Amsterdam is the capital of country and one of the
destinies visited by the tourists more. The population uses the bicycle like
means of preferred transport. The most excellent places to visit in Amsterdam
are the museum go Gogh, the Rijksmuseum and the house of Ana Frank. In the rest
of the country the most frequent destinies are The Hague, administrative capital
of the Netherlands, Róterdam with the Europoort, the greatest port of Europe and
second of the world, Gouda with their cheese market that is celebrated all the
Thursdays, also important Alkmaar by its cheeses, the Maastricht, older city of
the Netherlands along with Nijmegen and the localities of Lisse and Hillegom
that own the Keukenhof. Also important they are Delft, Haarlem, Utrecht or
Groningen. A complex system of water drainage, whose construction began at the
medieval time, has allowed to increase the surface of the country in more of a
20%. Without drainage constant half of the Netherlands would be flooded by sea
and by numerous rivers that crosses his territory, as it is the case of the
Rhine that ends at Róterdam, which has made of this city the port of greater
traffic of Europe. Along with the Rhine there are other two rivers more than
they divide to the country in two parts, these are the Mosa river and the Waal.
The highest point of the country is in Vaalserberg, the province of Limburg and
has an altitude of 321 meters on the level of the sea.
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The name of the country, Nederlanden (“low Earth”), must to
that a part of the north and the west of the territory of the country is below
the level of the sea. To the south-east of the country the calls extend
Countries high superiors, that rise a little over the level of the sea. A
complex system of water drainage, whose construction began at the medieval time,
has allowed to increase the surface of the country in more of a 20%. Without
drainage constant half of the Netherlands would be flooded by sea and by
numerous rivers that crosses his territory, as it is the case of the Rhine that
ends at Róterdam, which has made of this city the port of greater traffic of
Europe. Along with the Rhine there are other two rivers more than they divide to
the country in two parts, these are the Mosa river and the Waal. The highest
point of the country is in Vaalserberg, the province of Limburg and has an
altitude of 321 meters on the level of the sea