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personalised by owner managed office with
all qualified and experienced staff.
We operate the latest computerised
reservations and have keen airfares,
holidays, hotels, self-drive cars and cruises.
We offer prompt confirmations and tickets.
Our services include groups and incentive
travel.
Netherlands
The Dutch aren't bogged in their clichés,
even though bikes, dykes, windmills and blazing flower fields
are pretty much the norm outside the major cities. Do as the
locals do - grab a bike and explore. It's a very big small
country, and full of salutary surprises.
One of the chief pleasures of the Netherlands is its lively
contrast between pragmatic liberalism and the buttoned-up
just-so primness of a culture founded on Calvinist principles.
In Dutch society, ostentation is anathema and fuss of any
kind is regarded as undignified.
For travellers, the integration of the clog and the microchip
works well. The Netherlands is easy to travel in and the locals
are friendly and speak excellent English, but towns are still
surrounded by canals and castle walls, the endlessly flat
landscape which inspired the nation's early artists still
stretches unbroken to the horizons, and the dykes still occasionally
threaten to give way.
Full country name: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Area: 41,526 sq km
Population: 16.1 million
Capital City: Amsterdam (population 725,000)
People: Over 95% of the population are Dutch (Germanic and
Gallo-Celtic stock); most of the rest are Indonesian, Surinamese
or Moroccan
Languge: Dutch, Frisian, English
Religion: 60% Christian (Roman Catholic and Protestant), 3%
Muslim. The number of former churches that these days house
art galleries is the most obvious sign of today's attitude
to religion and art. Fully 40% of the Dutch say they have
no religious affiliation.
Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State: Queen Beatrix van Oranje Nassau
Head of Government: Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
GDP: US$350 billion
GDP per capita: US$22,000
Inflation: 2%
Major Industries: Service industries, banking, electronics,
digital media, horticulture, agriculture, shipping
Major Trading Partners: EU (esp Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg,
France, UK), USA
Member of EU: yes
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