Explore Netherlands in Europe - Netherlands Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Netherlands with its capital Amsterdam is located in Europe (Western Europe, bordering the North Sea). It covers some 41,527 square kilometres (slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey) with 16,645,000 citizens. Dutch and Frisian are the the languages spoken by people in Netherlands. It is charing borders with Germany and Belgium.

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About Netherlands

The topography features mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land (polders) with some hills in southeast. The average density of population is about 400 per km². The climate in can be described as temperate with marine, cool summers and mild winters. Potential natural disasters are flooding.

To reach someone in Netherlands dial +31 prior to a number. There are 7,320,000 installed telephones. And there are 21,182,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".nl". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 12 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Netherlands

European Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Netherlands Tourism

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Netherlands has 4 more world heritage locations. To see all of them, visit the Netherlands Unesco Heritage location overview.

Defence Line of Amsterdam

Extending 135 km around the city of Amsterdam, this defence line (built between 1883 and 1920) is the only example of a fortification based on the principle of controlling the waters. Since the...

Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)

The Beemster Polder, dating from the early 17th century, is is an exceptional example of reclaimed land in the Netherlands. It has preserved intact its well-ordered landscape of fields, roads,...

Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao

The people of the Netherlands established a trading settlement at a fine natural harbour on the Caribbean island of Curaçao in 1634. The town developed continuously over the following...

Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)

The Wouda Pumping Station at Lemmer in the province of Friesland opened in 1920. It is the largest steam-pumping station ever built and is still in operation. It represents the high point of the...

Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout

The outstanding contribution made by the people of the Netherlands to the technology of handling water is admirably demonstrated by the installations in the Kinderdijk-Elshout area. Construction of...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Netherlands

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Netherlands is growing at an rate of 0.39% (or by 65,454 citizens). Each year 39,944 people enter this country (or 2.40 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 0.15%. Or an total increase of 25,510 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.