So after some research the three most popular foods in the Netherlands is bread, potatoes, and cheese. In fact, the Netherlands loves cheese so much that there is a cheese market that sells cheese and only cheese by the wheel. No kidding.
I am just dying right now. This is just too funny. I can't even, I CAN'T EVEN, I CAN'T EVEN!!! This is just too good to be true. Okay, ahem, Wikipedia describes Dutch cuisine as simple, that is it. I'm in heaven right now! Okay so three dishes, first off is Bitterballen which sounds so cute and it is because it is just a deep fried ball of tender and savory filling and is typically served with beef, chicken, or mushrooms. It is so cute you just want to kiss it. Next is a treat that represents Holland; one of Netherlands' cities: Stroopwafels. Everything here just has an adorable name! Okay, Holland is considered the land of cookies and the Stroopwafel might as well be on the flag of Holland. A stroopwafel is 2 cookies with a creamy caramel center. Need I say more? So the final dish is no exception when it comes to cute names, it's the worstenbroojes! A worstenbrooje is basically bread bake around meat so it's like a corn dog but it has the meat already in the bread! Chefs from the Netherlands are GENIUSES!!!
ATTRACTIONS
Remember when I said China was the country of COLORS? Well Amsterdam is the city of COLORS. Because this, is Amsterdam:
Yeah, beautiful isn't it? Oh I shouldn't ask BECAUSE THAT IS UNDENIABLY AWESOME IT'S JUST SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPYALIDOCIOUS!!!!!! *cough* Sorry. So aside from being FABULOUS, it is home to the Van Gogh Museum which is called an extraordinary experience by one critic and a cool museum by another. A really cool music hall in the Netherlands is the Heineken Music Hall which has a capacity of 5500 people and is 3000 square meters! It is located in, you guessed, Amsterdam! The music hall was also specifically designed for amplified music which is the formal name for ROCK AND ROLL!!! Finally is a theme park in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands called Walibi Holland which consists of rides such as the speed of sound, el condor, Xpress, goliath, and robin hood. It is ranked on average 4.5 out of 5 according to Google Reviews.
PEOPLE
Now the average person from the Netherlands would speak Dutch but there are other languages such as French, Papiamento, and luckily, English. But unlike every other country that only has one area that speaks English or there are very few of them around but English is an exception in the Netherlands. You see someone in the Netherlands will most likely be able to answer simple questions like "Which way to the bathroom?" and "How for this taco?" because English is considered an official language but Dutch is the highest priority language in the Netherlands and English is the highest spoken foreign language with a whopping 87%, but there is once again an exception. Although not many people will be able to speak English fluently, but if you're in Saba and Sint Eustatius which are two of the Netherlands' colonies in the Caribbean, then kick back and relax because the majority of those islands speak English.
Okay so I thought about this and I need to add something to People, currency. You see it's not easy living or even visiting a country that is in debt or experiencing inflation which is why I now need to stress the importance of knowing what is going on in the country. Thankfully, there are two currencies used in the Netherlands; the US Dollar and the Euro. Now that makes things easier for Americans and certain Europeans because they can use their home land's currency. But if you start to think a lot then you start to think of the confusion of calculating a US Dollar to a Euro or vise-versa if you've only worked with one currency and a sign says 1.2 Euros or US Dollars. Don't worry because one US Dollar equals 0.89 Euros, which is slightly easier to calculate than the fact that 1 US Dollar equals over 100 Yen in Japan, whatever, the Netherlands is great for Americans and it's territories too.
Okay, this is an easy one.
The Netherlands' final score is...
99.12
Holy crap this was a great one, I love the Netherlands. I want to go there so bad right now.


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