Netherlands
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:
Groningen, Friesland, Flevopolder, Drenthe, Overijssel, Gelderland, Utrecht, North and South
Holland, Zeeland, North Brabant and Limburg.
The Netherlands is known as Holland because the North and South Holland provinces are the
most internationally influential.
Holland means hollow or soaked land.
Ice skating is one of the most popular sports in Holland.
Each year approximately 45,000 people go to the Waddenzee to be "mud-walkers". The people
essentially walk around the muddy canals for fun
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