Top Ten Things the Netherlands is Known For
I live in The Netherlands so why not making a list about it?
A Dutch cheese type. It's from the city Gouda. It's one of the best cheeses in my opinion.
Spiced Gouda tastes even better than the original Gouda.
I love it. It's available in Canadian grocery stores.
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Ah, beautiful tulips, I love picturing plains with millions of tulips
I've always wanted to go to the Netherlands just to see the windmills. Also Amsterdam and the fields of tulips. But mainly the windmills.
Amsterdam is the capital city of The Netherlands. It's a great city to visit.
Yes, aka the little Venice for the canals and bridges.
You know, how about some history in these lists?
A lot of people use their bicycle and there a lot of great cycle routes in The Netherlands.
I heard biking is actually faster than driving in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam has a lot of canals.
Wooden Shoes or Clogs are typically Dutch. Bring them home as a souvenir or visit a traditional clog maker.
Some of the best
Stroopwafels or Syrup Waffles are a waffle made from two thin layers of baked dough with a caramel syrup filling in the middle. They're popular in The Netherlands and originally made in the city of Gouda.
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players each. It is played with a spherical ball. The objective is to score the ball in the other teams goal. Examples of good Dutch soccer clubs are Feyenoord, Ajax and PSV to name a few.
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Really great city. Beautiful night skyline and second largest city of The Netherlands.
Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born diarist. Anne for short. One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl in which she documents her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. She was discovered with her group and arrested on August 4th, 1944. She... read more
Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer and the vocalist of symphonic rock band Within Temptation.Together with her partner, Robert Westerholt, den Adel is one of the founding members of Within Temptation. She has defined their work as epic and cinematic. Her vocals play a major role in the band's sound, despite having never received formal vocal training. Den Adel sings in the mezzo-soprano range but... read more
Thanks for the additions! And I like Sharon.
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.In just over a decade he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are... read more
Simone Johanna Maria Simons is a Dutch singer-songwriter. She is the lead vocalist of Dutch symphonic metal band Epica.I mean, come on
Probably the best soccer player The Netherlands ever had.
Marcel "Marco" van Basten is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played for Ajax and Milan, as well as the Netherlands national team, in the 1980s and early '90s as a forward.
Floor Jansen is a Dutch singer-songwriter and vocal coach. She is currently vocalist of Nightwish and leader of Revamp.
Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Ayreon's music is described as progressive rock, progressive metal and power metal sometimes combined with genres such as folk, electronica, experimental and classical music.
Armin van Buuren is a Dutch remixer, music producer, DJ, musician, pianist and songwriter from South Holland.
Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded in April 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669) was a Dutch draughtsman, painter, and printmaker. A prolific and versatile master across three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history.