Netherlands

Amsterdam : NETHERLANDS.:
Another welcomed flag card from The Netherlands and another in this series that I am now collecting .."Flags of the World" .with various countries very interesting stats and facts and figures..Thank you Truss for this swap...
Posted Amsterdam 12 April : arrived Sydney 27 April : Traveled 15 days...

Greetings from the NETHERLANDS... "Groeten uit Nederland."
NETHERLANDS : Covers and area of some 41 543 KM2.
POPULATION : of The Netherlands is 17,026,805.inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY : of The Netherlands is The Hague.
LOCATION: of The Netherlands is in Central Western Europe.
 UNIQUE : is The Aalsmeer Flower Auction: THe largest building by footprint in the world.covering 518,000m2.. This is known as The Flower Merchants Paradise with 20 million flowers sold daily.
FAMOUS :The Netherlands  is The Country of Tulips....1594 is considered the date that the first tulips flowered in the Netherlands.
ECO THINKING . Every Dutch person owns a bike and there are twice as many bikes as there are cars.
 HISTORY :  The oldest human Neanderthal traces were found near Maarstricht250,000 years ago
.INDEPENDENCE.: 26th July 1581 (from the Spanish Empire ).