Fun facts about Holland

Sep 28, 2009

  • Some 84% of Dutch households have a PC, and 80% have access to the Internet.
  • The Netherlands was one of the European Union’s founding nations.
  • Frisian is the second official language of the Netherlands.
  • There are 16 million bicycles in Holland, which is about one for every inhabitant.
  • Palacio de la Paz, La HayaYou’ll find a bunch of flowers in almost every living room.
  • Amsterdam is home to people of 200 different nationalities.
  • When your plane arrives at Schiphol, it lands 4.5 metres below sea level.
  • The International Court of Justice sits at the Peace Palace in The Hague (see picture on the right).
  • Some of the major cities of the world were once Dutch: New York (USA), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Recife (Brazil) and Jakarta (Indonesia).
  • The Dutch are statistically the tallest people in the world.
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