What’s the difference between Holland and the Netherlands?

Yeah we know, it’s confusing for the outsider to really know the difference between Holland and the Netherlands. It also doesn’t help that the whole world, including this little website, uses both terms for the whole country all the time. Now we could do a lot of explaining in text (like this article about The Hague not being the capital) but there’s a classic video that does all that and better. 

difference between Holland and the Netherlands
They got everything except the name right in this gif

And not only the difference between Holland and the Netherlands is explained, but also (New-) Zeeland and those tropical parts of Holland (sorry, the Netherlands). Enjoy!

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE_IUPInEuc[/embedyt]

Abuzer van Leeuwen 🇳🇱
Abuzer van Leeuwen 🇳🇱http://www.abuzervanleeuwen.nl
Abuzer founded DutchReview a decade ago because he thought expats needed it and wanted to make amends for the Dutch cuisine. He has a Masters in Political Science and IT but somewhere always wanted to study history or good old football. He also a mortgage in the Netherlands and will happily tell you too how to get one. Born and raised in Rotterdam, Abuzer now lives in Leiden but is always longing back to his own international year in Italy.

1 COMMENT

  1. Great video…..however…why does the commentator have to talk sooo fast??? It doesn’t give the viewer time to absorb what is being shared here. Also the pronunciation, dear commentator, leaves to be desired. At least take time out perhaps to learn the correct pronunciation? That would have completed this video with an A+ !! <3

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Related posts

Latest posts

Here’s why thousands protested in Amsterdam over the weekend

Did you spot the crowds on Saturday? Were you part of them? Thousands of protestors gathered on the streets of Amsterdam to protest fascism,...

Police fined for locking up a suspected wild pisser (because it wasn’t in prison)

A Rotterdam police officer is facing costly consequences for getting a little too wild in his rollercoaster chase after a public urinator last September. When...

8 carbon copies of the Netherlands across the world

Want to leave the Netherlands but afraid that you’ll miss the beautiful architecture? These places are modelled after Dutch towns — but are found...

It's happening