An introduction to a country with half its land at or below sea level, whose name literally means lowlands.
Lonely Planet's The Netherlands is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.
Upon the way thither we had been through Heerenveen to the Oranje Woud, lovely for its long canalsand formal woods, and representing with moretruth thanis usual tothese guide book clichés, “asort of little Versailles of Friesland,” for ...
Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, and people of the Netherlands.
Among other topics, the book will feature chapters on soccer culture, religion (and the lack thereof), the media, the welfare state, multiculturalism, and the Netherlands place in the larger European Union.
Imposed in retaliation for Dutch support of Israel, this embargo threatened to deprive the country of more than 80 per cent of her imports17. However, it was combated by the purchase of oil from alternative sources, a policy which ...
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The Netherlands