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Netherlands at a glance

International dialing code
+31
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Netherlands, country located in northwestern Europe, also known as Holland. “Netherlands” means low-lying country; the name Holland (from Houtland, or “Wooded Land”) was originally given to one of the medieval cores of what later became the modern state and is still used for 2 of its 12 provinces (Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland). A parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch, the kingdom includes its former colonies in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten. The capital is Amsterdam and the seat of government The Hague.
Spoken language
Dutch
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Which holidays are celebrated in Netherlands?

These are the holidays celebrated in Netherlands:

  • 2nd Day of Christmas
  • Ascension Day
  • Christmas
  • Easter
  • Easter Monday
  • Good Friday
  • New Year's
  • Pentecost
  • Whit Monday