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- 1. About the Netherlands Did you know…? 1) Netherlands and Holland are not synonymous. Holland is largely the western coastal region of the Netherlands, comprising of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Haarlem, Leiden and the Hague 2) The first country to legalise same sex marriages in 2001. 3) 6) The Dutch are the tallest in the world with an average height of 184 cm for men and 170 cm for women. Some believe its the combined result of DNA and dairy. 4) It has more than 4,000 km of navigable canals, rivers and lakes. 5) 15) The highest point in Netherlands, Vaalserberg, is only 323 meters above sea level. The rest of the nation is as flat as a pancake. 6) Rotterdam is the second largest port in the world. The Netherlands
- 2. Constitutional Monarchy Since 1815 The Netherlands has been a constitutional monarchy. Historically for centuries before, it had been the proud republic, a union of provinces. Since 1848, the Netherlands is also a parliamentary democracy. Dutch monarch has no real political power, but serves as representative head of state and a symbolic person uniting the divided parliamentary politics. The parliament The parliament consists of two chambers. The Lower House wich is elected every four years in a direct national elections Prime Minister Prime Minister is the head of the government. Mark Rutte from the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. The King King Willem-Alexander van Oranje-Nassau is the nominal head of state of the Netherlands. The King has several mostly representative functions. He nominates all the mayors in the Netherlands as well as the politician who forms the government after the general elections WATERWORKS Over 30% of the Netherlands lies below sea level. Floodings of sea and riverwater caused many victims as for example the 1953 flood disaster during which 1850 people were drowned. To stop this the dutch government created a delta in the entry of the north sea that detects if there will be heavy storms the next days. If it detects it will rain a lot it closes so Holland doesn’t flood. Places to visit 1-Amsterdam -Cannels -Anna Franks Museum -Vincent van Goch’s Museum 2-Rotterdam -Euro mast -Markthal -Cube houses 3-Tipical Dutch windmill 4-Waterworck 5-Tulipan fields