13/03/2016

Netherlands


Netherlands is a country in Europe continent and capital of Netherlands is Amsterdam.
Its border countries are Belgium, and Germany.
Largest cities in Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, etc.
Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the oldest Stock Exchange in the World it was established by Dutch East India Company in 1602. The Port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe.
Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam is 5th busiest Airport in Europe by Passengers per year.
The most popular sport in Netherlands is Football, in FIFA World Cup Netherlands was Runner Up thrice (in 2010 when Spain was Winner Team, in 1978 when Argentina was Winner and in 1974 when Winner Team was Germany) and Netherlands got third place in FIFA World Cup 2014 when Germany was Winner and Argentina was Runner Up team, also in 1998 Netherlands got 4th place when winner team was France, runner up team was Brazil and Croatia got 3rd place.
Some Multinational companies of Netherlands are Royal Dutch Shell, ING Group, Unilever, Schlumberger, Philips, Aegon, EADS etc.
People of Netherlands got Nobel Prize are Andre Geim, Martinus J.G. Veltman, Gerard 't Hooft, Simon van der Meer, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Frits Zernike, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Pieter Zeeman, Hendrik Lorentz in Physics, Tjalling Koopmans, Jan Tinbergen in Economics, Paul J. Crutzen, Peter Debye, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff in Chemistry, Tobias Asser in Peace, Nikolaas Tinbergen, Christiaan Eijkman and Willem Einthoven in Physiology or Medicine.
Internet Top Level Domain of Netherlands is .nl, and ISO code of  Netherlands is NLD, calling code of Netherlands is +31, Standard Time Zone of Netherlands is GMT+01:00 Hour.
Language of Netherlands is Dutch. And Currency used in Netherlands is Euro.