Physical characteristic of netherlands and some of major attraction in netherlands .

1. THE NETHERLAND

2. • RED :
Strength & courage
• WHITE :
Honesty & peace
• BLUE :
Loyalty & truth

3. Coat of arms
Motto : 'I will uphold'

4. CAPITAL Amsterdam
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE Dutch , Frisian
GOVERNMENT Unitary parliamentary democracy under
constitutional monarchy
MONARCH Willem-Alexander
PRIME MINISTER Mark Rutte
LEGISLATURE States general
UPPER HOUSE Senate
LOWER HOUSE House of representative
NATIONAL DAY 27th April , King's day
TOTAL AREA 41,543 km2
TOTAL POPULATION 2014 16,856,620
GDP 2014 est. $717.146 billion
CURRENCY EURO (EUR)

5. WELCOME TO
NETHERLANDS

6. Dutch Government
• Constitutional monarchy since 1815
• Parliamentary democracy since 1848
• Described as a consociational state.
• 10th most democratic country in the world.
• The monarch is the Head of state : King Willem-
Alexander
• Head of the cabinet : Mark Rutte
• Seat of government : The Hague

7. Prince Willem-alexander and his wife Máxima
Zorreguieta Cerruti

8. King Willem-Alexander and Queen
Beatrix

9. Prime Minister of Netherlands
Mark Rutte

11. The Netherlands
• One of the most densely populated in the world.
• Average of 188 people per square mile.
• The Netherlands' 3 largest cities are AMSTERDAM ,
ROTTERDAM , THE HAGUE.
• The landscape is mainly flat and strewn with rivers,
lakes and canals.

12. Provinces
• Divided into 12 province
• Each under a Commissioner of the King
(Commissaris van de Koning).
• The twelve province are :-
- Drenthe , Flevoland , Friesland ,Gelderland,
Groningen , Limburg , North Brabant , North
Holland , Overijssel , South Holland ,
Utrecht , Zeeland.

14. Ethnic Division
• Dutch 80.7%
• EU 5%
• Indonesian 2.4%
• Turkish 2.2%,
• Surinamese 2%
• Moroccan 2%

15. The Language
• It is the Dutch and Frisian.
• Many people in Belgium , Suriname ,
Indonesia and also Aruba speaks dutch.
• In the north of Netherland is the province
of Friesland and people here speak
Frisian which is the mix of English and
Scandinavian language

16. Religion

17. Currency - Euro (€)

18. Geography &
Climate of
Netherlands

19. Location
• Lying mainly in Western Europe
• On the coastline of North Sea
• Borders with Belgium from the South
and Germany from the East and Northeast.
• Sharing maritime borders with Belgium, the
United Kingdom and Germany

20. • Area of Netherlands :-
41,5543 km2
• A large part of the Netherlands is
covered with :-
- Water : 7,643 sq km
- Land : 33,883 sq km.

22. • The name of
country is from
the word
'neder' which
means low
because most
of the part of
the country are
located below
sea level.

23. • Very low and flat country.
• 26% of its area.
• 21% of its population located below sea
level .
• About 50% of its land exceeding one
metre above sea level.
• Most of the areas below sea level are
man-made.

24. • Nearly 17% of the country's land area is
reclaimed from the sea and from lakes.
• The higher lands with minor hills in the
east and south.
• An extensive range of seawalls and
coastal dunes protect the Netherlands
from the sea

25. • The former, including the reclaimed polders and
river deltas, make up about half of its surface area
and are less than 1 metre (3.3 ft) above sea level,
much of it actually below sea level. .
• Levees and dikes along the rivers protect against
river flooding.

26. A polder at 5.53 metres below sea
level.

28. DELTA WORKS
• An ambitious flood defence system was
conceived and deployed.
• Designed to protect the estuaries of the rivers
Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt.
• The design of the Maeslant Barrier is such that it
allows passage of vessels under normal
conditions, and can be closed when water levels
rise above 3 m above NAP

29. Maeslant Barrier, Rotterdam

30. Dutch delta works in Zeeland

31. VIDEO
• The dutch and their delta)
http://youtu.be/lcBHIztx2Gw
• Holland's Barriers to The Sea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=aUqrBV4SiqQ

32. •Largest river : Maas , Rhine

33. • Biggest lake : IJSSELMEER
- Largest lakes in western Europe
- It is shallow artificial lake of 1100 km²
- Central Netherlands bordering the provinces
of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland.

34. Ijsselmeer lakes

36. • Biggest island in Netherlands :-
-Texel island
-In province of North Holland
-The largest & most populated of the
Frisian island in Waaden sea.

39. CLIMATE
• Maritime climate
• Cool summers and moderate winters
• Daytime temperatures :-
- In winter from 2°C to 6°C
- In summer from 17°C to 20°C .
• Rainfall is distributed throughout the year
with a dryer period from April to September.

40. • Required clothing :
- Lightweights with rainwear for summer.
- Waterproof and warmer clothing for
winter.
- An umbrella and a sweater are
necessary almost any time of year.

43. ECONOMY OF
NETHERLANDS

44. • Most developed country in the world
• One of the world’s top 5 biggest exporters.
• 18th largest economy in 2012.
• World's second largest exporter of agricultural
products
• Industries - electronic, chemical industry , automobile
industries ( trucks cars part) shipping , agriculture ,
holticultural.
• Dutch major companies are - PHILIPS , HEINEKEN ,
UNILEVER, SHELL ,
• Netherlands unemployment rate was 6.8% in 2013.

45. MAJOR EXPORT
• Mineral fuels including oil.
• Machinery.
• Electronic equipment.
• Organic chemicals.
• Plastics.
• Optical, technical and medical apparatus.
• Pharmaceutical products.
• Vehicles excluding trains and streetcars.
• Iron and steel.
• Live trees, plants, bulbs, roots and cut flower.

46. MAIN IMPORT
• Fuel
• Machinery
• Food
• Live animals
• Pharmaceuticals
• Electronics

47. Main agricultural product
• Meat
• Dairy products
• Eggs
• Horticultural products
• Fruit
• Vegetables.
• Cheese
• Potatoes

48. TOURISM IN
NETHERLANDS

49. Best time to visit Netherlands
• Tourist season : April to Sept
Tulips April
• Peak tourist season : April to Sept.

51. AMSTERDAM
• Located in the west-central part of the country,
• Capital of Netherlands
• The largest city in the Netherlands.
• One of the most romantic and beautiful cities in
Europe.
• Popular because of its lovely canals that criss-cross
the city, its impressive architecture.

56. The Beautiful Canals of Amsterdam

59. Dam Square

60. Royal Palace

61. Rijksmuseum - National museum dedicated to
arts and history in Amsterdam

62. Anna Frank's house

63. Coffee Shop -
anyone over 18 can buy marihuana (weed) and hash, and
smoke it right there.

65. VIDEO
• Jacob van Campen, architect van het Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4UZiyiQ32k
• Amsterdam travel guide
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G-lqrzTv-U
• Anne Frank's house
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJd1S5mghTI
• Amsterdam's Canal
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahFUGL-ZslE
• Rijksmuseum
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfNOG-geORI
• Dam square
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnC-bSggMh4

66. ROTTERDAM
• 2nd largest city.
• One of the world's busiest ports.
• Largest port in Europe
• The second largest port in the world
• 10th place on the New York Times list
of '52 Places to Go in 2014'
• It has an impressive skyline, modern
architecture and museum.

68. Cubic Houses of Rotterdam

69. Splashtours

70. Euromast

71. Erasmus bridge

72. A spido boat tour is a fantastic way to see
the Europort in Rotterdam.

73. VIDEO
• Splashtours
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNI9TY7YFdY
• Erasmus bridge
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IqRJRt0POE
• The cubic houses
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hec0xd3foB0
• Euromast tower
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH7PDRP3EXQ

74. THE HAGUE (DEN HAAG)
• Situated between Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
• The 3rd largest city
• The Hague is the seat of many administrative
government offices, including the Parliament.
• It is also the seat of the court of the United
Nations.
• Two of three official palace of Dutch Royal
family also located here.

75. Hofvijver and the buildings of the Dutch
parliament

76. International Court of Justice
(Peace Palace)

77. Great Hall of Justice during a proccess.

78. Huis ten Bosch - Royal palace

79. Noordeinde Palace

80. The Mauritshuis - art museum

81. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which
consists of 841 objects, primarily Dutch Golden Age
painting.

82. Keukenhof - South Holland
• The world's largest flower garden
• In 2013 it was visited by 849 000 people.
• 80% were foreign tourists.
• Only open for several weeks during the spring.
• Receives the highest amount of visitors of all
Dutch attractions on a weekly basis.

85. The windmill is one of the best
known icons of Holland.
There are over one thousand
windmills in Holland. Find out
where you can discover the
windmills...

86. Mills of Schiedam
• These
windmills
are the
tallest in the
world.

88. Zaanse Schans
• Most popular tourist attractions in North
Holland, it has a collection of historic
houses and windmills .
• Town of traditional Dutch crafts and
architecture, with six windmills, a wooden
shoe workshop, a cheese farm.

91. Giethoorn
• Known as “the Venice of Holland” or the
'Venice of the North'
• No cars or roads
• Travel by water or on foot over the lovely
wooden bridges.

93. VIDEO
• Zaanse Schans. One of Holland's top tourist destinations
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAZ9UCt7Lfk
• Giethoorn - Venice of Holland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eTCI62FTEU
• HOLLAND: Keukenhof - world's largest flower garden
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86L419oLjss
• Feel Zaanse Schans Windmills
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rlRbo8qk4Q
• Dutch windmill, Schiedam
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCt7D5hV32U

94. TRADITION

95. • There is a tradition of learning foreign
languages in the Netherlands
- 89% of the total population have good
knowledge of English
- 70% of German
- 29% of French
- 5% of Spanish

96. Traditional Costume in The
Netherlands
• Dutch people wear the same sort of clothes that
other people in Europe wear.
• Each area of The Netherlands had its own
costume, so that there are actually many
traditional Dutch costumes.
• Most well known part of the traditional Dutch
costume is the wooden clogs.

97. • Only very rich people could afford leather
shoes, and so ordinary people wore shoes
made of wood.
• Wooden clogs made today are sold to
tourists as a souvenier .

99. • Traditional costume for women consisted
of :-
- Long skirt
- Blouse with an apron and
- Perhaps a shawl or shoulder
decorations

101. • Men's basic traditional costume :-
- Wide woollen pants .
- Silver buttons on the front square flap.
-They would wear a shirt, jacket and a
cap.

103. ART
• Dutch Golden Age painting was among
the most acclaimed in the world at the
time, during the seventeenth century.
• Famous Dutch painters of the 19th and
were Vincent van Gogh.

105. LITERATURE
• In the Dutch Golden Age,
literature flourished.
• Joost van den Vondel
was a Dutch writer and
playwright.
• He is considered the
most prominent Dutch
poet and playwright of the
17th century.
• John the Baptist, has
been called the greatest
Dutch epic

106. Festivals
• King's day is the national holiday in
Netherlands.
• Celebrated on 27th April every year .
• King willem-alexander birthday.
• People will wear orange clothes.
• They will be able to buy or sell anything
without tax

109. Aalsmeer Flower Auction
• Largest flower auction in the world
• Flowers from all over the world are
traded on a daily basis.
• Auction is set up as a Dutch auction.
• Bidders get only a few seconds to bid on
the flowers before they are shipped off to
the new owner's business.

112. TULIP FESTIVAL
• Created to introduce you to the tulip
fields in the Noordoostpolder.
• Activities - walks, cycling routes, tulip
garden shows, mosaic pathways,
photography competitions, blossom routes
and many more fun activities.
• Tulip season - Mid-March to the end of
May

115. Huge Easter Fires
• One of the famous festival is the Huge Easter Fires or
The feast of Sint Maarten on the evening of November
11.
• When children go door to door with paper lanterns and
candles, and sing songs in return for a treat.
• This day is celebrated in some parts of Groningen, North
Holland and the southern part of Limburg and to a
lesser extent in South Holland and Zeeland.
• Its beginning when the dark period before Christmas and
the long days of winter.

118. VIDEO
• King's day
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL90C_ABfeY
• Flora Holland Flower Auction
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av6VFmMckyw
• Tulip festival
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWjd8dFPx48

119. SPORT
• Football is the most popular sport in the
Netherlands.
• The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) is
the largest sports federation in the country.
• One of the founding members of FIFA in 1904.
• Hup, Holland, Hup” is a Dutch football cheer.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JclgB4_k2g#t=21

120. • Won three Olympic bronze medals in
1908, 1912 and 1920.

121. VOLLEYBALL
• The third most participated team sport in
the country.
• The Dutch Volleyball Federation is with
128,693 players (in 2005) the 9th largest
sports association.
• Women's national team was winning the
European Championship in 1995 .

123. Field Hockey
• The Royal Dutch Hockey Federation 5th
largest sports federation.
• Netherlands women's national field
hockey team is the most successful
team in World Cup history.
• Won the title six times.
• The Dutch male hockey team has won the
world cup three times.

125. • National sport is speedskating.
• It is common for Dutch children to learn
how to skate at an early age.
• In the history of the world championships
the champion of the 10 km has always
been a Dutchman.

127. Dutch Cuisine

128. Stroopwafel -
Two thin layers of batter with a sticky syrup filling in the
middle.

129. Patat -
the Dutch word for frites, chips or french fries

130. Bitterballen

131. Beschuit met muisjes - when people come to
visit a new-born baby they will bring this .

132. Hollandse Nieuwe Haring -
Raw herring fish is typically served with chopped onions,
and can be eaten with or without brea

133. THE INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT THE DUTCH

134. • The first country to legalise same sex
marriages in 2001.
• The Dutch are the tallest in the world
with an average height of 184 cm for men
and 170 cm for women.
• The Schiphol Airport is actually 4.5 m
below sea level.

135. • 75% of the world's flower bulb production
comes from Netherlands
• It has more than 4,000 km of navigable canals,
rivers and lakes
• Parental leave for both full-time working
mothers and fathers, is up to 57 days and can
be taken at any time until the child is 8 years old.

136. Netherlands is the
largest exporter of
cheese in the world .

137. Gouda cheese market

138. It is the bicycle capital of the world with
more than 18 million in the country.
That's more than 1 bicycle per person.

139. Orange is the official colour of Netherlands because
of the House of Orange,
who led the Dutch revolt against Spain and
later became the Dutch royal family.

140. VIDEO
• Holland Travel Video Guide)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=P7cjlMDhMV4

141. CULTURAL HINTS
• A handshake is common as greetng and at departure.
• Eye contact is important.
• Pointing index finger to the forehead indicates a person
is crazy or foolish.
• Touching and contact are not common.
• Be polite to all service personnel .
-The Dutch culture emphasizes that everyone is equal,
and no citizen is obliged to be another person’s servant.
Never treat anyone Dutch in a patronizing way.

142. • Wave if greeting someone from a distance. It is
considered impolite to shout a greeting.
• The Dutch speak directly and use a lot of eye contact.
To a foreigner, them may appear abrupt, but it is just
their manner of communicating
• Stand when a woman enters the room.

143. TABOOS
• Don’t call the Netherlands “Holland” .
- This term specifically refers to only two of the 12
provinces that make up the country.
• Avoid standing with your hands in your pockets, or
leaving your left hand in your pocket while shaking
hands
- This is considered impolite.
• Don't touch or backslapping other in public.
- The Dutch are rather reserved and will avoid expansive
gestures such as hugging and backslapping.

144. • Avoid getting involved in a political discussion if you
aren’t well informed.
- Be informed on recent political events, both in your own
country and in the Netherlands, since the Dutch like
discussing politics.
• "13" and "Friday."
- They think that "13" symbol of bad luck.
- "Friday" a symbol of disaster.

145. 5 Key Topics to Use in
Conversation
• Your home country or city and points of interest related
to them.
• Travel experiences and what you enjoy about travelling
• The Dutch culture, art, history, architecture, and nature
• Sports of all kinds – keeping in mind that American
soccer is referred to as football
• Politics – if you know what you’re talking about

146. 5 Key Topics or Gestures to Avoid
in Conversation
• Boasting of any kind about your income and
possessions.
• Asking personal questions, family and business are
usually kept separate.
• Any criticism of the Dutch Royal Family.
• Legalized prostitution and marijuana in the Netherlands.
• Don’t talk to someone while chewing gum as this is
considered rude.