Look beyond the clogs
and the cheese, the tulip fields and gabled houses, and you will find a Netherlands of
great economic strength that belies it’s size. The Netherlands is truly the home of
extraordinary variety with a wealth of art in it’s museums and the world famous Red
Light District on it’s streets. This low-lying nation offers a blend of idyllic
country beauty on the one hand and the pacy atmosphere and amenities of the 21st
century on the other.
The modern Dutch
landscape will take you on a dizzying journey through the metropolitan excitement of
Amsterdam along the canal lined streets of Delft to the busy ultra modern port of
Rotterdam and into the windmill dotted countryside.
F A C
T B O X
Full country name
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Area
41,526 sq. km.
Population
15,731,112
Capital City
Amsterdam
People
90% Dutch, 4% Moroccan, Turkish Indonesian and other
Language
Official language is Dutch "Friesian", a Germanic dialect,
spoken in the province of Friesland
Religion
Roman Catholic -30%, Protestant - 20%, Islam - 4%.
