The document is a PowerPoint presentation about the Netherlands, covering its history, geography, culture, and key facts. It discusses important historical figures like Vincent van Gogh, notable festivals, major cities, and aspects of Dutch cuisine and traditional clothing. Additionally, it provides travel tips and information on the Dutch government, economy, and unique characteristics of the country's landscape.

1. Sorry if you couldn’t understand me or if I make too many mistakes or there was a bit of
background etc etc because
1. This is the first time I used a Logitech Microphone.
2. This is the first time I used RecordPad Sound Recorder.
3. I don’t speak Dutch.
4. I did this at 5:00am (not the normal time for me to wake up but this time was the
most best for this powerpoint).
5. Outside there is a bird that makes a half blowing half whistling voice which distracted
me a lot.
6. Once in a while I have to scratch my nose because my impetigo is healing but when it’s
healing it gets a bit unconformable around the nose area.
7. I have a bit of trouble with my pronunciation.
8. I had my microphone on the left hand and my script and mouse on the other hand so
it was hard.
9. I think I may not make sense but at least I know what I am talking about.
10. I don’t mumble a lot, it’s just that I was moving the microphone up and down because
I was trying not to make my voice not to loud.

2. The Netherlands
By: Anne

3. Introduction
The Netherlands is
a constitution
country which is
located on North-
West Europe with
some islands in the
Caribbean. This
country is slightly
bigger than
Switzerland. The
official country
name is Koninkrijk
der Nederlanden.
The short form of it
is Nederland. The
alternative name for
the Netherlands is
Holland. The long

5. There is limited knowledge on prehistoric Netherlands.
The Netherlands existed ever since the Ice Age [2.6
million years ago]. There is no exact date when
Netherlands existed.
There is limited knowledge
on prehistoric Netherlands.
The Netherlands existed
ever since the Ice Age [2.6
million years ago]. There is
no exact date when
Netherlands existed.

6. One of the most famous people in Netherland’s
history is named Vincent van Gogh. He was born
on the 30th of March, 1853 and died on the 29th
of July 1890 aged 37. He was an artist who lived
in poverty and very few people noticed his art
when he was living. Van Gogh committed suicide
by shooting himself with a gun on the chest but
no gun was ever found. After his death he
became well known. Some of the paintings he
painted were Starry Night and sunflowers.

7. Every month and every season has a
festival, market, parade, exposition, and event
that are organised throughout the country.
There is the New Year’s Dive, the ABN AMRO
World Tennis Tournament, the
Kuekenhof, Queen’s Day [the most
important], Liberation Day, Flag Day, the
Summer Carnival, ‘t Preuvenemint, World Port
Days, Leidens Ontzet, Museum Night and

8. How the Netherlands
became a country:
A first the Netherlands
was ruled by Spain. The
Dutch people didn’t like
it because
1. They were protestant.
2. The Spanish
government was on an
Anti-Protestant
Catholic jihad known
as the ‘Inquisition’.
Then Prince William of
Orange led the War of
Independence for the
Netherlands to be

10. The Netherlands is a very flat
country. It is also a
geographically low-lying country
with about 20% of its area and
21% of its population located
below sea level and 50% of its
land lying less than one
metre above sea level so a quarter
of the land is at or it is below the
sea.
There are many landforms in the
Netherlands. Here are some of
the major landforms in the
Netherlands: The Zuidplaspolder
is the lowest point in the country
[which is 7m below sea]. The
Ardennes Mountains keep
sections of Belgium,
Luxembourg and France but
their foothills reach into the
extreme southern Netherlands.
The Vaalserberg is the highest
point in the Netherlands [rises to
1,053 feet].

11. The Netherlands have lots of landmarks. Here are some of them: The Rietveld
Schröder House which is a U.N.E.S.C.O. World Heritage Site [it is located in the north
part of the town of Utrecht, and it was made in 1924], The Kinderdijk [it is a small
village outside Rotterdam that features 19 windmills used for pumping water]. Why so
many windmills? It is because that the Netherlands are famous for their windmills
which were used to mill corn, drain flooded land and eventually generate electricity.

12. Netherlands has a lot of water because most of the land is covered by sea. The major bodies of
water in the country are… The Rhine River that flows into the country and joins with the Maas
and Scheldt rivers which makes it one of the largest river deltas in the west part of Europe. The
Netherlands' largest lakes is the Markermeer and the Ijsselmeer lakes which are man-made that
are formed by dikes [both lakes used to be part of a saltwater bay that led into the North Sea].

13. The Netherlands have about 130 cities but the major cities are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Den Ha

15. The Dutch people have a very unique
culture just like any other country. Just
like any country the Netherlands have
what people call today is traditional
clothing. Today most Dutch people wear
modern clothes just like any European
person would wear except the people
working in the country side because they
are cheaper and easier to wear – clogs
are better than gumboots.
Modern wear.

16. Traditional clothing are rarely worn often and sometimes worn on festivals. The most well known part of
the traditional Dutch clothing is the wooden clogs. Long ago, only very rich people could afford leather
shoes so middle class people wore wooden clogs. The shape of the clogs was different according to what
area of the Netherlands Dutch people came from. Today, some people working in the countryside still
wear them occasionally, as they are cheaper and easier to wear than gumboots. Now most of the
thousands of wooden clogs made today are sold to tourists wanting a souvenir from their trip to The
Netherlands at the souvenir shop.

18. The traditional Dutch music is folk though there
are many types of music in the
Netherlands, they are: Classical, Contemporary
classic, Jazz, Pop, rock, symphonic rock, death
metal, black metal, doom
metal, punk, boerenrock, indie
rock, electronic, dance, rap and hip hop.

19. The Netherlands have the lowest number
of public holidays [8].
Holiday Name Dutch Name INETRESTING FACT
New Year’s Day Nieuwjaar The day before is called Old Year’s
Day instead if New Year’s Eve.
Easter Eerste Paasdag en Tweede The Dutch celebrate two days of
Paasdag Easter [on Sunday and subsequent
Monday].
Queen’s Day Koninginnedag Originally it was celebrated on the
current Queen’s birthday, now it’s
celebrated on the birthday of late
Queen-Mother.
Liberation Day Bevrijdingsdaj It is celebrated every five years.
Ascension Day Hemelvaartsdag It is forty days after Easter.
Pentecost Pinksteren The Dutch celebrate two days of
Pentecost [on Sunday and
subsequent Monday].
Saint Nicholas’ Eve Sinterklass Not a national holiday
Christmas Kerstmis The Dutch celebrate two days of
Christmas – Eerste Kerstdaj (the
first day of Christmas) and Tweede
Kerstdat (Boxing day).

21. There are many numbers of
places serving good food and
inventive take on home-grown
cuisine in the Netherlands. And
the larger cities have a variety of
decent restaurants especially
Indonesian, Chinese and Thai
food.

22. Plus there are lots of cafes and bars often
known as eetcafés. The Netherlands is
also a good place for drinking with a wide
selection of bars.

23. Dutch cheese can be delicious but there isn’t a
variety as there is in as France or Switzerland.
This is a list of cheeses from or connected with
the Netherlands:
• Edam
• Gouda
•Leerdammer
•Leyden
•Limburger
•Maaslander
•Maasdam
•Mimolette
•Old Amsterdam
•Parrano
•Roomano
•Prima Donna.

24. The Netherlands’ government is a Parliament Democracy under
a Constitution Monarchy. Mark Rutte is the current Prime
Minister of the Netherlands. The political parties are the
Christian Democratic Appeal [CDA], Freedom Party [PVV], Labor
Party [PvdA], Liberal Party [VVD], Socialist Party [SP] and
other minor parties.
Below: Mark Rutte

26. Natural Gas Petroleum
Fertile Soil

27. Netherlands’ manufacturing areas are
agroinductruies, metal and engineering
products, electric machinery and
equipment, chemicals, petroleum, constructio Below: Fish Industry catching a fish
n, microelectronics and fishing industries.

28. There is 21.96% of arable land in the Netherlands - this mean the
land is used by cultivating the land for crops like wheat, maize
and rice that are replanted every year after harvest time.
The percentage for permanent crops in the lands is 0.77%.
The land is cultivated for crops like citrus fruits, coffee and rubber
and are not replanted every harvest which includes land under
the flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees and vines but this
doesn’t include land under trees grown for wood or timber.

29. The main jobs people have in the Netherlands are food processing, chemicals, gas and
oil, retail, property, transport, communications and financial services.
Above: Food processing machine

30. The
currenc
y in the
Netherl
ands is
Euro: €.

32. Cool Summers Mild Winters

33. The average yearly rainfall in the Netherlands is 75.6mL.

34. The average
yearly
temperature
in the
Netherlands
is 2°C in
January and
19°C in July
with an
annual
average of
10°C.

35. The damp weather is good for
dairy and livestock raising but
too much sunshine [the sun and
heat] will limit planting crops.

37. The population of the Netherlands is 17 688 863 people
[updated 06/11/2012]

38. railway [train for long
distances,], bus [some bus can
travel long distances
too], cycling [the common
way for transport, ride on
bike lanes], car [taxi
included], punting and canal
boats [popular with
tourists] and the plane [in
the airport to travel
overseas or faraway
places].

39. STORY BEHIND THE FLAG
The flag consists of
three equal
horizontal stripes
[the top stripe is
red, the middle is
white and the
bottom one is blue].
The red stripe was
originally orange
with the white and
blue stripes. The
colours on the flag
were based on
Prince William of

40. to us that exist in the
Netherlands. Some strange laws
are: the use of the number 1312 is
illegal and you need a parking
permit to park in your own
garage in the city of Amsterdam.

41. Want to go the the Netherlands for a holiday? Here are some tips and
advice for going there:
•You should take out comprehensive travel and medical insurance before
travelling.
•Exchange your money into Euro and only bring a certain amount of money
(if you carry 10, 000 Euro or more than you have to declare the cash at
your arrival or departure from the EU).
•Make sure your passport has at least valid for six months from your
planned date returning to your own country (bring an extra passport photo
(recent) in case you lose or need to replace your old passport while
overseas.
•Beware of pick pockets .
• In case of an emergency ring 112.
•Not necessary but encouraged – register with the Departure of Foreign

42. Some of Netherlands’ native animals are the:
Above: Wild Boar Above: European Mink
Right: Beech Marten

43. In conclusion, Netherlands is a great place to visit when you want to go somewhere in Europe.
Even though it is a small country it has a unique culture and a significant history. I hope in this
journey though the Netherlands you learnt something and enjoyed my PowerPoint
presentation.

45. For more information ask Anne Pham for the full report.
All of the pictures and backgrounds are searched on Google images and most of the
information is from the report.
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