junkie XL, his stagename for many years. But the other people involved thought it was better to not use the name Junkie XL. By the way, this man Tom Holkenborg, isn't a junkie. He was given the name because he was always obsessed with his music, like a junkie is with his drugs.
Tulips. Everywhere you look in Holland, you can find tulips. Mostly for tourists. A big tourist attraction are the tulip fields in the spring. Very colourful.
| In the north of the country you can find several islands, called 'De Waddeneilanden'. Which big island is the one that you will get to, if you take the ferry in Den Helder? | Simple Facts About The Netherlands
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Texel. Texel is the biggest one and is part of the provence of North Holland. The other ones belong to Friesland and Groningen. Texel can also be looked at as the Fort Lauderdale of Holland. Many young boys and girls have their holiday over there.
| Not something to be proud of, but it is likely to be the best known Dutch word worldwide: apartheid. What country was known for using this horrible kind of political system? | Simple Facts About The Netherlands
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South Africa. Apart means different. It was a system based on skin colour. Several centuries ago, the Dutch ruled South Africa and introduced apartheid (literal meaning - 'aparthood', 'apartness', but more often translated by the euphemism 'separate development'). As I said, not something to be proud of.
16 million. That's a lot of people for a small country like Holland.
Heineken. Carlsberg is from Denmark and Bit is from Germany. The right to use the name Budweiser is disputed by the Czech Republic and the U.S.
Heineken is the best selling beer in the Netherlands, still owned by the Heineken family.
| We all know Amsterdam, the capital, biggest and most important city in the Netherlands. But which city comes second (in order of population)? | Netherlands Trivia
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Rotterdam. Rotterdam is the second city in the Netherlands. The Hague comes 3rd, Eindhoven 5th and Groningen (my home town) 7th.
Vlieland. Vlieland is one of the islands to the north of the Netherlands. Utrecht is a tricky one; it is the name of the province AND its capital.
12. The provinces are: Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland and Zuid-Holland.
| What is the size of the population of the Netherlands compared to that of the United States? | Netherlands Trivia
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Around 1/17. The total population of the Netherlands is 16,067,754 (July 2002 est.). The population of the United States is 280,562,489 (July 2002 est.).
| What is the total land area of the Netherlands compared to that of the United States? | Netherlands Trivia
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Around 1/270. The total land area of the Netherlands is 33,883 sq km. The total land area of the United States is 9,158,960 sq km.
Constitutional monarchy. A Constitutional monarchy is a system of government that is established under a constitution, yet still has a ruling monarch. As of 2002 the monarch of the Netherlands is Queen Beatrix.
Germany and Belgium. Belgium borders the Netherlands in the south and Germany in the east. Denmark borders Germany in the north, but doesn't border the Netherlands. Luxembourg doesn't border the Netherlands ...
| This Belgian city, if you take away the throngs of tourists, looks much as it did five hundred years ago. Let's visit the 12th century beguinage and 12th century St John's hospital. Can you remind me which city this is? | Journey through Belgium and the Netherlands
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Bruges. Bruges (Brugge) must surely be the only city in the world where the longbow archer's guild is still a major attraction! The chapel of the Holy Blood is also unmissable, although the relic inside is extremely unlikely to actually contain Christ's blood. The best of all Bruges, though, is right in the centre: the cloth hall and belfry on the Grote Markt.
Gent. Gent (or Ghent) is another city full of glorious mediaeval buildings. Notable among them is the 14th century belfry where four soldiers would blow their horns every hour - and presumably, wake everyone up! If you can, visit in late July when the massive Gentse Feesten festival a.k.a. 'Ten Days Off' occurs.
Antwerpen. Antwerpen (or Antwerp) is the diamond centre of the world. The architecture is also world class. There's the gothic Our Lady's Cathedral, then there's the world's first Stock Exchange and the Meat Hall (which is a soaring guildhall, not the cold store it sounds like). Also, it's well worth seeing the art nouveau facades of the Zurenborg district.
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