HOLLAND(NEDERLANDS)

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NEDERLANDSO PopulationO - 2014 estimate 16,819,595 (63rd)O - Density 405.4/km2 (24th) 1,050.1/sq miO AreaO - Total 41,543 km2 (134th) 16,039 sq miO - Water (%) 18.41O Government Unitary parliamentary democracy under constitutional

monarchyO - Monarch Willem-AlexanderO - Prime Minister Mark RutteO Official languagesO DutchO Recognised regional languagesO West Frisian (Friesland)O Limburgish (Limburg)O Dutch Low Saxon (North-east)O English (Sint Eustatius/Saba)O Papiamento (Bonaire)

FLAG

O The flag of the Netherlands is a horizontal tricolour of red, white, and blue. Variants of the flag have been in use since 1572, and in 1937 the flag was officially formalized as the national flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is the oldest tricolor flag still in national use.

Royal Palace in Amsterdam

O The Royal Palace in Amsterdam (Dutch: Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam or Paleis op de Dam) is one of three palaces in the Netherlands which are at the disposal of the monarch by Act of Parliament.The palace was built as a city hall during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century.

Cube houses

O Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon.

Naarden

O Naarden is a municipality and a town in the Gooi region in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Naarden is an example of a star fort, complete with fortified walls and a moat.

Floating Dutchman

O The Floating Dutchman is a 1952 British crime film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Dermot Walsh, Sydney Tafler and Mary Germaine. It was known as 'Clue for a Corpse' on U.S. TV. The film was an early product of Merton Park Studios, a British company best known for its Edgar Wallace Mysteries of the 1960s. [1][2] Its plot involves Dermot Walsh as a Scotland Yard detective who goes undercover amongst jewel thieves after a dead Dutchman is found floating in the river. It is based on a novel by Nicholas Bentley.

O Netherlands: The Netherlands have incendiary "mood", gather all the Christmas trees and burn, under the musical fireworks. According to the Dutch, this custom is intended to "burn" the previous year to be "clean" the next.

Quality of life

O The citizen pays normal taxes, abide by the laws and seeks actual class of the country and has RIGHTS (nothing to do with so little Greece;). There is a strong state behind in terms of economy and social security system and social benefits to the citizen. Let's mention a few prime examples (Useful for immigration) to understand how the quality of life in Holland.

Insurance and hospital care.

O Their system is strict concerning insurance. It all citizens are insured PRIVATE (no public body type IKA). If no insurance and you receive something and have to go directly to the hospital you will either be forced to pay handsomely (because prepay) or will leave the stairs to 'die' .... It is unfortunately such a system. A good insurance package costs about 120-130 euros per month per person and includes all hospital cover, maternity mortality and dental coverage. Anyone who wants information on good insurance company there is Zilveren Kruis . You wonder, but the employer does not provide you the; NO ... That the salary he gives you know that every month subtract this amount for your safety. Some employers, however, wanting to make your gift especially if you're super in place and you have crazy degree, can give you more money just to cover your safety!

Parks, lakes and bikes

O What better than to descend from the house to go to your job in the morning until you go to the tram station or making orthopetalies the bicycle you see it, ponds, ducks, trees and greenery. Breathe fresh air and nature. Every second there is approximately square channel with the Ducks. It's really unlikely. It has large parks in the city for a picnic ... Really .... There is inhibited. Go eat there, lie down to read, gaze etc etc. The roads are divided in 4 of every stripe direction. One for lowercase, one for bikes, one for cars, one for the tram. Lanterns are even bicycles. View Photos in the streets right!