Holland is a geographical region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified political region within the Holy Roman Empire as a county ruled by the counts of Holland. By the 17th century, the province of Holland had risen to become a maritime and economic power, dominating the other provinces of the newly independent Dutch Republic.

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Notable quotes

“There will never be a revolution in the Netherlands, because you are not allowed to walk on the grass there.”
— Full quote with translation help from Google: "A few weeks ago I wrote an article in NRC Handelsblad in which I quoted Karl Marx. There will never be a revolution in the Netherlands, because you are not allowed to walk on the grass there, and the Dutch do not do that. Some 150 years ago this would have been the absolute national truth, except for Multatuli, whose hero Woutertje Pieterse expresses a completely different view in his Robber Song..."
“The duller the politics, the happier the country”
— Words have their meaning (1992) Frits Bolkestein.
“Every Dutchman hates Holland. That is our cardinal national quality.”
— Jerome Brouwers limits himself to the facts
“Greece is a sort of American vassal; the Netherlands is the country of American bases that grow like tulip bulbs; Cuba is the main sugar plantation of the American monopolies; Turkey is prepared to kowtow before any United States proconsul and Canada is the boring second fiddle in the American symphony.”
— Andrei Gromyko, New York Herald Tribune (30 June 1953)
“The Netherlands, with all its anti-discrimination provisions and especially the moral indignation about anything that hints at making a distinction between people in whatever field, is a rock-hard segregated society.”
— The Islamization of our culture: Dutch identity as a foundation / the word as a weapon
“In the Netherlands, people are so toilet trained that when they feel the need to spit, they take the train to do it in the countryside.”
— Jules Renard Diary 1887-1910

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Holland is a geographical region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified political region within the Holy Roman Empire as a county ruled by the counts of Holland. By the 17th century, the province of Holland had risen to become a maritime and economic power, dominating the other provinces of the newly independent Dutch Republic.

Notable quotes

“There will never be a revolution in the Netherlands, because you are not allowed to walk on the grass there.”
— Full quote with translation help from Google: "A few weeks ago I wrote an article in NRC Handelsblad in which I quoted Karl Marx. There will never be a revolution in the Netherlands, because you are not allowed to walk on the grass there, and the Dutch do not do that. Some 150 years ago this would have been the absolute national truth, except for Multatuli, whose hero Woutertje Pieterse expresses a completely different view in his Robber Song..."
“The duller the politics, the happier the country”
— Words have their meaning (1992) Frits Bolkestein.
“Every Dutchman hates Holland. That is our cardinal national quality.”
— Jerome Brouwers limits himself to the facts
“Greece is a sort of American vassal; the Netherlands is the country of American bases that grow like tulip bulbs; Cuba is the main sugar plantation of the American monopolies; Turkey is prepared to kowtow before any United States proconsul and Canada is the boring second fiddle in the American symphony.”
— Andrei Gromyko, New York Herald Tribune (30 June 1953)
“The Netherlands, with all its anti-discrimination provisions and especially the moral indignation about anything that hints at making a distinction between people in whatever field, is a rock-hard segregated society.”
— The Islamization of our culture: Dutch identity as a foundation / the word as a weapon
“In the Netherlands, people are so toilet trained that when they feel the need to spit, they take the train to do it in the countryside.”
— Jules Renard Diary 1887-1910

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Overview

Holland is a geographical region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified political region within the Holy Roman Empire as a county ruled by the counts of Holland. By the 17th century, the province of Holland had risen to become a maritime and economic power, dominating the other provinces of the newly independent Dutch Republic.

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Studio characters

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