Facts about the Netherlands

Let's discover the Netherlands. You probably looked at the facts about the Netherlands on the previous page. A trip to the Netherlands will make your European vacation more enjoyable. This little country has alot to offer. Take in the traditional Dutch society that you find in the countryside or if that's not your style spend some time in Amsterdam and take in it's unique culture.There is plenty of tourist info and facts about the Netherlands on this page so enjoy!

Haarlem is located to the west of Amsterdam and is known as a famous bulb growing center, producing tulips, hyacinths, crocuses and daffodils which are dispatched all over the world. The tulip has come to symbolize the Netherlands and flower production is an important economic activity. Take a look at the Netherlands map for the location of Haarlem

Alkmaar's main tourist attraction is its cheese market, which is held, strictly in accordance with tradition, every Friday from mid-April to mid-September between 10am and noon in front of the Weigh-House in the Waagplein. The square is almost completely covered with large round cheeses. The cheese-porters, dressed in white and wearing hats in the colors of their guild, carry the cheese on cradle-like racks to be weighed in the weigh-house and loaded into trucks. All the different kinds of cheese are sampled and checked for quality. Take a look at the Netherlands map for the location of Alkmaar. Keep going for more facts about the Netherlands Click on this link to bring you to the town site Alkmaar Cheese Market

The 19 Kinderdijk windmills, ranging in date between 1722 and 1761, are the largest surviving concentration of windmills in the Netherlands. The windmills, originally used to drain the fenlands, are now protected as national monuments. Their huge sails have a span of up to 28m/92ft. One of the mills is open to the public from April to September, and in July and August 17 of the mills are set in motion on Saturdays. How about those facts about the Netherlands Kinderdijk Windmills

The Zuiderzee started off as a bay in the North Sea. Essentially it is an area of the Netherlands where they have reclaimed land from the sea. The reclaimed areas are called polders and have been used for residential and industrial areas as well as for recreation. If you are interested in the land-reclamation project you should visit the Enkhuizen Zuidersee Museum. A display about the land reclamation process is located in a display building near the harbor. Ready for some more facts about the Netherlands!!!

Hoge Veluwe National Park lies between Arnhem and Apeldoorn. The park covers an area of 5,500 hectares/13,750 acres, the National Park is the largest in the Netherlands.The Hoge Veluwe, is a large area of sandy soil which was created during the Ice Age. It is covered with dunes, and the occasional forest, as well as moraines between 80 and 100m high formed during the second-last ice age . This was an area of vast forests, patches of which were cleared for cultivation during the Middle Ages. Expanses of heath were left, grazed by large flocks of sheep, and the heath was cut for use in fertilizing the soil. The sand was blown off these bare patches, sometimes burying whole villages; dunes were built up from drift sand and some areas were reduced to wasteland. In the 19th century reforestation schemes were launched in order to prevent the drifting of sand.

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Amsterdam

Now it's time to take a look at the Netherlands most popular attraction, Amsterdam!!! Hope the facts about the Netherlands helped you out. No trip is complete without a visit to this wonderful city. Truly one of the top 10 European cities.Below you will find links to pages that describe in detail what Amsterdam has to offer. Let's get started.

On our Amsterdam page you will find information on the following attractions.To get to our main Amsterdam page click on the link below the list of attractions

Amsterdam Attractions

Amsterdam Canal Cruise

Anne Frank House - Read Anne Franks Bigraphy

Heineken Brewery

Amsterdam's red light district

Van Gogh museum

Rijksmuseum - National Museum

Amsterdam sex museum

Liedseplein

Central Station - Historic train station at the city ceneter

Dam Square - Ceneter of the city

Oude Kerk - Old Church

Rembrandt House - His Birthplace

Discover Amsterdam Flights to Amsterdam

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