* "the Netherlands" and "Holland" are used to describe the same country? * one quarter of the Netherlands is below sea level?* the International Court of Justice is at the Peace Palace in The Hague?
* the Netherlands has approximately 480 inhabitants per square kilometre? * with only 0.008% of the world's area, the Netherlands is the world's third largest agricultural exporter? * the Netherlands was one of the European Union's founding nations? * the Netherlands has at least 15,000 km of cycle tracks? * Dutch is also spoken in Belgium, northern France, Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba? * the Netherlands still has about 1,000 traditional working windmills? * the Dutch are the tallest people in Europe? * Amsterdam is entirely built on piles? * the Netherlands always has a coalition government, which makes it a country of compromises? * the Netherlands has nearly 1,000 museums, with 42 in Amsterdam alone? * almost every Dutch person has a bicycle and there are twice as many bikes as cars? * the Netherlands is the world's eighth largest exporter? * people in Holland eat raw herring with onions on top? * about 30% of all Dutch babies are born at home? * you can see 22 paintings by Rembrandt and 206 by Van Gogh in Amsterdam? * the Netherlands has the highest number of part-time workers in the EU (four in ten people)? * the Netherlands' highest point is 323 metres high and is therefore called a " mountain"? * you'll find a bunch of flowers in almost every Dutch living room? * Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands, but The Hague is the seat of government? * most Dutch people speak at least one foreign language? * one in every three Dutch people belongs to a sports club? * after Scandinavians, the Dutch are the world's biggest coffee drinkers? * people of 200 nationalities live in Amsterdam? * the Netherlands has one of the youngest populations in the EU? * when your plane arrives at Schiphol, it lands 4.5 metres below sea level? * the Netherlands has the highest cable density in Europe? * Amsterdam has 1,281 bridges? * when Dutch schoolchildren pass their exams, they hang a Dutch flag and a school bag outside their homes?
