The Famous Icon of Dutch

Saturday, December 24, 2011


The Netherlands is one of the countries of continental Europe and the northwestern part of the national capital is Amsterdam. The Netherlands is one of the most populous country in the world and the largest part of the country lies below sea level. Who is not familiar with this country? The country is famous for its tulips, flowers are very beautiful and glorious. About a month from April to May, the flowers bloom in beautiful tulips Keunkenhof. A beautiful flower garden and an important destination for tourists from around the world has become. Total of 4.5 million tulips in 300 varieties in an area of ​​32 hectares, which is equipped with lakes and parks to spread. The tulips are in bloom this month at one of the tourist products in the Netherlands, as well as a symbol of the land that is below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.

As the flowers are lovely and beautiful tulips, also known as Dutch windmills affairs. Why? Since this is a typical Dutch windmill country. In various parts of the agricultural and urban areas, almost certainly, we find windmills (wind turbines in the Netherlands to win as moles). The main purpose of the windmills in the Netherlands itself drives water into the ocean to form a new, larger area as polders. But in the long run, it makes the country's existence and iconic Dutch windmills, a Dutch tourist. The mill is the half-life of Holland. Windmills in the Netherlands for the first time in the 13th Century. At that time, there are many places in the Netherlands are still under water. With a paddle wheel that in the building windmills, water in the Dutch land diverted, channeled and dammed so that we see today is not much water here. In addition, the ground is still damp dry with windmills. Been developed with the development of technology and architecture, the use of windmills as well. Around the 17th Century, a revolution in many European countries. Due to these factors, with people in the Netherlands windmills for other purposes. Divert not only as a tool to be used in water and dams, windmills are used as a means of support in the field of agriculture and industry.

One thing that famous the Netherlands, in addition to flowers of tulips and windmills, beautiful cheese. While almost all European countries is the production of cheese, continue to recognize the international community that produces the best cheese in the Netherlands. The cheese in this country, always trying high-quality cheese. One way to cows whose milk so that they are happy to deal with. You are a quiet and be given before stress, capable of the best milk for the best cheese that will go through the process of filtration (filter), aerisasi (smell) and homogenization (uniformity) to produce.