101 Facts about The Netherlands

greetings mother factors my name's chris and i'm here to jettison you off today on an adventure filled with windmills water and lots of bicycles wait do you think bicycles are like portable wind turbines no way that's a train of thought for another day anyway we're talking about the netherlands yes this stunning country of oh you know what you'll find out but why would elon musk be very happy with how the netherlands are progressing what low-lying wetland where wood could be found now has big metal carrying cases capable of flight and have you ever had a dreams that that you um you had you could you do what you want you could do so you you do you could you you want you want him to do so much that you could do anything two out of these three questions are gonna be answered so sit down give us a like and subscribe i'm gonna take a nap right here good night as we mouthwash our way through 101 facts about the netherlands number one the netherlands or the kingdom of netherlands to give the place its full regal title is a state technically made up of four countries aruba kurakau sin martin and the netherlands number two the part most people are familiar with is the netherlands and this country is located in western europe aruba curacao and sin martin can be found in the sunnier climes of the caribbean number three while each of those countries are technically equal within the kingdom it wouldn't be unfair to say that the netherlands rules the roost as it makes up 98 of the kingdom's population and land area number four there are actually quite a few different currencies in the kingdom as a result of this four-way split in the netherlands itself they use the euro but in aruba they use the arubian florin and in kurokawa and saint montan they use the netherlands antillean gilda number five the kingdom has a population of roughly 17.7 million people and roughly 17.5 million of those people live in the netherlands yes i know having the netherlands as part of the kingdom of the netherlands isn't the clearest but just try and stick with me number six the kingdom has a total land area of 42 500 square kilometers if you include everything however if you just include the netherlands part that bit would be roughly 41 900 square kilometers otherwise known as most of the kingdom number seven the biggest city is amsterdam oh hey look there's the thumbnail of the video that we did on amsterdam it has around 870 000 people living there and up to 2.5 million if you include everyone in the metropolitan area it serves as the capital of the netherlands number eight but it's not the only capital another city the hague serves as the administrative capital and is also home to the dutch wall family it's the third biggest city with around 500 000 inhabitants behind amsterdam and rotterdam number nine and since we've mentioned the second biggest city rotterdam we may as well tell you that this city of 650 000 people is home to the busiest seaport in europe it handles 440 million tons of freight a year twice as much as the next busiest port of antwerp in belgium number 10 the netherlands is busy in the international community too it is a founding member of big organizations like the united nations nato and the european union number 11 [Music] from here on we'll keep it simple and refer to the european part of the kingdom the netherlands bits unless we say otherwise the european part is bordered by germany in the east and belgium to the south number 12 speaking of belgium it used to be part of the netherlands until a revolution in 1830 saw it declare its independence and go its own way number 13 anyhow the name netherlands reflects the country's physical attributes as the netherlands means lowlands pretty accurate since most of the country is flat and is located slightly above or at sea level number 14 that doesn't stop the place taking an award for the lowest lying country in europe the netherlands has a mean elevation above sea level of 30 meters the lowest point in the netherlands and i'm going to try my best here is the zooey blaspholder at and it's 6.76 meters below sea level number 15 around one third of the netherlands is below sea level so no wonder the mainland has a lot of water around 70 of the total surface consists of water number 16 the netherlands is made up of 12 provinces and i can only apologize so much nord holland zooid holland zeeland nord brabant utrecht flevoland friesland groningen drenth overreacher sill gelderland and limburg and i don't doubt i've said every single one wrong number 17 out of all the 12 provinces previously mentioned only two of them make up holland and they are nord holland and zooid holland so yes the netherlands is not just holland number 18. people from the netherlands are called dutch but in the dutch language they would say they are nederlanders people from the hollands can be referred to as hollanders too number 19. one of the highest points in the netherlands is the valzeburg this mountain is located in the south east and its peak rises approximately 323 meters above sea level is not the highest point in the kingdom of the netherlands though over in the caribbean netherlands on the island of sabah there is mount scenery a volcano clocking in at 877 metres number 20 unlike most places it's possible to travel around the netherlands via water since there are over 6 000 kilometers of waterways amsterdam alone is home to 165 canals and these waterways have been declared a unesco world heritage site traveling around the city via the canal tour is a major tourist attraction too with 3 million passengers taking a cruise every year number 21 since there are roughly 100 kilometers of waterways in amsterdam you won't be surprised to learn that there are a lot of bridges too about 1500 in all since the city is over 25 water it's also not a shock to learn that there are over 90 islands in the city too i don't know about you but i hope the heck you do because of the huge access to water in and around the netherlands it's understandable how they are their home to some of the world's best engineering firms for water project management for example there is a directorate general for public works and water management and is responsible for the construction and maintenance of waterways and roads to flood protection and prevention which is pretty neat considering 21 of the population live under sea level and i'm like 90 sure they're not mer people number 23 despite the rhine river being the longest lake ill-gesselmere which the rhine flows into is the largest lake in the netherlands as it covers approximately 1100 kilometers squared and has an average depth of 18 feet which is like three me stacked on top of each other number 24 there's a village called guythorn in the netherlands that has no roads as it's just filled with canals this place is also known as the venice of the netherlands since the canals are used for transportation too number 25 a lot of amsterdam is built entirely on poles that are hammered deep into the ground due to the low-lying land for example the royal palace is built on approximately 13 659 wooden poles and outrageously the central station has half that at 8 687 poles it's a train station i feel like there should be more because trains are heavy number 26 amsterdam receives over 4.2 million travelers every year which is ironic as the reference couldn't be any closer to 420. number 27 based on the type of environment the netherlands is built on you know the large bodies of water and their big old poles you won't find a lot of high rise buildings or skyscrapers but this reason is definitely a good place to visit for a change of scenery from a traditional urban city number 28 now rotterdam in the netherlands has the world's first floating farm at first i thought that meant it was like a sky farm but no it floats and a dock on the new mass it has roughly 40 cows in it and robots to help the farmer collect manure and distribute fodder and even better it's completely self-sufficient number 29 north holland has a picturesque flower bulb region which is similar to all those movies you've watched that have a romantic couple running through a field of lilies in slow motion 1.7 billion of these shiny flowers bloom across the country annually number 30 if you take a lot of interest in flower bulbs you may like to know that around 80 of all the flower bulbs around the world are originally from the netherlands that means approximately 2 billion tulips leave the country every year sounds like they've got postmen who solely specialize in delivering flowers number 31 there are over 37 000 kilometers of cycling paths in the netherlands which uh it's a lot of paths and with some quick maths from my big boy brain we can figure out that the average bike rider could cycle all these roads in um just over 11 weeks i'll meet you there i'm going to get the bus number 32 there are more bikes than people in the netherlands as there are over 22.9 million bicycles however bike theft is still a big problem leading to over a hundred thousand bikes being reported stolen each year number 33 the shipper airport is scarily four meters below sea level and it happens to be the biggest international airport in the netherlands i bet you're wondering though what does ship all mean well etymologically speaking it originated in the 15th century with the language of that time indicating that the area was the low-lying wetland hull where wood skip could be found number 34 since there are over 4 800 direct flights facilitated through amsterdam airport shipping it offers one of the most direct flights to europe which is good news for anyone that wants to go to an impromptu trip to the netherlands well i guess the convenience of this will be more obvious when you know there isn't a pandemic actively ravaging the world number 35 taking a look at some annual figures in 2018 shipping airport handled more than 70 million passengers let's compare this to a different airport say heathrow in 2018 it averaged 18 million but shipper airport is a little bigger than heathrow so it makes wait no hang on number 36 the port of rotterdam came into existence in 1283 and became a major seaport in 1360 it is also one of the oldest ports in europe number 37 there's not enough space for graves in the netherlands i mean that literally cemeteries are cleared out every decade or so as they are actually rented so when the lease expires they end up clearing out outwith the old and in with the less old number 38 even though amsterdam is the capital of the country hague in south holland has been the political capital since 1588. therefore it too holds huge significance to the dutch number 39 hague is also known as the city of peace since there are over 40 intergovernmental organizations based there i know it's the netherlands but this just sounds like switzerland to me they even have a lot of water like in geneva number 40 there are up to 20 national parks in the netherlands some of the more popular ones include de weria ben waden national park and lunch and drinks doing then national park number 41. hoguevalue national park has up to 5400 hectares of woodlands dunes and heathland approximately five percent of the park is preserved and it's seen as one of the largest lowland natural terrain in northwest europe the meaning of life the national parks aren't just home to woodland trails there are actually shetland ponies and rare birds like the eurasian golden oriole do you think they go on adventures like disney movie style i hope they do number 43 there are close to 36 000 animal species that are found in the netherlands 500 of these are protected animals to prevent them from becoming extinct some of these beautiful creatures include the european hamster and turtledove number 44 if you visit the wadden island of texel you may find that there are actually more sheep than people so it seems like one of the best places to become like dr doolittle or maybe grace with them be shared with them become one of them number 45 there are more than two million stray dogs in the world yet the netherlands was able to become the first country in the world to be free of street dogs number 46 before they were the dutch people that we know today the netherlands was filled with celtic and german tribes during the ancient times what made the netherlands ideal for them is the vast rivers and wetlands as they offer protection from invaders number 47 during the first century the roman empire came knocking and disrupted the celtic german unity by ruling for a fairly short period of time you know just 300 years number 48 steaming through the middle ages the francs invaded the territory and by the 800s the netherlands was part of charlemagne's carolingian empire number 49 after charlemagne died the territory was split up by the dukes and counts the split came with an increasing amount of wealth as the netherlands was one of the richest areas in europe at the time due to its agricultural trade doing well number 50 in 1555 charles the first of the habsburg empire must have been feeling pretty generous as he gifted the netherlands to his son philip ii who was the king of spain at the time so i guess hola netherlands number 51 in 1558 philip ii needed some money so william of orange who is a wealth stodholder of holland persuaded the estates general to grant philip a nine-year subsidy in return the spanish netherlands would benefit from philip having to accept a ramen strands which set out liberties that would be given to the spanish netherlands number 52 philip ii's character was perceived as being very cold and arrogant he didn't seem to have any crazy interest in pleasing the people of the new spanish netherlands as he never visited after 1559 adios netherlands number 53 after some time the people of the netherlands revolted and it lasted for 80 years up until the moment they gained their independence in 1648 number 54 i'm not sure about their singers but 1932 was when the vilhelmus was adopted as the netherlands national anthem and on that day history was made as is the oldest national anthem in the world as it was written between 1569 and 1572. number 55. based on what you know about the dutch flag what do you think is their national color i'll give you a few seconds to think about that no it's actually orange this is because the dutch monarchy is from the house of orange number 56 vincent van gogh is actually from the netherlands zundat in the north brabant province to be exact when he was nine he was sent to a boarding school in zevenbergen in the northwest of the province number 57 during world war one the netherlands remained neutral ground but during world war ii the germans invaded for a time the nazis chose a very loose grip during their occupation but yeah that didn't last very long number 58 a popular war story is anne frank with her captivating diary and all the accounts of her life the canal house anne frank took refuge in during world war ii is located in amsterdam and has now been turned into a museum for all to visit number 59 even though anne frank's house is popular the national museum regix museum is the most visited museum in the netherlands however out of its millions of objects it only displays a thousand but much more can be viewed online number 60 so turns out them lines that you see on a fair few countries coat of arms have different names for their poses i know you learn something new every day the ones that are on the netherlands coat of armed is called the rampant pose lions are often used in coat of arms as they symbolize courage nobility royalty strength statelessness and valor number 61 if you're a fan of jinn i bet you didn't know that it was invented by the dutch between the 16th and 17th century number 62 carrots were originally yellow white or purple it was only in the 17th century that they became orange all because of the dutch the dutch began to cultivate orange carrots as a tribute to william of orange who fought for the dutch independence but many say that these claims lack enough convincing evidence to be true so maybe orange carrots came from space number 63 even though we are moving further and further into the digital age we still can't forget the past remember those weird circles called discs that were used for cds and dvd players and you know well they are all dutch gadgets which started in 1963 by the corporate giant philips which originally started making cassettes then moved onto cds dvds and finally blu-ray nintendo 64. in order for science to progress it has a lot of research that has to be done with the use of microscopes to really get up close and personal with all these little organisms due to this we can give some thanks to the dutch people as they were the ones who invented the microscope as the first one was made in middleburg in the netherlands number 65 speaking about poking your eyes into different things you may be familiar with herman sneller's letter chart which is what we use for eye tests today however we've adopted a modern version the original eye test by snellen was developed in 1862 in the netherlands number 66 dutch scientists were the first physicists to use math formula in their work by doing this physicists like christian hugens were able to invent things like the pendulum clock and improve the design of telescopes he also discovers saturn's moon titan number 67 nowadays many people have a thirst for power but queen beatrix ruled in the netherlands for around 33 years and she ended up handing over the throne to her son in 2013 even though she was still alive and well due to this many people went to the streets to pay homage the former queen number 68 following the change of leadership in the netherlands what was previously celebrated as queen state on the 30th of april turned into king's day queen's day was then changed the 27th of april or the 26th if the 27th is a sunday number 69 april yeah that'll do you may have thought that you haven't met a royal before so you'll be surprised to know that the dutch king willem alexander used to fly as a co-pilot for klm royal dutch airlines for two decades so who knows you may have had the privilege of experiencing a royal flight number 70 do we have any dutch babies in the building according to data collected from the world health organization in 2019 the average netherlands male life expectancy from birth was 80.4 and the female is 83.15 pretty freaking high number 71 when you think about having a baby you probably picture yourself screaming in a hospital going through crazy amounts of pain or maybe bohemian rhapsody on the other hand in the netherlands one in eight babies are born right at home dutch women must have a ridiculously high pain tolerance number 72 the netherlands is the second largest beer exporter in the world in 2019 the netherlands exported 13.7 million hectares of beer that's almost 2 billion euros worth of beer get the beer bong i'll get started number 73 the netherlands are so incredibly beer friendly that they service the beverage in mcdonald's being alongside germany france greece and south korea that also serve the fizzy happy funtime beverage under the golden arches number 74 dutch people like their cheese and that statement might even be an understatement on average dutch people consume 14.3 kilos of cheese per person per year which is roughly 41 000 calories that is if we're just talking about gouda which is the most popular cheese in the netherlands number 75 the dutch's interest in cheese has stood the test of time as cheese had been made in the netherlands since 400 a.d i'd imagine there still isn't cheese rocking around from that time but i also can't prove that there isn't number 76 some more cheese history is that the netherlands has cheese markets that are older than 300 years old due to this top-selling cheeses can be found throughout alchema gouda and wooden markets number 77 if you're a fan of pork you may have munched through thousands of different bacon strips without realizing that 70 of the world's bacon comes from the netherlands number 78 in the netherlands they consume close to 32 million kilos of licorice every year so the dutch dentist must be very pleased with a constant stream of customers they get also based on the netherlands population that is roughly 2 000 grams per person per year number 79 we all have our fix to keep going in this world and for dutch it's coffee in the netherlands the dutch drink more than 140 litres of coffee a year which is equivalent to around 3.2 cups a day this makes netherlands one of the world's biggest coffee consumers number 80 the netherlands is rich in a number of natural resources including natural gas petroleum limestone sand salt and a number of agricultural products for this reason it's not a surprise that it makes a lot of money through exports but how much in the world dollars is it does it cost well it was estimated in 2017 that it made 555.6 billion dollars from exports number 81 the netherlands is the third largest agricultural exporter in the world after china and the us which is an amazing achievement considering the size of its population number 82 the dutch are the tallest people in the world the average height is approximately 175.62 centimeters and compared to the 80 kilogram average weight it begs the question what in the world are they eating over there number 83 the netherlands has the largest amount of people that work part-time in comparison to any other country in the eu in the netherlands close to 27 of men and 77 of women work less than 36 hours a week number 84. most of the time you might just come across your mate and just wave hello in the netherlands it's normal for dutch people to greet one another with three kisses so as a foreigner if you mess up the first two kisses third time's the charm number 85. around 6 million souvenir clogs are created in the netherlands every year clogs were worn regularly in medieval times but now most people just purchase them for display purposes as i guess they're not as fashionable anymore or comfortable are they comfortable can you tell me if they're comfortable and asking for a friend number 86 many countries are developing efforts to be more green nowadays but the netherlands seem to have been on that route for a while as its wind power generation accounted for over 11 of the country's energy consumption in 2020 and if we're talking watts per hour it produced just shy of 14 trillion of them zappy boys number 87 speaking of them windy boys in 1221 the first dutch windmill was built in a town called willemskurke however this place has been flooded so it is no longer around on the other hand the oldest windmill that is still intact was built in 1441 and is known as grapholichke curran molin number 88 the netherlands created the first solar cycle lane in the world the solar panels embedded in the cyclopath could generate enough electricity to power three houses therefore making it a great sustainable way to change how we get energy today number 89 steps further in innovation that the netherlands have begun to take include tackling climate change with a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 49 by 2030 which they are currently on track to achieve i think these sort of goals would make elon musk stop breakdancing number 90 netherlands currently has plans to ban petrol and deal cars by 2025 which would be a huge step in the right direction for the environment i know you're smiling right now elon number 91 but the netherlands isn't just home to sick nasty windmills lots of water and an amazing ability to pave the way and tackling the climate crisis it's also the home to heineken unilever dove shell spa and so much more number 92 roughly one in every five people in the netherlands are immigrants and in amsterdam in particular around 1 in 3 people are of non-western origin a number of popular backgrounds people come from include turkey suriname and morocco number 93 outside of the anglo-sphere that's countries that have been or are currently associated with the british crown and or have been under u.s rule the netherlands has the highest english proficiency as a result more than 90 of the population can speak english as a second language number 94 other than english over 50 of the population also speak german and just over 20 speak french netherlands also has its own sign language called ngt and has 17 500 users that are still waiting for recognition number 95 relating to religious denominations more than half of the population does not identify with any religion 35 to 40 are christians with catholicism being the highest denomination five percent are muslim and the rest identify with other religions number 96 i don't know how in the world this is quantifiable but the netherlands has officially been declared as the sixth happiest country based on the world happiness report in 2020. it got shafted by norway between 2019 and 2020 as it was moved down from fifth by the big nord number 97 by use of a survey it's possible to calculate the best country to raise your kids in they've done this a few times over the years but last year in 2021 it was calculated that and maybe you can guess given the video that it's sweden yeah it's not our flat boy netherlands it was ranked fourth by scoring 95.56 out of 100. number 98 in 2001 the netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriages well at least they're changing the lives of people even if they're potentially lying about carrots number 99 some people want equality while others want equity but what we can all agree on is that fair trade is needed in 1988 the dutch invented the first fair trade label so it's official the dutch are certified innovators and the netherlands is the home of greatness number 100 i've never been the best with numbers but amsterdam on the other hand seems to be super okay with those super confusing symbols amsterdam is home to the first stock market through the creation of the dutch east india company which became the first publicly traded company well be careful watch out you're going too fast this is number 101 i know what you're doing right now don't look away i caught you in the act yes you i caught you using it anyhow you like to do it whenever you want oh you disgust me what you have been manipulating to your will was originally created in the netherlands and it's called wi-fi an early forerunner of the technology was invented in 1997 in the netherlands and dutchman sees lynx is known as the father of wi-fi so that was 101 facts about the netherlands did you learn anything are you from the netherlands do you want to go to the netherlands it seems pretty neat there let me know in the comments down below also while you're down there why not give us a like and then subscribe maybe that would be pretty sick i like that a lot um binoculars there she is anyway wooshow on the screen right now there are two videos that you can enjoy with your face maybe watch both of them if you're on a computer with multiple monitors you can crack one up on one and then and then you and then bye

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Published: Sat Jan 08 2022