Portal:Netherlands

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The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. The official language is Dutch, with West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch, English, and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean territories.

The Netherlands has been a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a unitary structure since 1848. The country has a tradition of pillarisation (separation of citizens into groups by religion and political beliefs) and a long record of social tolerance, having legalised prostitution and euthanasia, along with maintaining a liberal drug policy. The Netherlands allowed women's suffrage in 1919 and was the first country to legalise same-sex marriage in 2001. Its mixed-market advanced economy has the eleventh-highest per capita income globally. The Hague holds the seat of the States General, Cabinet, and Supreme Court. The Port of Rotterdam is the busiest in Europe. Schiphol is the busiest airport in the Netherlands, and the fourth busiest in Europe. Being a developed country, the Netherlands is a founding member of the European Union, Eurozone, G10, NATO, OECD, and WTO, as well as a part of the Schengen Area and the trilateral Benelux Union. It hosts intergovernmental organisations and international courts, many of which are in The Hague. (Full article...)

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The Golden Film is a film award recognizing domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. The Golden Film is awarded to films from the Netherlands once they have sold 100,000 tickets. The award is an initiative by the Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund to increase media attention for Dutch films. For each awarded film there is one trophy for the film crew and another for the film cast.

When the Golden Film was introduced in 2001, it was awarded to films once they had sold 75,000 tickets. In the following years, the public's interest in Dutch films in the Netherlands had increased. In 2003, the audience criterion was increased to 100,000 tickets in an effort to further stimulate the Dutch film industry. Since its introduction, the Golden Film has been awarded to 52 films.^[i]

While the cast and crew have considered their receiving films to be successful, critics have said that films that sold only 75,000 or 100,000 tickets cannot be considered a commercial success. For this reason the fact that Dutch newspapers report about this award is also criticized.

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Lights along the fire line of Rotterdam

Lights were lit along the fire line of Rotterdam on May 14, 2007 to commemorate the Rotterdam Blitz, where Nazi Germany bombed the city as part of Case Yellow. Over ninety tonnes of bombs were dropped over the city, mainly in the heart, and around 1 square mile (2.6 km²) of the city was razed, killing over eight hundred people.

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Arjen Robben is a former Dutch footballer who played as a winger for Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. He was also a part of the Netherlands national football team and has appeared in the UEFA Euro 2004, the UEFA Euro 2008, the UEFA Euro 2012, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Robben was named F.C. Groningen's team player of the year during the Eredivisie 2000-01 season and the Netherlands' Young Player of the Year during his time at PSV Eindhoven. He was also the FA Premier League Player of the Month during the month of November 2005 at Chelsea F.C..

Born in the town of Bedum in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands, Robben took to football from an early age. He began playing with local club VV Bedum. Robben became an adherent of the Coerver Method, created and popularised by Dutch football coach Wiel Coerver. Robben's skill in ball control and technical footwork made him a valuable player, and he was quickly signed by local club F.C. Groningen.

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• ... that Dutch Nuna solar racing team, guided by former Space Shuttle astronaut Wubbo Ockels (pictured) won the World Solar Challenge six times out of the last eight events ?
• ... that The Hague is home to over 150 international organisations (including NGOs) working in the field of peace and justice ?
• ... the Netherlands is a very densely populated country for its size ? With 406 people per km² – or 498 if inland waters are excluded – only Bangladesh, South Korea and Taiwan have both a larger population and a higher population density.
• ... the Netherlands is nevertheless the world's second largest exporter of food and agriculture products, after the United States ?
• ... and that it has the most plentiful, nutritious and healthy food, according to a 2014 comparison of 125 countries by Oxfam ?
• ... a UNICEF report published in 2007 ranked the Netherlands as the best country for children to live in ?
• ... the Netherlands also exports more flowers and flower bulbs than the rest of the world combined ?
• ... the KLM is the longest running national airline in the world ?
• ... the Port of Rotterdam was the world's busiest port from 1962–2002, and is now still the world's largest seaport outside of East Asia, measured by total cargo tonnage handled  ?
• ... that two major clusters of flood control and land reclamation projects: the Delta Works and the Zuiderzee Works, were declared one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. ?
• ... of which the Maeslantkering storm surge barrier is one of the largest moving structures on Earth ?
• ... of which the 1932 Afsluitdijk is still one of the world's longest dams and causeways ?
• ... and of which the Flevopolder, at an area of 970 km² (370 sq. mi), is by far the world's largest artificial island ?

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This page gives an overview of all featured content () on Wikipedia related to the Netherlands.

Featured articles

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1. Mary II of England (20 September 2004)
2. William III of England (5 October 2004)
3. Anne Frank (10 February 2005)
4. Battle of Ramillies (11 September 2007)
5. The Garden of Earthly Delights (28 May 2008)
6. Tulip mania (18 August 2008)
7. Design 1047 battlecruiser (14 April 2009)
8. Battle of Morotai (12 December 2009)
9. Dutch 1913 battleship proposal (27 March 2010)
10. Pig-faced women (4 September 2010)
11. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (5 October 2011)
12. Murder of Joanna Yeates (1 April 2012)
13. 1740 Batavia massacre (6 May 2012)
14. Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych (8 November 2012)
15. Terang Boelan (4 December 2012)
16. Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari (6 April 2013)
17. Gagak Item (26 May 2013)
18. Lie Kim Hok (1 July 2013)
19. Sorga Ka Toedjoe (23 July 2013)
20. Djaoeh Dimata (3 August 2013)
21. Boenga Roos dari Tjikembang (novel) (15 August 2013)
22. Amir Hamzah (5 October 2013)
23. Si Tjonat (27 October 2013)
24. Fakih Usman (20 November 2013)
25. Roekiah (12 January 2014)
26. Early Netherlandish painting (20 January 2014)
27. Asmara Moerni (9 February 2014)
28. Drama dari Krakatau (27 February 2014)
29. Tjioeng Wanara (1 April 2014)
30. D. Djajakusuma (14 May 2014)
31. Union Films (6 June 2014)
32. Soeara Berbisa (25 June 2014)
33. Harta Berdarah (9 July 2014)
34. Si Ronda (15 July 2014)
35. Battle of Öland (8 August 2014)
36. Kedok Ketawa (15 August 2014)
37. Oriental Film (21 September 2014)
38. Pah Wongso Pendekar Boediman (27 November 2014)
39. Air Mata Iboe (18 April 2015)
40. Jacobus Anthonie Meessen (13 May 2015)
41. Joehana (3 September 2015)
42. Panggilan Darah (16 January 2016)
43. Jacob van Ruisdael (5 February 2016)
44. Huguenot-Walloon half dollar (14 April 2016)
45. Vincent van Gogh (15 September 2016)

Featured lists

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1. List of films that received the Golden Film (18 November 2007)
2. Order of battle at the Battle of Camperdown (24 April 2010)
3. Amsterdam Tournament (23 September 2010)
4. List of films of the Dutch East Indies (21 October 2012)
5. List of film directors of the Dutch East Indies (17 November 2012)
6. List of film producers of the Dutch East Indies (15 February 2013)
7. List of municipalities of the Netherlands (24 June 2013)

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