... as the name of a municipality. This town, together with the rapidly growing towns of Nieuw-Vennep and Badhoevedorp, forms part of the Randstad agglomeration. The Netherlands' main international airport ...
... Het Nationale Ballet, and the Holland Symfonia. The name "Stopera" is a portmanteau of stadhuis (Dutch: "city hall") and opera. The Stopera at night The Stopera is located in the center of Amsterdam at ...
Meinweg National Park (Nationaal Park De Meinweg) is a national park in Limburg, Netherlands. It is about 1800 hectares in size and was established in 1995. In 2002 it became part of the Maas-Swalm-Nette ...
De Maasduinen National Park is a national park in the Dutch province of Limburg, founded in 1996 and covering approximately 4500 ha. The landscape consists of forests and heathlands on a sandy plateau ...
De Groote Peel is a National Park in the Peel, a region in the Southeast of the Netherlands on the border between the provinces of Limburg and North Brabant. It has a size of 13,4 km² and preserves ...
The Loonse en Drunense Duinen (Loonse and Drunense Dunes) is a national park situated in the south of the Netherlands, between the cities of Tilburg, Waalwijk & 's-Hertogenbosch. It has been designated ...
De Zoom - Kalmthoutse Heide, is a cross-border park on the Belgian-Dutch border. It is a merger of two former parks, the Kalmthoutse Heide in Belgium and De Zoom in the Netherlands), together extending ...
De Biesbosch ('forest of sedges' or 'rushwoods'), is one of the largest national parks of the Netherlands and one of the last freshwater tide areas in Europe. The Biesbosch consists of a rather large ...
Nationaal Park Zuid-Kennemerland is a national park in the province Noord-Holland, the Netherlands, west of Haarlem, within the municipalities of Bloemendaal, Velsen and Zandvoort. It includes the southern ...
Nationaal Park Duinen van Texel Is a national park located on the Frisian island Texel in the Netherlands. All dune systems on the western side of the island and the large coastal plains on both the ...
Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park is a national park in the Dutch province of Utrecht, founded in 2003. The park covers 6,000 ha (15,000 acres) of heathlands, shifting sands, forests, grass lands and ...
Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe (English: The Hoge Veluwe National Park) is a Dutch national park in the province of Gelderland near the cities of Ede, Wageningen, Arnhem and Apeldoorn. It is approximately ...
Veluwezoom National Park is a national park located in the Dutch province of Gelderland. This park is the oldest national park of the Netherlands. It is an area of 50 square kilometers at the southeastern ...
Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park is a national park in the Dutch province of Overijssel, founded in 2004. The park is mainly managed by Staatsbosbeheer, Natuurmonumenten and the water company Vitens. ...
De Weerribben-Wieden National Park is a national park in the Steenwijkerland municipality of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. Comprising the largest bog of northwestern Europe, the park consists ...
The Drentsche Aa National Landscape is a national park located in the Dutch province of Drenthe on the west side of the Hondsrug. It consists of the cultural landscape surrounding the valley of the ...
Dwingelderveld National Park is a National park in the Dutch province of Drenthe, founded in 1991. The park covers about 37 km2 (14 sq mi) and is mainly managed by the State Forest Service (Staatsbosbeheer) ...
The Drents-Friese Wold National Park is a national park in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Drenthe, covering more than 61 km2 (24 sq mi), founded in 2000. It consists of forests, heath lands and ...
Alde Feanen National Park is a national park in the Netherlands province of Friesland. The Alde Faenen is also a Natura 2000 area. The Alde Feanen is part of the communities Boornsterhem, Smallingerland ...
Schiermonnikoog National Park is a national park in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is founded in 1989. It covers about 72 km2 (28 sq mi), the majority of the island Schiermonnikoog.
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Nationaal Park Lauwersmeer is a national park in the provinces of Groningen and Friesland, the Netherlands. It consists of the southern and eastern parts of the Lauwersmeer (previously Lauwerszee). ...
The Peace Palace (Dutch: Vredespaleis) is a building situated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is often called the seat of international law because it houses the International Court of Justice (which ...
... of nine buildings—labeled from A to I—with 120,000 m2 of offices and office facilities.[1][2] Tower H is the highest building, it has 27 levels and measures 104 m.[3] The centre is a member of the international ...
... Up to 2 million people visit the RAI every year. Some 50 international conferences and 70 trade shows are held at the RAI annually. The complex consists of 22 conference rooms and 11 halls and has a total ...
... Up to 2 million people visit the RAI every year. Some 50 international conferences and 70 trade shows are held at the RAI annually. The complex consists of 22 conference rooms and 11 halls and has a total ...
... Museum - and the concert hall Concertgebouw.[1]
The area was the location of the International Colonial and Export Exhibition in 1883.
The square was reconstructed in 1999. The design of the new ...
... one of the better known castles in the Netherlands and has been featured in many television shows set in the Middle Ages.The Muiderslot is currently a national museum (Rijksmuseum). The insides of the ...
The Jaarbeurs (Yearly Fair) is an exhibition and convention center in Utrecht, the Netherlands, which is well known in the Netherlands because of national events such as formerly Space '86 and the Hobby ...
Holland Casino (officially: National Foundation for the Exploitation of Casino Games in the Netherlands) has the legal monopoly on gambling in the Netherlands, and has fourteen casinos located throughout ...
... derived from the area "Feijenoord" in Rotterdam, and from the club with the same name (although the club's name was internationalised to Feyenoord in 1973). Capacity at completion: 64,000. Maximum capacity: ...
... in several other Dutch cycling races as the Eneco Tour, the Ster ZLM Toer, the Olympia's Tour and Dutch National Road Racing Championships. Three Grand-Tour's have included the Cauberg in their route: ...
... Gothic Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) and the Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. The National Monument, a white stone pillar designed by J.J.P. Oud and erected in 1956 to memorialize the victims of World War II, dominates ...
... aquarium, a planetarium, a geological museum, and a zoological museum.[6] The zoo is a member of the Dutch Zoo Federation (NVD), the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), the International Species ...
Rosmalen is the location of the Autotron, formerly a car museum/attraction park and now a convention center. The park hosts an annual international tennis tournament in the summer, the Rosmalen Grass ...
... used for a series of national and international events, such as the exhibition of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s work. During the North Sea flood of 1953 the hall also proved its worth as a reception ...
Hoge Veluwe National Park (Dutch: Hoge Veluwe Nationaal Park) is a national park in the Gelderland province of the Netherlands. With its ~55 km² it is one of the largest national parks of the country, ...
A rijksmonument is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.[1] ...
... it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia. It is often considered to have been the first multinational corporation in the world [2] and it was the first company to issue stock. It ...
The Loonse en Drunense Duinen (Loonse and Drunense Dunes) is a national park situated in the south of the Netherlands, between the cities of Tilburg, Waalwijk & 's-Hertogenbosch. It has been designated ...
De Biesbosch ('forest of sedges' or 'rushwoods'), is one of the largest national parks of the Netherlands and one of the last freshwater tide areas in Europe. The Biesbosch consists of a rather large ...
... from the club with the same name (although the club's name was internationalised to Feyenoord in 1973). Capacity at completion: 64,000. Maximum capacity: 69,000 (1949). Present day capacity: 51,177 (49,000 ...
The former Van Nelle Factory (Dutch: Van Nellefabriek) on the Schie river in Rotterdam, is one of the most important historic industrial buildings in the world.The Van Nelle Factory is a Dutch national ...
The International Court of Justice (French: Cour internationale de Justice; commonly referred to as the World Court or ICJ) is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace ...
The European Economic Community (EEC) was an international organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957.[1] Its aim was to bring about economic integration, including a common market, among its ...
Heineken International is a Dutch brewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. As of 2007, Heineken owns over 125 breweries in more than 70 countries and employs approximately ...
... the Olympic Stadium to 64,000 by adding a second ring to the stadium. AFC Ajax used the Olympic Stadium for international games until 1996, when the Amsterdam Arena was completed. In 1987 the stadium was ...
... 40 kilometers. On January 1, 2019, the municipality of Rotterdam had 644,618 inhabitants, which together account for 174 nationalities. On 1 November 2019, Rotterdam had 650,711 inhabitants. The city region ...
... At the time he was the leader of growing national Dutch resistance against Spanish occupation, known as the Eighty Years' War. By then Delft was one of the leading cities of Holland and it was equipped ...
... between people and their natural environment. Morgan’s work has already attracted lots of international attention in Paris, London, Milan and New York. The exhibition Claire Morgan, The Sound of ...
... the world-famous American artist.
One of the few continuously active members of the 1980s New York art scene, Baechler is an internationally acclaimed artist with a remarkable ...
National parks in the Netherlands were defined in the 1960s as areas of at least 10 km² consisting of natural terrains, water and/or forests, with a special landscape and flora and fauna.
The ...
The Netherlands has 20 national parks and hundreds of other nature reserves, that include lakes, heathland, woods, dunes and other habitats. Most of these are owned by Staatsbosbeheer, the national ...
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Utrecht Centraal Station is a major railway hub with national and international connections to main cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Frankfurt and Schiphol Airport. Check the Booking.com ...
... a relaxing rain shower. It is also possible to select a choice of pillow from the pillow menu.
An international live-cooking breakfast is served daily, including eggs, breads and pancakes. In The Living ...
... tolerant attitude to different lifestyles is a major draw, as is the international atmosphere where English is widely spoken.
Amsterdam has dozens of gay bars, dance clubs, saunas, bookshops, restaurants ...
... with the objective to make this a prime European location for international companies. Luxury apartment building Detroit at the Veemkade (2008) and a number of residential buildings on the Java island ...
... of Scheveningen in 1881.
The International Skating Union was founded in Scheveningen in 1892.
Anecdotal evidence exists of the name Scheveningen being used as a shibboleth during World War ...
... landmark Alkmaar Dutch Cheesemuseum Book hotels close to this landmark Alkmaar National Biermuseum Book hotels close to this landmark Alkmaar Alkmaar Station Book hotels close to this landmark Alkmaar ...
Exhibition On the road – Traveling with the photographer - 16 September 2016 to 8 January 2017. The exhibition On the road – Traveling with the photographer in the National Archives of the ...
... controlled.
Water knowledge as an export product
Holland is internationally recognised as an expert in the field of water management. All over the world, Dutch dredging companies (Royal Boskalis, ...
International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam. This year the Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam will be host to the prestigious IGPOTY, an international garden, plant ...
Holland’s first Outsider Art Museum, with world-class works of art by national and international outsider artists will be housed in a new space in the Hermitage Amsterdam. The Dolhuys in Haarlem, ...
... doubt among the best work of the master and it will enrich both the collection of Mauritshuis and the Dutch national art collection. It comes from a private collection and has not been exhibited in public ...
... trips generates over 55,000 jobs in Holland. NBTC Holland Marketing publishes the results of the Ecorys study into the economic impact of multi-day, national and international business meetings in Holland ...
NBTC Holland Marketing estimates that 14.9 million international tourists visited Holland in 2015. This is a 7% increase compared with 2014. Most of the visitors came from Germany, while China showed ...
... — the judicial capital of the world, the seat of government and the royal family
* Leiden — historic student city with the country's oldest university and three national ...
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Home to the largest national park of the Netherlands, Hoge Veluwe National Park, as well as the beautiful Hanzesteden, seven mediaeval cities along the IJssel River with a traditional historic centre, ...
... streets, and over 2,700 monuments.
The Hague is often called the "judicial capital of the world", as it famously hosts the Peace Palace and many international organisations. It has a spacious ...
Station Amsterdam Centraal is the largest railway station of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and a major national railway hub. Used by 260,000 passengers a day, it is the second-busiest railway station in the ...
Station Amsterdam Centraal is the largest railway station of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and a major national railway hub. Used by 260,000 passengers a day, it is the second-busiest railway station in the ...
... governor of Nieuw Amsterdam. The oldest portrayal of what is now New York is on display in Amsterdam’s Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum), and the church of the Pilgrim Fathers can be found ...
... tolerant attitude to different lifestyles is a major draw, as is the international atmosphere where English is widely spoken.
Amsterdam has dozens of gay bars, dance clubs, saunas, bookshops, restaurants ...
... is awarded the Blue Flag: the international ecolabel awarded to safe and clean beaches.
Other attractions There’s plenty to do in Zandvoort outside traditional beach season. Nature ...
... and Stedelijk Museum - and the concert hall Concertgebouw. The area was the location of the International Colonial and Export Exhibition in 1883. The Museumplein was reconstructed after a design ...
... from Amsterdam Marketing, Provincie Noord-Holland and Nationale Vereniging de Zonnebloem.
In the guide users can find short accessible routes through the city, which are visualized with maps. There ...
... cities hosted 34 international association conventions in 2013. Rotterdam is 68th on the world ranking, rising 20 spots compared to 2012. The result was apparent from the statistics compiled by the International ...
... regional workforce drawing from 180 different nationalities, in large part due to the liberal, tolerant and free-spirited image that the city is renowned for. In turn, this openness to people and ideas ...
... held today are focused on keeping the idea of the international Hanse alive, developing the self-awareness in European countries and promoting mutual collaboration.
Hanseatic House
The Hanseatic ...
... Amsterdam facts. Almost every Dutch home had at least one painting.
5.Amsterdam has the highest number of nationalities of any city in the world: 175 (and there are 194 internationally recognized ...
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art is an international public institution with Rotterdam as its home base. Established in 1990, Witte de With explores developments in contemporary art worldwide. ...
... area but the crane has remained in place, reflecting the industrial heritage and entrepreneurship of the region. Attracted by this free spirit, many international companies – especially in media ...
The Loonse en Drunense Duinen (Loonse and Drunense Dunes) is a national park situated in the south of the Netherlands, between the cities of Tilburg, Waalwijk & 's-Hertogenbosch. It has been ...
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Rotterdam will be the host city for three new congresses. ICCA, the leading international network for the meeting and congress industry, will be holding its Client Supplier Workshop in Rotterdam in ...
... acquisitions include pieces by Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian. The museum is also internationally renowned for having one of the largest collections of works by El Lissitzky.
The ...
Working in the Netherlands. Everything foreign nationals need to know about working in the Netherlands. If you are planning a short stay in the Netherlands or the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the ...
... and state secretaries) prepares and implements legislation, oversees local government, carries out the day-to-day business of government and maintains international relations.
Parliament is made ...
... exhibition displays existing and new work by national and international talent, by established and promising artists such as Sandra Backlund, David Batchelor, Hans Op de Beeck, Dinie Besems, Blommers / ...
... fame.
Den Bosch
The provincial capital of North Brabant, Den Bosch, at just an hour's distance from Amsterdam, is well connected to the national capital by direct train lines. The name Den ...
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... Koppelpoort, and the Muurhuizen (Wall-houses), there is also the Sint-Joris church, the canal-system with its bridges, as well as medieval and other old buildings; many are designated as national monuments. ...
... largest.
Since its inception more than 200,000 students have graduated. It is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group. In April 2013, according to the results of the International Student Barometer, ...
The Kröller-Müller Museum is an art museum and sculpture garden, located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo in the Netherlands.
Museum
The museum has a considerable collection ...
Windmills are an iconic part of the Dutch landscape, and no trip to the Netherlands is complete without a visit to a windmill.
Every year, the country celebrates National Windmill Day when windmills ...