Netherlands: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About Netherlands

Economy

In 2021 the GDP was $1,012,846,760,976 USD, placing it at position 17 in the market. The currency symbol is €, and the ISO code for that currency is EUR. You need to pay 4.50€ (corresponding to $4.61 USD) for a Big Mac at McDonald's ©.

Culture

Well known national dishes are: Stamppot, hutspot. This nation has UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Schokland and Surroundings, Defence Line of Amsterdam, Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout, Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao, Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station).

Geography

41,850 km² make up the entire country, they use a postcode system and the key cities are: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, 'S-Gravenhage, Utrecht, Eindhoven. Amsterdam serves as this nation's capital and the country shares a border with Belgium, Germany. People from this country speak these languages: Dutch.

Education

The inhabitants attend school for 19 years (tertiary education included). This country offers several reputable universities like Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Groningen.

Population

42.80 years is the median age in this country and the birth growth rate is at 0.36%. There are 17,056,600 people here, or 0.229% of the world's population.

Good to know

The country's ISO code is NL, the domain name ".nl" is used by the country's websites, phone numbers start with +31 For more information about this country, check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands.

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