A report on Utrecht, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Netherlands
Utrecht is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.
- UtrechtRotterdam (, , , lit. The Dam on the River Rotte) is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands.
- RotterdamAmsterdam (, , , lit. The Dam on the River Amstel) is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands; with a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area.
- AmsterdamIt was the most important city in the Netherlands until the Dutch Golden Age, when it was surpassed by Amsterdam as the country's cultural centre and most populous city.
- UtrechtThe four largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht.
- NetherlandsLike Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague and other large Dutch cities, Utrecht faces some socio-economic problems.
- UtrechtIn contrast to those other metropolises, Amsterdam was also surrounded by large towns such as Leiden (about 67,000), Rotterdam (45,000), Haarlem (38,000) and Utrecht (30,000).
- AmsterdamThere is a healthy competition with Amsterdam, which is often viewed as the cultural capital of the Netherlands.
- RotterdamRotterdam won the selection over the Dutch city of Utrecht.
- Rotterdam4 related topics with Alpha
The Hague
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The Hague (Den Haag or 's‑Gravenhage ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea.
With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
The Randstad, which also includes among others Amsterdam and Utrecht, has a population of 6,659,300.
Randstad
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The Randstad ("Rim" or "Edge" City) is a roughly crescent-shaped conurbation in the central-western Netherlands, consisting primarily of the four largest Dutch cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht); their suburbs, and many towns in between, that all grew and merged into each other, containing almost half the country's population.
Municipalities of the Netherlands
1 linksAs of 24 March 2022, there are 344 municipalities (gemeenten) and three special municipalities (bijzondere gemeenten) in the Netherlands.
Amsterdam has the highest population with 893,783 residents, whereas The Hague is the most densely populated with a density of 6650 /km2.
Only Amsterdam, where the districts are called stadsdelen, as well as Rotterdam, where the districts are called deelgemeenten, consist of such formal subdivisions.
The Hague, Almere, Breda, Eindhoven, Enschede, Groningen, Nijmegen, Tilburg and Utrecht have instituted stadsdelen as well, although they do not have the same legal submunicipal status.
Rhine
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One of the major European rivers.
Finally in Germany the Rhine turns into a predominantly westerly direction and flows into the Netherlands where it eventually empties into the North Sea.
Among the largest and most important cities on the Rhine are Cologne, Rotterdam, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Strasbourg, Nijmegen, and Basel.
Duisburg is the home of Europe's largest inland port and functions as a hub to the sea ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Amsterdam.
From Wijk bij Duurstede, the old north branch of the Rhine is called Kromme Rijn ("Bent Rhine") past Utrecht, first Leidse Rijn ("Rhine of Leiden") and then, Oude Rijn ("Old Rhine").