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Netherlands

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  • The Netherlands is sometimes called Holland
  • The people are called the Dutch and the language is also Dutch
  • It is a low-lying country with 27 % of the land area below sea level
  • Popular for its windmills, tulips, cheese, and clogs
  • Famous for its liberal policies towards drugs, prostitution, etc.

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    Netherlands - CIA.org: Netherlands
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    Netherlands - Greek Expats in the Netherlands
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    A complete guide for expatriates living in the Netherlands! Free and quick access to career opportunities, accommodation tips, education hints, nightlife suggestions and more!
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    Netherlands - Lonely planet: the Netherlands
    Lonely planet: the Netherlands
    The Netherlands manages to be radical, sensible and quaintly staid. The Dutch aren't bogged in their clichés, even though bikes, dykes, windmills and blazing flower fields are pretty much the norm outside the major cities. Do as the locals do - grab a bike and explore. It's a very big small country, and full of salutary surprises. One of the chief pleasures of the place is its lively contrast between pragmatic liberalism and the buttoned-up just-so primness of a culture founded on Calvinist principles. In Dutch society, ostentation is anathema and fuss of any kind is regarded as undignified.
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    Netherlands - Bike Rush Hour Amsterdam
    Bike Rush Hour Amsterdam
    Every day in Amsterdam thousands of people ride their bikes to work - it's like Critical Mass every day.
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    Netherlands - HInd will represent the Netherlands in Belgrade
    HInd will represent the Netherlands in Belgrade
    Hind from the Netherlands will sing Your Heart Belongs To Me in Belgrade. We had an interview with her!
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    Netherlands - Hollands got talent Waylon- It's a man's world
    Hollands got talent Waylon- It's a man's world
    Wow what a voice! It's a man's world
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    Netherlands - Amsterdam canals
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    The canals of Amsterdam are famous.
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    Netherlands - windmills in the Netherlands
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    Netherlands - de Valk Windmill
    de Valk Windmill
    Historic windmills are synonymous with the Netherlands. The De Valk Windmill now houses a museum with bird's-eye views of scenic Leiden.
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    Netherlands - Lonely planet: the Netherlands
    Lonely planet: the Netherlands
    I traveled all over the world for two years, using mostly Lonely Planet books. That was about 11 years ago. Back then I found Lonely Planet books to be very well written - especially the ones for Asia. This was my second time in the Netherlands, and this book missed a lot -- hardly any mention of Zeeland (beach country in the South); disappointing coverage of small towns. I can't comment on the Amsterdam coverage because we skipped that town.
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    Netherlands - Netherlands (eyewitness Travel Guide)
    Netherlands (eyewitness Travel Guide)
    Travelguide about the Netherlands.
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    Netherlands - Netherland: A novel
    Netherland: A novel
    Reading this novel gave me great pleasure. In contrast to its plain cover, this marvelous novel, written in mellifluous and elegant prose, is complex; its world sprawling and vast, with mind-boggling depth. After reading only two pages, I found myself charmed by its narrator's voice, and my mind glued to its world. On the surface it is the story of its narrator, a banker named Hans van den Broek , born and raised in Netherlands, and working in London. While working in London in a bank, he meets an Englishwoman named Rachel and marries her. They have a son named Jake. In 1990's, they relocate to New York and live in TriBeCa. After the terrorist attack on the Word Trade Center on 9/11, however, they relocate again, and decide to live in the Chelsea Hotel. But Rachel's fear of another terrorist attack and the toxic political atmosphere in the United States create stress in their marriage, and the stress in turn compels Rachel to move with her son, once again, back to London.
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