Netherlands

✨ Fun Facts About Netherlands

• 🌷 Tulip Capital: The Netherlands is the world's largest flower exporter — producing 4.3 billion tulip bulbs annually and exporting 70% of global cut flowers.
• 🚲 Cycling Nation: The Netherlands has 35,000km of dedicated bike paths — there are more bicycles (23 million) than people (17 million) in the country!
• 🌊 Below Sea Level: About one-third of the Netherlands lies below sea level, protected by an intricate network of dikes, polders and pumping stations.
• 🏘️ Canal Capital: Amsterdam has more canals than Venice — over 165 canals, 1,500 bridges and 2,500 houseboats in the historic Grachtengordel ring.
• 🎨 Old Masters: The Netherlands produced Rembrandt, Vermeer and Van Gogh — the Rijksmuseum holds one of Europe's finest art collections.
• 🧀 Gouda & Edam: The Netherlands is famous for Gouda and Edam cheeses — but the vegan cheese movement here is also thriving with great plant-based alternatives.
• 🌱 Vegan Innovation: The Netherlands is home to Wageningen University, a world leader in sustainable food research, and the Dutch plant-based food industry is highly innovative.
• 💐 Keukenhof Gardens: Keukenhof near Lisse is the world's largest flower garden, open just 8 weeks in spring with 7 million blooming tulips.