Netherlands Description

Netherlands - a country of tulips, windmills and bicycles is predominantly flat reclaimed land. Sophisticated urban centers and sleepy provincial towns fit into a vast panorama created by winding canals, walls and dams. In the capital city life is not froze for a moment, they are constantly at the epicenter of business and bustle of activity of seasonal festivals, cultural and artistic events ...

Netherlands - a state in the north-west Europe area 42 thousand square meters. km. In the east it borders with Germany, in the south - with Belgium. The north and west by the North Sea.

Netherlands - flat country (the "Netherlands" - low land), more than 40% of its surface lies below sea level (the highest point in the country - city Vaalserberh, 321 meters, the lowest - 6.7 meters below sea level). Large areas in the coastal areas occupied "polders" - artificially namytymi plots of land, crossed by numerous dams, rivers and canals. About 70% of the country - man-made landscapes, natural areas are very few and they are carefully protected.

The capital of Amsterdam, but the parliament and the seat of government in The Hague.