| MORE INFO ABOUT THE NETHERLANDS |
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| So, this is how the Netherlands look like... it's a very small country, but very much alive!!! We have more than 16 million people living here...and that on 37.330 square kilometers (that's about 14.413 square miles) |
| If you want to know how small the Netherlands is...click here to zoom out. |
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| We are a democracy and we are a monarchy; a constitutional monarchy.. This is our queen, Her Royal Highness Queen Beatrix van Oranje-Nassau (and a lot of other titles). |
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| This is the Dutch flag...it looks like the flag of Luxembourg...only their blue is light-blue. (click the flag and you'll hear our National anthem) |
| She's our queen since April 30 1980...that's when her mother (now called princess Juliana) abdicated the throne. |
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| If you want to know more about Eindhoven, click on the map. |
| If you want to know some world well-known people that are/were Dutch and/or are living in the Netherlands click the button at the right: |
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| This is our prime-minister. His name is Jan-Peter Balkenende. Yes, he looks like Harry Potter and I think he could use some magic to work this government. He's the leader of the Christen Democratish Appel (CDA) = Christian Democrats. Because in the Netherlands we always had a lot of political parties, there was (and likely never will be) just one party big enough to govern alone. So we always had coalitions. Just now we have a government formed by 3 parties: CDA, VVD (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie = Liberals).and D'66 (Democraten '66 = Democrats. I'm not very happy with this government; although I voted for D'66 last year (and now, for the first time since I may vote (since I was 18 years old). I sincerely hope that this government will not stay long in power. This is because I think they made some terrible mistakes by cutting in important budgets and so will devide our coutnry more in (very) poor and (very) rich people. And I also think this government is going to devide the Netherlands in two other groups: us (people who are 'originally' Dutch) and them (people who aren' t originally Dutch and especially not originally from western countries). |
| Yes, I believe it too...her hairspray 'fixed' her smile too!! |
| The capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, but our government resides in The Hague; just like our present queen. Our queen is part (and head) of our government, but has not many real power. |
| I found a website with good info about the Netherlands...with faq's and some good statistics...if you want to know more about my great and little country click this banner of the CIA - The World Factbook and find out some other info about my wonderful country. |
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