Netherlands: Sign of Prosperity

Netherlands is the best suitable to mention. This ‘big’ small monarchy in the Northwest of Europe has much more than windmills, cheese, tulips and wooden shoes. Netherlands lies between North Sea, Belgium and Germany. The golden period of this country was during 17th century when Dutch Empire vastly expanded to New York, parts of India, forts along the African coast and some Indonesian colonies.

During its overseas expansion where to buy cannabis and industrial revolution in 19th century, some notable architecture became a part of the Netherlands’ cities. Amsterdam and Leiden possess some big baroque mansions of 17th century which belonged to rich merchants of the city—they were commanders of Dutch fleet. It is interesting to see how they stashed away different small and precious things in their mansions.

Painters and paintings have been the most famous assets of Netherlands. Dutch feel proud of their bunch of world famous painters like Rembrandt, van Gogh, Frans Hals and Johannes Vermeer and their exclusive paintings. Besides the glorious 17th century history, it features many other interesting things. First of all, the relaxed, open and international atmosphere invigorates the tourists to spend more time here. Some excellent museums and great historical monuments are there in different cities.

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