Flyaway Friday: Let us talk about Netherlands

It is Friday and that means I come bearing some exciting news about travel. Yes it is time to announce where we will be travelling for this month’s Flyaway Friday feature. So are you all ready? We will be travelling off to Netherlands.

So if you are still wondering what we are upto, let me give you a quick tour. Every month on Fridays, I take you all virtually to a different country, recommend books set in that country and the most exciting part of all, to have a blogger from that country to tell us more about living there and help us compare what we read or see in books or movies with the reality as they see.

So far we have been to France, Finland, Italy and Philippines. 

And this month we will be featuring Netherlands and I can’t wait to start off with the introduction and trivia post. So shall we?

Let us locate Netherlands first!

Netherlands is located in the Northwestern part of Europe and shares border with Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. To be more clear I will attach a map, alright?

Some basic facts for y’all!

More trivia

Here are some fun facts about Netherlands for you

1) While most of us use the names interchangeably, Holland (consisting of North and South Holland) is just a part of the Kingdom of Netherlands. Next time catch yourself from making that mistake.

2) Netherlands has one of the healthiest diet in the world. In fact it is one of the leading countries in happiness and high per capita income in the world.

3) It legalized same sex marriages in 2001 and was the first nation in the world to do so.

4) While Amsterdam is the capital of the country, the government of the Netherlands is seated in the Hague.

5) Orange is its national color and the monarchy is from the House of Orange.

6) Netherlands is the third largest agricultural exporter, despite their size.

7) The Dutch men and women are some of the tallest in the world with an average height of 182.5cm for adult males and 169 cm for female.

Major cities in Netherlands

• Amsterdam
• Rotterdam
• The Hague
• Utrecht
• Eindhoven
• Tilburg

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Let us chat

Have you ever visited Netherlands in person? Do you know any fun facts about the country? Do you have any questions for the Dutch guest blogger about their nation, habits, stereotypes etc? Let us talk.