Netherlands is, in good part, an extension of land gained to the North Sea. Half of its surface almost is at the level of the sea or below it. Throughout history a persistence in taking terrain to the sea has took place, which has produced a very characteristic country, with flat orography and fertile lands, furrowed of canals and plagued of wind mills, with great extensions of coast formed by fine sand beaches and smooth dunes covered with vegetation.

In XVIIth century the country enjoyed a time of great splendour thanks to its colonial power and its great merchant fleet, one of the best in that time. Nowadays, Netherlands is one of the most developed nations in the entire world and, in addition, the most populated in Europe.

Although its capital is The Hague (Den Haag), Amsterdam is the greater one and the most visited attraction. The rest of the country is in a second term.

The western provinces have a great historical interest and they are the most populated. People know them as Randstad, that means “town constructed at the edge”. If you have enough time you must visit other cities as Haarlem, Leiden or Delft, with historical centers surrounded by canals, the harbor city of Rotterdam or the capital, The Hague, royal family and government seat.

To the north there is the province of Frisia, worse communicated than the rest of the country. It has an own language, the Frisian, that is not spoken nor is understood in any other place. Its capital, Leeuwarden, is a pleasant city and the near Groingen has a lot of movement due to the numerous students who reside there.

Finally, between the German and Belgian frontiers, there is the city of Maastricht.