This is where you find some interesting facts about The Netherlands you wouldn't want to miss!
The Netherlands has over 80 restaurants that has one or more Michelin stars?
The Netherlands has the highest concentration of museums per square meter?
Dutch people are the longest humans on earth (men: 183,2 m & women: 170,6 m)?
Since 1901 sixteen Dutch people received the Nobel Prize?
Soccer is the national Dutch sport?
Women football is the fastest growing sport at this moment?
The Netherlands has the highest bicycle density in the world? 84% of the Dutch people has one or more bikes
Dutch people are really economical. Eight out of ten households saves up. The total savings of all Dutch people together amounts to around 187 billion euros.
The wadden island Terschelling is the biggest municipality of The Netherlands when it comes to surface? 71.298 km² against, Rozenburg, the smallest municipality which has a surface of 6,5 km².
Nieuwerkerk aan den Ijssel is the lowest located municipalty? It is located 6,76 meters under Normal Amsterdam Level.
Amsterdam is the biggest municipality with over 838.000 inhabitants?
Vaals is the highest located municipality? It is located 322,5 meters above National Amsterdam Level and it also forms the Triple Point with Germany and Belgium.
Sinterklaas (5th of December) is the number one tradition of The Netherlands?
Nowhere in the world people eat as much liquorice (32 million kilos a year on average) as in The Netherlands?
26% of The Netherlands is located below sea level?
3% of the Netherlands is national park?
Everyone in The Netherlands who is older than 14 years old needs to carry an original and valid identification with him?
Tourism accounts for a whopping 3% of the Gross domestic product (GDP)?
The Frisian-Dutch black and white spotted cow feels at home in the green, flat polder landscape?
The Netherlands counts over 1,74 million cows. This provides them with 14,3 kilos of milk.
Dutch people eat around 14,3 kilos of cheese a year?
The Netherlands counts 1048 wind mills and 108 water mills?
The mills in The Netherlands are symbolic for the centuries-long battle with the water?
Cheese is a perfect export product with 500 million kilos a year?
Many Dutch people eat raw herring with onions out of their hands?