Double Degree Program - Trip to Holland

General Information: The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying and densely populated country. It is popularly known for its traditional windmills, tulips, cheese, clogs (wooden shoes), delftware and gouda pottery, for its bicycles, its dikes and surge barriers, and, on the other hand, traditional values and civil virtues such as its classic social tolerance. But primarily, the Netherlands is a modern, advanced and open society. An old parliamentary democracy, the country is more recently known for its rather liberal policies toward recreational drugs, prostitution, homosexuality, abortion, and euthanasia. The Netherlands is also one of the most densely cabled countries in the world; its internet connection rate is 87.8%, the 2nd highest in the world. Capital - Amsterdam Official languages - Dutch Government - Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy - Monarch - Queen Beatrix - Prime Minister - Jan Peter Balkenende Area - Total 41,526 km² Population - 2008 estimate 16,408,557 (61st) - Density 395/km² Currency- Euro (€)