Facts About The Netherlands

Facts about The Netherlands for Kids

Here are some interesting Facts about the Netherlands for Kids which were chosen and researched by kids especially for kids.

• Population: 17 million people live in the Netherlands (2020)
• Capital: Amsterdam, with 1.2 million inhabitants
• Name: Kingdom of the Netherlands 
• Government: Democracy, Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Official Language: Dutch
• Religion: Christians 43% (Roman Catholics and Protestants), Muslims 5%
• Currency: 1 Euro = 100 cents, until 2002 Dutch guilder
• National Day: 27 April (King’s Day – the birthday of the Dutch king Willem-Alexander who was born on this day in 1967) 
• National Symbols: lion (national animal), tulip (national flower) and the national colour is orange
• National Flag: red, white and blue
• Anthem: ‘Het Wilhelmus‘ (The William)

Netherlands Map | Netherlands Geography

Facts about the Netherlands: The Netherlands are a small country in Western Europe bordering the Atlantic Ocean’s North Sea. 

The Netherlands share land borders with Germany and Belgium. The longer border is shared with Germany. There is also a border shared with France on the Caribbean island of Saint Maarten.

Please note that Netherlands on the European continent is  one country of the four countries that belong to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The kingdom consists of these four countries: The Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten. The latter three are all islands in the Caribbean. There are also three other islands called Bonaire, Saba and Saint Eustacious that are located in the Caribbean Netherlands which are referred to as special municipalities of the Netherlands.

Informally people also call the country ‘Holland’, which, however, is not correct, as the Netherlands includes 12 provinces, and two of these are called Noord-Holland and Zuuid-Holland (North- and South-Holland).

The name ‘Netherlands’ means ‘lowlands’ as most of the country is flat land that is located slightly above or at sea level, while about one quarter of the country is even below sea level. 

The landscape is thus dominated by flat land and polders (reclaimed land) and there are only some low hills in the south eastern parts of the country.

While Amsterdam is the capital city of the Netherlands, although Den Haag (The Hague) is the seat of the Dutch government.