2014 WORLD CUP - DAY 21 - QUARTER FINALS - NETHERLANDS VS COSTA RICA 4:3

QUARTER-FINALS
5th July 2014

Netherlands vs Costa Rica 4:3
Netherlands reached the semi-finals. Through on penalties

5 Jul 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - DAY 17 - LAST SIXTEEN - NETHERLANDS VS MEXICO 2:1

LAST SIXTEEN
29th June 2014

Netherlands vs Mexico 2:1

Lucky dutchmen!

29 Jun 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - NETHERLANDS - KEY PLAYER - ARJEN ROBBEN‬ - PROFILE

Arjen Robben 

Though often classified as a forward, he usually plays behind the forwards as a winger. Robben is known for his dribbling skills, speed, crossing ability and his accurate left foot long-range shots from the right wing.

29 Jun 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - LAST-SIXTEEN - Matches and Teams out

Teams who have reached the round of the last sixteen

27 Jun 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - DAY 12 - GROUP B - Netherlands vs Chile 2:0

Netherlands vs Chile 2:0

23 Jun 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - DAY 07 - GROUP B - AUSTRALIA vs NETHERLANDS 2:3

Australia vs Netherlands 2:3

18 Jun 2014
2014 World Cup - day 02 - Group B - Spain vs Netherlands 1:5

Netherlands defeats Spain
Spain vs Netherlands 1:5

13 Jun 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - DAY 02 - Group A & Group B - preview

Group A: 
Cameroon vs Mexico 
Group B:
Spain vs Netherlands -:-
Chile vs Australia -:-

13 Jun 2014
stars in Europe - Gullit hopes for African surprise at World Cup in Brazil

The former Dutch football-star, Ruud Gullit, hopes a team from Africa will perform well and prove to be the surprise package at the World Cup in Brazil.

10 Jun 2014
COACHES - STARS IN EUROPE - Clarence Seedorf sacked by AC Milan and replaced by Filippo Inzaghi

• AC Milan sack Seedorf and appoint Inzaghi as the club's new manager

9 Jun 2014

‪Netherlands‬
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 5/2014


The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of twelve provinces in western Europe and three islands in the Caribbean.

The European part of the Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east; and shares maritime borders with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. 

The netherlands was one of the first countries in the world to have an elected parliament, and is governd as a paliamentary democracy organised as a unitary state.

The capital city of the Netherlands, mandated by the constitution, is Amsterdam; however, the seat of government is located in The Hague.

The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying country, with about 20% of its area and 21% of its population located below sea level, and 50% of its land lying less than one metre above sea level.

This distinct feature contributes to the country's name: in Dutch (Nederland), English, and many other European languages, its name literally means "Low Land" or "Low Country."

Most of the areas below sea level are man-made, caused by centuries of extensive and poorly controlled peat extraction that lowered the surface by several metres.

Even in flooded areas, peat extraction continued through turf dredging.

Beginning in the late 16th century, land reclamation started and large polder areas are now preserved through elaborate drainage systems that include dikes, canals and pumping stations. 

Nearly 17% of the country's land area is reclaimed from the sea.

Much of the Netherlands is formed by the estuary of three important European rivers, which together with their distributaries form the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta.

Most of the country is very flat, with the exception of foothills in the far southeast and several low hill ranges in the central parts.

The Netherlands is a founding member of the EU, G-10, NATO, OECD, WTO and a part of the trilateral Benelux economic union.

The country is host to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and five international courts: the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Court and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. 

The first four are situated in The Hague, as is the EU's criminal intelligence agency Europol and judicial co-operation agency Eurojust. This has led to the city being dubbed "the world's legal capital"

The Netherlands has a market-based mixed economy, ranking 17th of 177 countries according to the Index of Economic Freedom. 

It had the tenth-highest per capita income in the world in 2011.

In May 2011, the Netherlands was ranked as the "happiest" country in the world according to the OECD, reflecting its high standard of living.

 

Netherlands


Motto: "Je maintiendrai" (French)
"Ik zal handhaven" (Dutch)
"I will uphold"[nb 1]
Anthem: "Wilhelmus" (Dutch)
"'William"

Capital and largest city:
Amsterdam (52°22′N 4°53′E)

Official languages:
Dutch
Recognised regional languages:
• West Frisian (Friesland)
• Limburgish (Limburg)
• Dutch Low Saxon (North-east)
• English (Sint Eustatius/Saba)
• Papiamento (Bonaire)[nb 3]

Ethnic groups: (2008)
• 80.7% Dutch
•  5% other EU
•  2.4% Indonesians
•  2.2% Turks
•  2% Moroccans
•  2% Surinamese
•  0.8% Caribbean
•  4.8% others

Demonym: Dutch

Sovereign state: 
Kingdom of the Netherlands

Government:
Unitary parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy

• Monarch: Willem-Alexander
• Prime Minister

Legislature:
States General

• Upper house: Senate
• Lower house: House of Representatives

Independence from the Spanish Empire:

Declared: 26 July 1581 
Recognised: 30 January 1648 

Kingdom of the Netherlands:
16 March 1815 

Formation of constituent country:
15 December 1954 

Founded the EEC (now the EU)
1 January 1958 

Area:
• Total: 41,543 km2 (134th) 16,039 sq mi
• Water (%): 18.41

Population: 2014 estimate 16,819,595 (63rd)
Density: 405.6/km2 (24th) 1,050.4/sq mi

GDP (PPP): 2014 estimate
• Total: $717.146 billion (23rd)
• Per capita: $42,586 (12th)

Currency: Euro (EUR) US dollar (USD)
Time zone: 
CET (UTC+1) AST (UTC-4) - Summer (DST) 
CEST (UTC+2) AST (UTC-4)

Date format: dd-mm-yyyy
Drives on the right
Calling code: +31 
ISO 3166 code: NL
Internet TLD: .nl