Mainly focus on technology, reading, excerpts, miscellaneous, article review, tool sharing, workflow, inspiration, English learning, attention management, deep work and other directions Zola 2022-05-15T14:32:20+08:00 https://old.owenyoung.com/en/tags/country/atom.xml 2022-05-15T14:32:20+08:00 2022-05-15T00:00:00+00:00 Owen Young https://old.owenyoung.com/en/the-netherlands/ <p>I like the Netherlands, so I’m going to collect some notes about it.</p> <h2 id="basic-info">Basic Info<a class="zola-anchor" href="#basic-info" aria-label="Anchor link for: basic-info">🔗</a></h2> <ul> <li>Language: Dutch</li> <li>Population: 17.5 million</li> <li>Capital: Amsterdam, The Hague</li> <li>Currency: Euro</li> <li>Time Zone: CET (UTC+1)</li> <li>Dial Code: +31</li> <li>Drive: The right side of the roads</li> </ul> <h2 id="news">News<a class="zola-anchor" href="#news" aria-label="Anchor link for: news">🔗</a></h2> <ul> <li><a rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.dutchnews.nl/">Dutch News</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="quote">Quote<a class="zola-anchor" href="#quote" aria-label="Anchor link for: quote">🔗</a></h2> <p>God may have made the world, but the Dutch made the Netherlands.</p> <h2 id="videos">Videos<a class="zola-anchor" href="#videos" aria-label="Anchor link for: videos">🔗</a></h2> <ul> <li><a rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4TmQEZzsec">Geography Now! NETHERLANDS</a> <ul> <li>Dutch are the tallest people onaverage in the world. Men: 185cm, Women: 170cm</li> <li>Dutch have learned how to control the water and use it to their advantage.</li> <li>Stop call t he country “Holland”</li> <li>12 provinces</li> <li>Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam</li> <li>6 Islands <ul> <li>ABC Islands, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao</li> <li>Leeward Islands, SSS Islands, Sint Maarten, SABA, Sint Eustatius</li> </ul> </li> <li>Windmills</li> <li>lowest country in the Europe</li> <li>The top 20 lagest world economies</li> <li>The top 10 largetst exporters on Earth</li> <li>the Oldest Stock Exchange</li> <li>Tulip mania</li> <li>Companies: Shell, Phillips,</li> <li>highest proficiency in English out of any non-English official country in the world, 9/10 can speak English comfortably, 94% are bilingual</li> <li>national color: orange</li> <li>first country to legalize same-sex marriage</li> <li>hockey</li> </ul> </li> <li><a rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul_xzyCDT98">Why We Won’t Raise Our Kids in Suburbia (and moved to the Netherlands instead)</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfPCdJapIXA">Travel from Rotterdam to Amsterdam in 10 minutes by boat: a 4k timelapse</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0AP18DjLA0">The Netherlands in 100 Seconds</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYHTzqHIngk">Why Grocery Shopping is Better in Amsterdam</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_QJ9fWzLUc">This is how trash gets removed from underground bins in The Netherlands</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP-G-inkkDg">​​Why The Netherlands Is Insanely Well Designed</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA1HDFH9OaU&amp;t=1s">Dutch 11-year olds get a lesson in Love</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="people-who-don-t-like-the-netherlands">People who don’t like the Netherlands<a class="zola-anchor" href="#people-who-don-t-like-the-netherlands" aria-label="Anchor link for: people-who-don-t-like-the-netherlands">🔗</a></h2> <ul> <li><a rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=fKuJvYh6h9I#!">Fox News: About the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlaCSFUqHEw">The Netherlands Is The Worst Country in Europe. Here’s Why</a></li> </ul>