Geography
Dec 17, 2009
Holland is situated in the west of Europe and borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south and the North Sea to the north and west. This small country lies at the point where the German, British and French cultures meet. What strikes people most when they first arrive in Holland is the landscape: the country is extremely flat. While there are some hilly areas in the southeast corner of the country, even these barely infringe on the broad, -unbroken expanse of sky that is so characteristic of the Dutch landscape. Moreover, there is water everywhere, in the form of lakes, rivers and canals. Holland’s relatively small area of slightly over 41,000 square kilometres is home to over 16 million people.