While skating from town to town, you smell a sensational smell of something like cheese, well you must be in the Netherlands. But the Netherlands still have a lot more to offer than just fine cheeses and skating on rivers, the Netherlands have rich soil for good farming, perfect temperature ranges and fun transportation.
The Netherlands temperature in the month of January is about 32-40 degrees Fahrenheit compared to about 56-71 degrees Fahrenheit in July. The average annual rainfall is about 28 and on half inches throughout the country. Also, in the Netherlands it is uncommon to see a cloudless day. Because of few natural barriers, such as mountains, climates vary very little across the Netherlands.

Since the Dutch have consumed most of the Netherlands, areas of natural vegetation are very low. Tall grasses provide shelter for rodents, particularly rabbits. Bigger game such as deer have disappeared except in parks or zoos. Oak, beech, ash, and pine forests are all carefully managed.
The Dutch are proud of many cheeses that they make in their homelands. Some of their cheese is made into round discs and also they can be made into ball like spheres. Dutch cheese is world famous and is exported from the Netherlands and imported in places all around the world. The Dutch love their cheese and are so proud of it they made a soup out of it. There are many ingredients added in cheese soup, mostly vegetables. The Dutch like cheese so much that it might as well be a part of their religion.

Thirty-four percent of the Dutch are Roman Catholics while another 25 percent are Protestants. Three more percent of the Dutch are Islam followers. Thirty-six percent of these are not a part of any religious body. These religions are practiced in many different languages.

The official language spoken in the Netherlands is Dutch. Also, Frisian is also commonly spoken in the northeastern parts of the Netherlands. English, German, and French are taught in secondary schools. Thousands of Dutch speak each one of these languages.

Thousands of Dutch also play soccer. Back in the day, the Dutch also invented game called Dutch pins, which eventually evolved into Bowling. Another competition or sport is pole vaulting over canals. Sometimes the Dutch even have races from town to town ice skating in the canals that stretch across the country, this is also one form of their transportation.

Another form of transportation that some Dutch's prefer is through the canals on boats. These canals are able to support boats weighing more than 1000 gross tons. The government owned railroad stretches 1702 miles throughout the country for reliable transportation. Also, about 372 out of every 1000 people in the Netherlands own cars. Now if you prefer to bike to work, that would be no trouble at all in the Netherlands since they have separate lanes on roads for Bikes.

Seventy-one percent of the Dutch work in trade and service, while another 23 percent work in industry, including manufacturing and mining. Four more percent work in agriculture, forestry and fishing. One third of all workers in labor organizations probably with a government somewhat like the form of government the Netherlands has.

The Dutch's government consists of a constitutional monarchy with a preliminary form of government. It is also under an 1814 constitution as amended. The Netherlands's queen is head of state, but the Prime Minister is the head of government. They have a council of state, of which the queen is president, serves as an advisory body that must be consulted before any legislation is passed (Culturgram '99 pg. 4).

Some holidays made official and public by government are New Years day, Easter, Queen Beatrix's Birthday, Ascension, Liberation Day, Whitmonday, and two days for Christmas. Queen Beatrix's Birthday is on April 30th, Liberation Day is May 5th and the second day for Christmas is on the 26th of December. The Dutch receive a month of paid vacation each year, most people take a week around Christmas time, a week around Easter time and two weeks in the summertime.

The Netherlands are both a farming and industrial country with a rough history as well. The Netherlands are all in all a good country and should be more recognized for their exciting land and fun levels. If you had a choice would you go live in the Netherlands?
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