Ben's+European+Wiki+Project

=Netherlands= toc

Introduction
= = The Netherlands is a very interesting nation with lots to do. Recreation has a wide variety of activities to do. Soccer, and amusement parks are some of the most popular. They have many interesting foods to try or just eat on a daily basis. One of them is Oliebollen eaten on New Years Eve. Having a free-market economy lets people be free and make decisions on their own. Two of their most important natural resources are petroleum and limestone.

Recreation
Netherlands has a very wide variety of things to do. One of them is to go to one of there 15 amusement parks. You could also go visit Nordwijk Space Expo, where kids can discover the wonders of space for hours of fun. Netherlands also has a very wide variety of museums to visit. One of those museums would be the Nemo, a place to go to have fun with your kids, but you may also enjoy it. The Netherlands is known as the “land of bicycles” so you could also rent multiple person bikes and go for a ride with family and friends and see some of their recreation views and other attractions.

The Netherlands also has many soccer stadiums you could go and visit or even take a tour of them. They also made it to the semi-finals in the 2014 Rio De Janiero World Cup. They ended up playing Brazil and winning to take 3rd place. Soccer in the Netherlands is a very popular thing for people to do. Weather its just for fun or competitive. The picture above is an amusement park in the Netherlands that many families go to to have fun with friends and family.

Food
The Netherlands has many different styles of food. One of the most popular is Bitterballen. It is a mix between breadcrumbs, filled with a choice of chopped beef, beef broth, flour, or butter herbs and spices. They are found at cafes and bars all over the Netherlands. Another very popular snack to eat not only everyday, but on New Years Eve is Oliebollen. They are similar to a cake doughnut, but often added with raisins on top.

There are many different foods they eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. For breakfast they eat two pieces of rye bread with jam on it and they normally eat at around 7 a.m. daily. For lunch they eat 2 open faced sandwiches with cheese or meat on it. They also like to eat soup with a roll or two, and some fruit. They eat lunch at about 12:30. Dinner is eating at 6 p.m. Meat is very common to eat for dinner or some seafood. Deep fried vegetables are also a big hit. 6:00-7:00 p.m. is desert where many people like to eat greasy donuts.

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The picture above is a desert many people eat called Oliebollen. It is very popular to eat after dinner.

Economy
The Netherlands is a free market economy. Where people make decisions not the government. It is also one of the most developed countries in the world. It is also one of the freest nations today. They have 16,847,007 people living in the nation.

Some of their most popular natural resources are natural gas, petroleum, peat, limestone, salt, sand and gravel, and arable land. The capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam. They have 41,543 square km of land, and 33,893 square km of water in the Netherlands. There economy depends alot on foreign trade because it is a free market. They are very good with oil and gas refining, and electrical machinery.

The picture above is the capital f the Netherlands, Amsterdam. It is a very popular place to visit.

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