City: The Netherlands

The Netherlands, The Netherlands

Capital and largest city: Amsterdam 52°22′N 4°53′E / 52.367°N 4.883°E / 52.367; 4.883

Government seat: The Hague

Official languages: Dutch

Official regional languages: West Frisian Papiamento English

Recognised regional languages: Limburgish Dutch Low Saxon

Ethnic groups (2017): 77.39% Dutch 9.88% Europeans 2.34% Turks 2.29% Moroccans 2.13% Indonesians 2.05% Surinamese 0.90% Caribbeans 0.23% Americans

Religion (2015): 50.1% Irreligion 43.8% Christianity 4.9% Islam 1.1% Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism

Demonym: Dutch

Sovereign state: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

• Monarch: Willem-Alexander

• Prime Minister: Mark Rutte (VVD)

• Deputy Prime Ministers: Hugo de Jonge (CDA) Kajsa Ollongren (D66) Carola Schouten (CU)

• Vice President of the Council of State: Piet Hein Donner

Legislature: States General

• Upper house: Senate

• Lower house: House of Representatives

Independence from Spanish Empire

• Proclaimed: 26 July 1581

• Recognised: 30 January 1648

• Kingdom established: 16 March 1815

• Constituent country: 15 December 1954

• Incorporation of the Caribbean Netherlands: 10 October 2010

Area

• Total: 41,543 km (16,040 sq mi) (131st)

• Water (%): 18.41

Population

• 2018 estimate: 17,200,671 (66th)

• Density: 414.4/km (1,073.3/sq mi) (30th)

GDP (PPP): 2017 estimate

• Total: $907.619 billion (28th)

• Per capita: $53,139 (13th)

GDP (nominal): 2018 estimate

• Total: $846 billion (17th)

• Per capita: $44,654 (13th)

Gini (2016): 26.9 low · 15th

HDI (2015): 0.924 very high · 7th

Currency: Euro (EUR) US dollar (USD) (Caribbean Netherlands only)

Time zone: CET (UTC+1) AST (UTC-4)

• Summer (DST): CEST (UTC+2) AST (UTC-4)

Date format: dd-mm-yyyy

Drives on the: right

Calling code: +31 +599

ISO 3166 code: NL

Internet TLD: .nl .bq

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10 Fountains in The Netherlands That You Shouldn't Miss

December 3, 2021 Hector Krause

Dassenboarch, IJlst The Netherlands http://11fountains.nl/fonteinen/eeuwige-bloemen-fontein-shinji-ohmaki/

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Reviewed By jans531

Indeed, this fountain is very nice. Light and sound combine beautifully. But by chance we remarked that the beautiful sawmill De Rat (1711!) was open. Mostly only on saturdays, but now in holidaytime almost daily. This is the only working sawmill that still operates professionally. The entrance fee is only € 2. Really worthwile to see how it works (some wind is mandatory). The windmill principle was invented in 1593 and this caused the first industrial revolution and most of the Dutch wealth during the golden 17th century. There were more than 1000 mills near river Zaan only! Now there are still 1000 in all NL.

10. Pewitt

Koestraat In front of the Supermarket, 8556 AA Sloten The Netherlands https://www.studio-orta.com/en/artwork/740/Peewit

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City: The Netherlands

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9. Immortal Flowers – Rikka

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10. Pewitt

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