Comments on: Do You Know The Difference Between Holland And The Netherlands?

By: Marlene

Marlene — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:02:42 +0000

Wesley, Haarlem is the capital of the province North Holland. Amsterdam is only it’s capital in that Amsterdam is the Capital of the country. Such as the capital of California is Sacramento and the capital of Virginia is Richmond, but you can technically call Washington D.C. the capital of both because it is the capital of the United States of America.

By: Innes Forbes

Innes Forbes — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:00:05 +0000

At least you dont have to put up with people referring to Britain as England. FO in advance

By: Esther Liew Ai Peng

Esther Liew Ai Peng — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:39:38 +0000

I find it so annoying that, The Local English Newspaper from my country (Malaysia), always refer as Holland for World Cup 2010. I know I am not from Netherlands , If I were put into their shoes, I will definitely be offensive, is just that people in this world are just so ignorant that even little things like this just don’t take into an account. All they mention is that ” We mention as Holland but in Europe they mention it as Netherlands”. Since, now I know that is different definitely we should change the terms to avoid the misunderstanding as well as knowing the truth.

from,

esther

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:39:54 +0000

Here’s a quote from the coach for the Netherlands team in the World Cup.

“We will play for the whole of Holland,” said van Marwijk. “I do not think in terms of revenge [for those defeats]. I will watch the game without thinking about historical statistics…”

Why did he say Holland? That’s not offensive?

By: constance

constance — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:36:48 +0000

thanks for clarifying, i was one of those who thought Netherlands was Holland but of late i was getting confused and embarrased to sound my perception. Thanks to this sight i can confidently tell others

By: Nguyen Do

Nguyen Do — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:03:15 +0000

Thank you, very helpful in short there is just one country called Nertherlands and Holland is a part of it. I would like to hear the proud stories of the other cities then.

By: Martha

Martha — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:51:25 +0000

All I know is “If you ain’t Dutch, you ain’t much.”
(That’s what my mother told me.)

By: Aad Blanker

Aad Blanker — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:04:21 +0000

In the Nederlands they sing: hup Holland hup laat de leeuw niet in zijn hempie staan,enz
zo in voetbal is het Nederlands elftal en als we zingen is
het hup Holland hup.
Ok ik was geboren in zuid-Holland meschien is dat wel de reden dat van Noord en Zuid Holland de grote voetbal clubs kwamen in het verleden.

By: G

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:07:25 +0000

TO HURST VANROOJ
the examples you gave about are just the way different languages say England, The case for “The Netherlands” is different.

By: camiddle

camiddle — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:54:45 +0000

Americans…. it like the usa … duh … !!! each state is different, Florida, New York… but one country… Same for u Canadians ….
Africans.. it is the opposite….. u have several different countries which are all referred to as africa !!