Netherlands
Land of tulips, windmills and bicycles
Passport card
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Netherlands
- Capital
- Amsterdam
- Continent
- Europe
- Currency
- Euro
- Languages
- Dutch
- People
- About 1.8 crore
- Size
- About 41,850 km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Rob Jetten
- Name means
- Low lands
- About the capital
- The government sits in The Hague.
- Time
- 4½ hours behind India in winter: at 12 noon in India, it is 7:30 am in Amsterdam, and 8:30 am in summer
⭐ About a quarter of the Netherlands is below sea level.
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Netherlands
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Netherlands
Turn the globe with your finger. Netherlands has 2 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Netherlands and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 79 times the size of Netherlands.
- PeopleIndia has about 81 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 1.8 crore in Netherlands.
- DistanceAmsterdam is about 6,400 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeNetherlands is 4½ hours behind India in winter. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 7:30 am in Amsterdam, or 8:30 am in summer.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Netherlands, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Netherlands
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Netherlands's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Netherlands back on the map
Netherlands and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 3 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Netherlands worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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