Task 4 Fun Facts

FUN FACTS ABOUT THE NETHERLANDS
Find a suitable picture to illustrate each fact and upload it in the blog.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT...

People in the Netherlands eat raw herring with onions on top?

The Netherlands" and "Holland" are the same country?

Amsterdam has 1,281 bridges

When Dutch schoolchildren pass their exams, they hang a Dutch flag and a school bag outside their homes

One quarter of the Netherlands is below sea level?

The International Court of Justice is at the Peace Palace in The Hague?

Dutch is also spoken in Belgium, northern France, Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba?

The Dutch are the tallest people in Europe?

Amsterdam is built entirely on piles?

Almost every Dutch person has a bicycle and there are twice as many bikes as cars?

About 30% of all Dutch babies are born at home?

You'll find flowers in almost every Dutch living room?

Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands, but The Hague is the seat of government?

Most Dutch people speak at least one foreign language?

after Scandinavians, the Dutch are the world's biggest coffee drinkers?