Interesting Facts about Netherlands

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18 curious facts about Netherlands.

• The world's busiest port is in Rotterdam with over - 385,800 tons being transported.
• The country with the most bicycles has approximately 16 million bikes. That would average to be one bike per person in the country.
• The Netherlands is also known as Holland, because it contains the provinces of North and South Holland. These provinces, along with the province of Utrecht, are the mostly densely populated part of the country. The northern provinces are largely rural. Altogether there are 12 provinces in the Netherlands.
• Disastrous flooding in 1953 killed 1,800 people and destroyed more than 70,000 homes. This led to a huge flood-control project. Flooding struck again in 1995. Rising rivers forced 240,000 people to relocate until the water receded.