CAPTIVATING FACTS ABOUT THE NETHERLANDS
Added on: 16th Jul 2016
EVEN THOUGH THE NETHERLANDS IS CONSIDERED
THE WORLD’S TULIP CAPITAL, THE FAMOUS
FLOWER DIDN’T ORIGINATE THERE. THEY WERE
IMPORTED FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN THE
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY AND EVENTUALLY
BECAME THE COUNTRY’S NATIONAL SYMBOL
(ALONGSIDE THEIR WINDMILLS)
THERE ARE MORE BIKES (OVER EIGHTEEN MILLION) IN
THE NETHERLANDS THAN THERE ARE PEOPLE
(16.8 MILLION). NO WONDER YOU SEE THEM
EVERYWHERE YOU GO WHILE YOU’RE THERE
AMSTERDAM IS ENTIRELY BUILT ON WOODEN POLES
ELEVEN METRES DEEP. THIS IS DUE TO ITS SOIL,
WHICH CONSISTS OF THICK LAYERS OF CLAY AND FEN
THERE ARE STILL OVER ONE THOUSAND TRADITIONAL
WORKING WINDMILLS IN THE NETHERLANDS.
NINETEEN OF THESE CAN BE FOUND AT THE
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE OF KINDERDIJK
THE NETHERLANDS’ NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM
IS WIDELY CONSIDERED THE GREATEST TEAM
TO NEVER WIN THE WORLD CUP. THE TEAM HOLDS
THE RECORD FOR PLAYING THE MOST WORLD
CUP FINALS WITHOUT EVER WINNING THE TROPHY,
FINISHING SECOND IN THE 1974, 1978, AND
2010 WORLD CUP TOURNAMENTS
THE DUTCH ARE THE BIGGEST LIQUORICE EATERS
IN THE WORLD. THEY CONSUME THIRTY-TWO
MILLION KILOS OF THE STUFF EVERY YEAR
AFTER SCANDINAVIANS, THE DUTCH ARE THE
WORLD’S SECOND BIGGEST COFFEE DRINKERS.
THEY DRINK NO LESS THAN 140 LITRES A YEAR
ON AVERAGE, WHICH IS ABOUT 3.2 CUPS A DAY!
THE DUTCH DEFINITELY LOVE THEIR COFFEE
OVER SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE WORLD’S
FLOWER BULB PRODUCTION COMES FROM
THE NETHERLANDS
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