Netherlands
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1.5 Language
The official language is Dutch, but a second official language, Frisian, is spoken by
approximately 500,000 people in the province of Friesland. Frisian bears some similarities to
English and the Scandinavian languages. Dutch is the language of instruction in schools
throughout the Netherlands. (6)
1.6 Interesting facts about Netherlands
There are only 1,000 windmills left in Holland, one-tenth the original number.
The Aalsmeer flower auction sells approximately 14 million flowers a day from all over the
world.
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There are approximately 14 million bicycles in Holland.
20 percent of Holland has been reclaimed from the sea. In the previous centuries, one of the
methods to protect Holland was to reflood the drained lands.
Rotterdam has the largest port in the world. Twelve provinces make up the Netherlands:
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