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| | Articles - Netherlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | The Netherlands is one of the most densely populated and geographically low-lying countries in the world (its name literally means "low countries") and is popularly known for its windmills, clogs (wooden shoes), dikes, tulips, bicycles and social tolerance. |
| | Also, the Netherlands has long been a nation of traders, dominated by a freethinking bourgeoisie and for international trade one has to be tolerant of an other person´s culture; at home, despite calvinism being till the 19th century the state religion, there was in practice much religious tolerance shown towards and jews. |
| | The Netherlands is the 15th most densely populated country in the world, with 393 inhabitants per square km (or 482/km² if only the land area is counted, since 20% is water). |
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