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| THE NETHERLANDS |
A nice surrpise in the mailbox !! another :Greetings from" card for my collection.. This one from a post card swapper in Amsterdam. These are very informative cards with facts and figures of countries and all cards posted from state of origin. Thank you so much Nikita for this swap..
Posted Nieuwegein : 11 January : Arrived Sydney : 25 January. : Traveled 14 days..
"GREETINGS from" the NETHERLANDS:
AREA : The Netherlands covers an area of 41,526, KM2. with a population of 16,912,640.
CAPITAL CITY : is Amsterdam.
EXPORTS: The Netherlands exports about 1.2 billion tulips a year.
SYMBOLS.. The Netherlands main symbols are: Clogs, windmills and of course Tulips.
BIKES : The Netherlands has more than 18 million bicycles..more than one per person.
WINDMILLS : There are over 1,000 historic windmills and watermills in the Netherlands.
FAMOUS DUTCH PEOPLE : include Baruch Spinoza, Mata Hari ,Vincent Van Gogh , M C Esher.
BRIDGES : There are 1281 Bridges and 165 Canals in Amsterdam.
SEA : Twenty percent of the area of the Netherlands is below sea level along with 21% of the population.
POSTCROSSING : There are over 3,400 Postcrossing members in The Netherlands.
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