Portal:Netherlands/Did you know


 * ... that Dutch Nuna solar racing team, guided by former Space Shuttle astronaut Wubbo Ockels (pictured) won the World Solar Challenge six times out of the last eight events ?
 * ... that The Hague is home to over 150 international organisations (including NGOs) working in the field of peace and justice ?
 * ... the Netherlands is a very densely populated country for its size ? With 406 people per km² – or 498 if inland waters are excluded – only Bangladesh, South Korea and Taiwan have both a larger population and a higher population density.
 * ... the Netherlands is nevertheless the world's second largest exporter of food and agriculture products, after the United States ?
 * ... and that it has the most plentiful, nutritious and healthy food, according to a 2014 comparison of 125 countries by Oxfam ?


 * ... a UNICEF report published in 2007 ranked the Netherlands as the best country for children to live in ?
 * ... the Netherlands also exports more flowers and flower bulbs than the rest of the world combined ?

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 * ... the KLM is the longest running national airline in the world ?
 * ... the Port of Rotterdam was the world's busiest port from 1962–2002, and is now still the world's largest seaport outside of East Asia, measured by total cargo tonnage handled ?
 * ... that two major clusters of flood control and land reclamation projects: the Delta Works and the Zuiderzee Works, were declared one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. ?
 * ... of which the Maeslantkering storm surge barrier is one of the largest moving structures on Earth ?
 * ... of which the 1932 Afsluitdijk is still one of the world's longest dams and causeways ?
 * ... and of which the Flevopolder, at an area of 970 km² (370 sq. mi), is by far the world's largest artificial island ?