Amazing Collection: Visit Holland virtual tourist board

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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1402072399998_3649" style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">A special tour diary of the important places to visit in Netherlands, ----- Europe's special nation.</span></h1>
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P.S.- Readers are requested to wait patiently for the picture downloads as this is a large file. But it is  worthwhile tour diary)</div>
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<u style="line-height: 1.22em;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 1.22em;">Netherlands</span></u></h1>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">The <b style="line-height: 1.22em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></b> is a European country of beautiful landscapes and architectural wonders to be seen.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Basic Map Of Netherlands</span></div>
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<li style="line-height: 1.22em; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a>, consisting of the countries Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten in the Carribean and the Netherlands</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.22em; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;">The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Geography">geography</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Europe">European</a> part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> is unusual in that much of its land has been reclaimed from the sea and is below <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sea level">sea level</a>, protected by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dike_%28construction%29" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Dike (construction)">dikes</a>. Another factor that has influenced its physical appearance is that the country is among the most densely populated on Earth. It is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_population_density" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density">ranked 15th</a> overall on that scale, but is behind only three countries having a population over 10 million. Consequently, the Netherlands is highly urbanised.</span></li>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">The <b style="line-height: 1.22em;">Netherlands</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_country" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Constituent country">constituent country</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a>, consisting of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Provinces of the Netherlands">twelve provinces</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Europe" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Western Europe">western Europe</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Caribbean Netherlands">three islands</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Netherlands" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="European Netherlands">European part of the Netherlands</a> borders the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> to the north and west, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> to the south, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Germany">Germany</a> to the east; and shares <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_boundary" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Maritime boundary">maritime borders</a> with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom.<sup style="line-height: 1.22em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands#cite_note-16" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"></span></a></sup> The Netherlands was one of the first countries in the world to have an elected <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Parliament">parliament</a>, and is governed as a<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_system" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Parliamentary system">parliamentary</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Democracy">democracy</a> organised as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_state" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Unitary state">unitary state</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_of_the_Netherlands" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Capital of the Netherlands">capital city</a> of the Netherlands, mandated by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Netherlands" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Constitution of the Netherlands">constitution</a>, is<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a>; however, the seat of government is located in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Hague">The Hague</a>.<sup style="line-height: 1.22em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands#cite_note-17" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"></span></a></sup> The Netherlands in its entirety is often referred to as "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Holland">Holland</a>", which in strict usage, refers only to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Holland" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="North Holland">North</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Holland" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="South Holland">South Holland</a>, two of its provinces - thus, referring to the Netherlands as Holland is technically incorrect or informal,<sup style="line-height: 1.22em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands#cite_note-20" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"></span></a></sup> depending on the context, but is generally accepted when referring to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Netherlands national football team">national football team</a>.<sup style="line-height: 1.22em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands#cite_note-21" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"></span></a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying country, with about 20% of its area and 21% of its population located below sea level, and 50% of its land lying less than one metre <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Above_mean_sea_level" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Above mean sea level">above sea level</a>.<sup style="line-height: 1.22em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands#cite_note-23" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"></span></a></sup> This distinct feature contributes to the country's name: in Dutch (<i style="line-height: 1.22em;">Nederland</i>), English, and many other European languages, its name literally means "Low Land" or "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Countries" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Low Countries">Low Country</a>." <i style="line-height: 1.22em;">De Lage landen</i> (The Low Countries) is a geographical designation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Benelux">Benelux</a>, and depending on the context, sometimes extended with parts of northern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="France">France</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Flanders" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="French Flanders">French Flanders</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Hainaut" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="French Hainaut">French Hainaut</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artois" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Artois">Artois</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picardy" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Picardy">Picardy</a> to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somme" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Somme">Somme</a>) and the former<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> region around <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thionville" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Thionville">Diedenhoven</a> and West <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Germany">Germany</a> (east <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisia" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Frisia">Frisia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julich" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Julich">Julich</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleves" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Cleves">Cleves</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentheim" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Bentheim">Bentheim</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingen" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Lingen">Lingen</a>, the region around <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geldern" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Geldern">Geldern</a>, around <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitburg" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Bitburg">Bitburg</a>, some municipalities east of the eastern provinces which were annexed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussia" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Prussia">Prussia</a> in 1815, etc.). Netherlands has about the same meaning as the Low Countries, but of a more historiographical and political nature. In the fifteenth century the name Netherlands (Nederlanden) came into use. Unlike <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="France">France</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="England">England</a> it had no ethnic origin, but it was originally a geographical term which denoted only the difference with a higher ground. Place names with <i style="line-height: 1.22em;">Nieder</i> are used in various places in the German language area. Also terms like lower <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> and lower <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse_%28river%29" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Meuse (river)">Meuse</a> were commonly used (vs. middle Rhine or upper Rhine). <i style="line-height: 1.22em;">Niderlant</i> was in the late Middle Ages the region between the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse_%28river%29" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Meuse (river)">Meuse</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Rhine">Rhine</a>, the Lower Rhine Area now be included. The area known as <i style="line-height: 1.22em;">Oberland</i> (High country) was considered to begin approximately at the nearby higher located<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Cologne">Cologne</a>. By extension, the term could also be applied to the delta of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine%E2%80%93Meuse%E2%80%93Scheldt_delta" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta">Schelde, Meuse and Rhine</a>, and then would occur in the plural form. Due to the great importance of the Low Countries, the name was increasingly used specifically for this area. From about 1490 the Burgundian-Habsburg provinces thus also were indicated. Besides <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Flanders">Flanders</a>, "the Netherlands " was, from the mid- sixteenth century on, probably the most common used name. Most of the areas below sea level are man-made, caused by centuries of extensive and poorly controlled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Peat">peat</a> extraction that lowered the surface by several metres. Even in flooded areas, peat extraction continued through turf dredging. Beginning in the late 16th century, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reclamation" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Land reclamation">land reclamation</a> started and large <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polder" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Polder">polder</a> areas are now preserved through elaborate drainage systems that include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dike_%28construction%29" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Dike (construction)">dikes</a>, canals and pumping stations. Nearly 17% of the country's land area is reclaimed from the sea. Much of the Netherlands is formed by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estuary" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Estuary">estuary</a> of three important European rivers, which together with their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributary" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Distributary">distributaries</a> form the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine%E2%80%93Meuse%E2%80%93Scheldt_delta" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta">Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta</a>. Most of the country is very flat, with the exception of foothills in the far southeast and several low hill ranges in the central parts.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">The Netherlands is a founding member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="European Union">EU</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_of_Ten_%28economic%29" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Group of Ten (economic)">G-10</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="NATO">NATO</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_for_Economic_Co-operation_and_Development" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development">OECD</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="World Trade Organization">WTO</a> and a part of the trilateral <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Benelux">Benelux</a> economic union. The country is host to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_for_the_Prohibition_of_Chemical_Weapons" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons">Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons</a> and five international courts: the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Court_of_Arbitration" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Permanent Court of Arbitration">Permanent Court of Arbitration</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_Former_Yugoslavia" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia">International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="International Criminal Court">International Criminal Court</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Tribunal_for_Lebanon" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Special Tribunal for Lebanon">Special Tribunal for Lebanon</a>. The first four are situated in The Hague, as is the EU's criminal intelligence agency <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europol" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Europol">Europol</a> and judicial co-operation agency <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurojust" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Eurojust">Eurojust</a>. This has led to the city being dubbed "the world's legal capital".<sup style="line-height: 1.22em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands#cite_note-24" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"></span></a></sup> The Netherlands has a market-based mixed economy, ranking 17th of 177 countries according to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Economic_Freedom" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Index of Economic Freedom">Index of Economic Freedom</a>.<sup style="line-height: 1.22em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands#cite_note-25" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"></span></a></sup> It had the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_per_capita" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita">tenth-highest</a> per capita income in the world in 2011. In May 2011, the Netherlands was ranked as the "happiest" country in the world according to the OECD, reflecting its high standard of living.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">The <b style="line-height: 1.22em;">Zuiderzee</b> ( old spelling <i style="line-height: 1.22em;">Zuyderzee</i>) was a shallow <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Bay">bay</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> in the northwest of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, extending about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 miles) wide, with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 metres (13–16 feet) and a coastline of about 300 km (200 miles). It covered 5,000 sq. km (1,900 sq mi). Its name means "southern sea" in Dutch, indicating that the origin of the name can be found in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesland" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Friesland">Friesland</a> to the north of the Zuiderzee (cf. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>). In the 20th century the majority of the Zuiderzee was closed off from the North Sea (leaving the mouth of the inlet to become part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadden_Sea" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Wadden Sea">Wadden Sea</a>) and the salt water inlet changed into a fresh water lake called the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJsselmeer" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="IJsselmeer">IJsselmeer</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJssel" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="IJssel">IJssel</a> Lake) after the river that drains into it, and by means of drainage and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polders" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Polders">polders</a>, an area of some 1,500 km<sup style="line-height: 1.22em;">2</sup> (580 sq mi) was reclaimed as land. This land eventually became the province of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flevoland" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Flevoland">Flevoland</a>, with a population of nearly 400,000 (2011).</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">The Zuyder Zee wide moat (about 100km in length) that enabled Netherlands reclaim vast lands from the sea</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;"><u style="line-height: 1.22em;"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"><span dir="ltr" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Lelystad Haven Marina in Flevoland, Netherlands</span></span></u></span></div>
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<img height="424" src="http://images.marinas.com/med_res_id/90493" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.22em;" width="640" /><br clear="none" style="line-height: 1.22em;" /><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"><sup style="line-height: 1.22em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands#cite_note-26" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"></span></a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Amsterdam City</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Amsterdam - a night panoramic view</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Traditional Giant windmills on the outskirts of Amsterdam</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Government Buildings at Koningskade, The Hague in Netherlands</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">The Dutch Parliament House at The Hague </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;"><b style="line-height: 1.22em;">Madurodam</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_park" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Miniature park">miniature park</a> and tourist attraction in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheveningen" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Scheveningen">Scheveningen</a> district of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Hague">The Hague</a>, Netherlands. It is home to a range of perfect 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch castles, public buildings, and large industrial projects as found at various locations in the country. The park was opened in 1952 and has been visited by tens of millions of visitors since that date. In 2012 Madurodam celebrated its 60th anniversary.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Kite festival at the  </span><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"><span dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.22em;"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Scheveningen Beach at Hague, Netherlands</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;"><b style="line-height: 1.22em;">The Peace Palace at The Hague.</b> It is often called <i style="line-height: 1.22em;">the seat of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="International law">international law</a></i> because it houses the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a> (which is the principal judicial body of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>), the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Court_of_Arbitration" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Permanent Court of Arbitration">Permanent Court of Arbitration</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Academy_of_International_Law" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Hague Academy of International Law">Hague Academy of International Law</a>, and the extensive <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Palace_Library" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Peace Palace Library">Peace Palace Library</a>. In addition to hosting these institutions, the Palace is also a regular venue for special events in international policy and law. The Palace officially opened on 28 August 1913.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Viola the Funky Apartments of Rotterdam in Netherlands</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;"><b style="line-height: 1.22em;">Amazing Market Hall</b> of the <span style="line-height: 1.22em;">buildings</span> designed by MVRDV and  <span style="line-height: 1.22em;">developed by the municipality </span></span><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Provast</span></span>. It is the new common market commisioned in Rotterdam in urban <a href="http://flavahome.com/architecture/" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="architecture">architecture</a>. The Super Market Mall is  a 3,000sqm retail area, with a 1,600sqm catering area on the ground level and first floor, a 1,800sqm supermarket and an underground car park for 1,100 cars.</span></div>
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<span dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.22em;"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Markerwaarddijk at Lelystadt</span></span></div>
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<b style="line-height: 1.22em;"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;">The Keukenhof Garden .</span></b></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Keukenhof ("Kitchen garden", Dutch , also known as the Garden of Europe), is the world's largest flower garden. It is situated near Lisse, the Netherlands. According to the official website for the Keukenhof Park, approximately 7,000,000 (seven million) flower bulbs are planted annually in the park, which covers an area of 32 hectares. It is a beautiful place. The best time to view the tulips is around mid-April, depending on the weather.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Giant Windmills and flower-fields</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">The wonder village town of Giethoorn interconnected only by water canals</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Tree Lined Hardwood Forest of Gelderland during autumn</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">The <b style="line-height: 1.22em;">Hovenring</b> is a suspended <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_path" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Bicycle path">bicycle path</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Roundabout">roundabout</a> in the province of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Brabant" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="North Brabant">Noord-Brabant</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> and the first of its kind in the world. It is situated in between the localities of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eindhoven" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Eindhoven">Eindhoven</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veldhoven" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Veldhoven">Veldhoven</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerhoven" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Meerhoven">Meerhoven</a> which accounts for its name, which is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> for "Ring of the 'Hovens'". This was done </span><span style="line-height: 1.22em;">in order to improve the flow of traffic and improve safety, it was decided to completely separate motorized and bicycle traffic.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Wonderful Architectural Buildings at Utrecht (The Urecht University) in Netherlands.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">South Limburg countryside, the innermost province of Netherlands</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">With moats and canal-ways the Dutch have the most natural marina housefronts in the world. This is <span style="line-height: 1.22em;"><span dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.22em;">Oolderhuuske Marina in Limburg.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">"The Moses Bridge" - Halsteren, The Netherlands.</span><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"> </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">The bridge, made completely out of waterproof wood, lies like a trench and disappears into the landscape, but from the vantage point of above or either end, the bridge parts the waters, reminiscent of the prophet it is named after. In the case that you are lacking the faith to walk down into and under the water line, the RO&AD architects who designed the bridge assure that flooding would not be an issue. The height of the water is controlled by adjustable dams at both sides of the moat, ensuring that when the water rises, it reaches the dams before the bridge, which also includes a pump just in case the dams overflow.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;"><b style="line-height: 1.22em;">Mount Saint Peter</b> (<span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Dutch</span></span>: <i style="line-height: 1.22em;">Sint-Pietersberg</i>), also referred to as <b style="line-height: 1.22em;"><span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Caestert</span></span> Plateau</b>, is the northern part of a <span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">plateau</span></span> running north to south between the valleys of the river <span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Geer</span></span> to the west, and the <span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Meuse</span></span> to the east. It runs from <span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Maastricht</span></span> in the<span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Netherlands</span></span>, through <span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Riemst</span></span> in <span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Belgian Limburg</span></span> almost to the city of <span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Liège</span></span> in <span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Belgium</span></span>, thus defining the topography of this border area between <span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Flanders</span></span>, <span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Wallonia</span></span> and the Netherlands. The name of the hill, as well as the nearby village and church of<span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Sint Pieter</span></span> and the fortress of Sint Pieter, refers to <span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Saint Peter</span></span>, one of the <span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 1.22em;">Twelve Apostles</span></span>.</span></div>
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<span dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.22em;"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;">De Hoge Veluwe National Park - a stroll through its forest park in autumn.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;"><span dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.22em;">Beautiful Beaches in Curacao, Vacation in Willemstad. - It</span> is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Island">island</a> in the southern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a>, off the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Venezuela">Venezuelan</a> coast, that forms part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Dutch Caribbean">Dutch Caribbean</a>. The <b style="line-height: 1.22em;">Country of Curaçao</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <span lang="nl" style="line-height: 1.22em;"><i style="line-height: 1.22em;">Land Curaçao</i></span>;<sup style="line-height: 1.22em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"></span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papiamento_language" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Papiamento language">Papiamento</a>: <span lang="pap" style="line-height: 1.22em;"><i style="line-height: 1.22em;">Pais Kòrsou</i></span>),<sup style="line-height: 1.22em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao#cite_note-8" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"></span></a></sup> which includes the main island and the small, uninhabited island of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_Cura%C3%A7ao" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Klein Curaçao">Klein Curaçao</a> ("Little Curaçao"), is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_country" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Constituent country">constituent country</a> of the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a>. It has a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Population">population</a> of over 150,000 on an area of 444 km (171 sq mi) and its capital is<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willemstad" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Willemstad">Willemstad</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Dutch Ballooning. The Genestetlaan 7 3818 GW, Amersfoor,.Netherlands (Going on a hot air balloon to view the Dutch Country)</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">Look at the Clean and Architecturally Landscaped Townships of Drenthe in Netherlands</span><span style="line-height: 1.22em;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.22em;">(a northern inner province)</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.22em;">The La Liberte an apartment building at Groningen at Netherlands</span></div>
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