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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Netherlands

  • Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1
  • Electricity: 230V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
  • Currency: Euro (Euro)
  • Country Dialing Code: 31

Must See - Properties on UNESCO World Heritage List by

  • Schokland and Surroundings
  • Defence Line of Amsterdam
  • Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles
  • Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
  • Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)
  • Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)
  • Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)

Netherlands

Location
Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany

Capital
Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government

Population
16,407,491 (July 2005 est.)

Regions
12 provinces (provincies, singular - provincie); Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland (Fryslan), Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland

Climate
temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters

Ethnic groups
Dutch 83%, other 17% (of which 9% are non-Western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese, and Indonesians) (1999 est.)

Religions
Roman Catholic 31%, Dutch Reformed 13%, Calvinist 7%, Muslim 5.5%, other 2.5%, none 41% (2002)

Languages
Dutch (official), Frisian (official)

Government type
constitutional monarchy

Background
The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized nation, the Netherlands is also a large exporter of agricultural products. The country was a founding member of NATO and the EEC (now the EU), and participated in the introduction of the euro in 1999.

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