Monday, January 5, 2009

general information

Netherland







Netherlands is a European country. Belgium is found on the south border and Germany on the east border.
Netherland also have an alternative name which is Holland in addition the word "Dutch" is used to refer the people and the language. . It is a low lying country and its population is about 16.4 million people approximately. 9% of the population in Holland are non western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Indonesians, Surinamese and Antilleans.
On 1 January 2002 the Euro became a common currency for a lot of European countries, before that Holland was using Dutch gilder. Netherland is famous with it’s windmills, tulips, the wooden shoes, the manufacture of their cheese and also in the Dutch traditions, the use of bicycles.
The capital of Netherlands is de Hague, but of course Amsterdam is a very important town which is visited by most tourists. Amsterdam has many attraction, you can find the beautiful historical canals and the old houses on it, there are also many museums like the Rijksmuseum, van Gogh museum and the house of Anna Frank who wrote her dairy when she was hiding from the German. It is also very famous with its atmosphere especially at night.

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