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clear:right; border: 2px solid silver; margin: 0 0 .5em .5em; width: 200px;"> <div style="background-color: #e7ece6; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; padding: .3em;"><b>Netherlands</b> <b></b></div> <center><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg" class="image"><img alt="Flag of the Netherlands.svg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/195px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="195" height="130" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/293px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/390px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></center> <table style="width: 200px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: #e8e7f2;"><b>Demographics</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population" class="extiw" title="wp:List of countries by population" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: List of countries by population">Population</span></a>:<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> </td> <td>17,711,431 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)" class="extiw" title="wp:List of countries by GDP (nominal)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: List of countries by GDP (nominal)">GDP (million)</span></a>:<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> </td> <td>1,007,562 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita" class="extiw" title="wp:List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita">GDP p/cap.</span></a>:<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> </td> <td>57,715 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy" class="extiw" title="wp:List of countries by life expectancy" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy">Life expectancy</span></a>:<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> </td> <td>81.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index" class="extiw" title="wp:List of countries by Human Development Index" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: List of countries by Human Development Index">Development Index</span></a>:<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> </td> <td>0.944 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 200px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: #e8e7f2;"><b>Government</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index" class="extiw" title="wp:Democracy Index" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Democracy Index">Democracy Index</span></a>:<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> </td> <td>8.88 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index" class="extiw" title="wp:Corruption Perceptions Index" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Corruption Perceptions Index">Corruption Index</span></a>:<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> </td> <td>8.2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 200px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: #e8e7f2;"><b>More</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Index" class="extiw" title="wp:Education Index" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Education Index">Education Index</span></a>:<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> </td> <td>0.914 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance_of_religion_by_country" class="extiw" title="wp:Importance of religion by country" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Importance of religion by country">Religiosity</span></a>:<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> </td> <td>33 </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>George:</b> What is Holland?</li> <li><b>Jerry:</b> What do you mean, "what is it?" — it's a country, right next to <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>!</li> <li><b>George:</b> No, that's the Netherlands!</li> <li><b>Jerry:</b> Holland is the Netherlands!</li> <li><b>George:</b> Then who are the Dutch?!</li></ul> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—<i>Seinfeld</i>, S09E01: <i>The Butter Shave</i></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><s>Holland</s> The <b>Netherlands</b> is a small, mostly urban, and very <a href="/wiki/Liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal">liberal</a> <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> nation located west of <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> on the North Sea. Historically, it has been known for <s>legal <a href="/wiki/Weed" class="mw-redirect" title="Weed">weed</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prostitute" class="mw-redirect" title="Prostitute">hookers</a></s> its vast trade wealth, its ingenious system of land reclamation, <a href="/wiki/Protestant" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theologians</a>, its strong welfare state, and (in a similar vein) its staunch <a href="/wiki/Calvinism" title="Calvinism">Calvinism</a>. In the modern era, it is noted, in varying degrees depending on what social philosophy you subscribe to, for its notoriously <a href="/wiki/Egalitarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Egalitarian">egalitarian</a> social mores and its enviable standard of living and permissive <a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a> laws. </p><p>Although commonly called "Holland", Holland is only the name of two of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands, namely North Holland and South Holland. However, "Holland" has historically been the dominating part of the country economically and politically, and continues to draw most foreign attention.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[note 1]</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Vaderlandsche_geschiedenis"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Vaderlandsche geschiedenis</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Toeristische_attracties"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Toeristische attracties</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Geloofszaken"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Geloofszaken</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Wiet_en_hoeren"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Wiet en hoeren</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Gezondheidszorg"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Gezondheidszorg</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Nationale_legendes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Nationale legendes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Vaderlandsche_geschiedenis">Vaderlandsche geschiedenis</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Netherlands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Vaderlandsche geschiedenis">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>How the Dutch went from being one of the most dour people ever to walk the face of the earth to being as extremely <a href="/wiki/Liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal">liberal</a> as they are today is probably a long story, but it might be important to realize that most Dutch don't see their state as very liberal or progressive in the way some Americans do. </p><p>The Netherlands was a hodgepodge of cities and principalities until united under the Duke of Burgundy in 1433. When the Burgundian Duchy passed to Charles V the Holy Roman Emperor, so did the Netherlands. Charles was succeeded by his son Philip II of Spain, and so the Netherlands became a Spanish territory. Charles had been born in the Low Countries city of Ghent, but Philip had only lived there four years and was uninterested in the area. When the reformation came to the Netherlands the resulting friction with Catholic <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> resulted in the <a href="/wiki/Eighty_Years_War" title="Eighty Years War">Eighty Years War</a> (1568–1648), and the independence of the northern provinces of the Netherlands as the Dutch Republic, more or less the same area of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands. After Holland became independent, the majority of the Dutch people became Calvinists. The Dutch were tolerant of minorities and religious groups that moved there to escape persecution in their own countries. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Toeristische_attracties">Toeristische attracties</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Netherlands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Toeristische attracties">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The Netherlands is a beautiful country with a rich heritage and much to see. It was the home of Vincent Van Gogh, <a href="/wiki/Descartes" class="mw-redirect" title="Descartes">Descartes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spinoza" class="mw-redirect" title="Spinoza">Spinoza</a>, Anne Frank and many others, and has many miles of picturesque countryside, along with a great selection of museums and other cultural landmarks. You can spend many years in the Netherlands and still not see it all! But you're going there just to smoke weed, aren't you? There is even an <i>entire museum</i> dedicated to smoking pot.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[1]</a></sup> </p><p>Half the Netherlands has been concreted over in recent years. Some have suggested, the wrong half. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Geloofszaken">Geloofszaken</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Netherlands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geloofszaken">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Sgpstemmen1.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Sgpstemmen1.png/250px-Sgpstemmen1.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="266" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Sgpstemmen1.png/375px-Sgpstemmen1.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Sgpstemmen1.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="531" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Sgpstemmen1.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The bible belt, as evidenced by the voteshare of the religious nutcase <a href="/wiki/Reformed_Political_Party" title="Reformed Political Party">Reformed Political Party</a>. Here be anti-vaxxers, anti-gay people and anti-choice people.</div></div></div> <p>Since the 1950s Christianity has declined in the Netherlands. Most people do not believe in a personal <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">god</a>. <a href="/wiki/Euthanasia" title="Euthanasia">Euthanasia</a> with safeguards is allowed, and “soft drugs” is sort-of tolerated (it's complicated, more below). In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to recognize <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">gender-neutral marriage</a>. In terms of <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a> and religious controversies, the Netherlands' most notable citizens include the <a href="/wiki/Islamophobic" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamophobic">Islamophobic</a> campaigner <a href="/wiki/Geert_Wilders" title="Geert Wilders">Geert Wilders</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[2]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Feminist" class="mw-redirect" title="Feminist">feminist</a> (yet weirdly anti-asylum) <a href="/wiki/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali" title="Ayaan Hirsi Ali">Ayaan Hirsi Ali</a>, and the murdered filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh" title="Theo van Gogh">Theo van Gogh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[3]</a></sup> </p><p>Interestingly enough, the Netherlands <i>does</i> have a "Bible belt" where people still are more religious and vote for religious parties. Those parties have on some occasions been highly influential despite their little share of the vote, as Dutch governments are almost always coalitions of two, three or even more parties and getting the support of a few religious nutcases for an important vote can be the difference of a government collapsing or continuing in power. </p> <p><a href="/wiki/Creationism" title="Creationism">Creationism</a> is not particularly influential and has hardly ever reached politics (apart from an <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_Design" class="mw-redirect" title="Intelligent Design">Intelligent Design</a>-related incident in 2005).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[4]</a></sup> Books such as <i><a href="/wiki/Modern_Science_in_the_Bible" title="Modern Science in the Bible">Modern Science in the Bible</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hobrink" title="Ben Hobrink">Ben Hobrink</a> have had some influence, but this is mostly limited to the aforementioned Bible belt. There have been occasional creationist conferences, such as <i>Geloof jij het?</i> (<i>Do you believe it?</i>) in 2013, but these went largely unnoticed. More recently, several creationists and minor creationist organisations (including <i>Wetenschep</i> and <i>Weet magazine</i>) united in the new <a href="/wiki/Logos_Institute" title="Logos Institute">Logos Institute</a>, a wannabe hub for <a href="/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism" title="Young Earth creationism">Young Earth creationism</a>.</p><div style="clear:both"></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Wiet_en_hoeren">Wiet en hoeren</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Netherlands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wiet en hoeren">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance" title="Cognitive dissonance">and the Dutch</a>.</span> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Michael Caine as Nigel Powers in <i>Austin Powers in Goldmember</i> (2002)</cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As any Dutch person abroad will immediately notice, the Netherlands is mainly known abroad for niche products like 'whores' and 'weed'. Meeting a foreigner (especially from the Anglophone countries) will often result in well-meant but ultimately awkward jokes about the Dutch people's apparent godlessness and marijuana abuse. Foreigners might think it's one big theme park over there: this may or may not have something to do with the 1994 'documentary' <i>Sex, Drugs and Democracy</i>, a film that presents the Netherlands as some kind of cooky caricature of a functioning country, where disabled people can visit <i><a href="/wiki/Affirmative_action" title="Affirmative action">Affirmative action</a></i> brothels while smoking weed on government benefits and everybody's loving it! </p><p>However, visiting sex workers in the Netherlands is not very different in social stigma than elsewhere in the <a href="/wiki/West" class="mw-redirect" title="West">Western</a> world and most of the Dutch just work regular jobs and do regular things. It's mostly tourists who frequent Amsterdam's Red Light District, mind you. The Netherlands aren't even that liberal anymore when it comes to prostitution, with several Red Light Districts across the country coming under increasing pressure in association with organized crime and forced prostitution. </p> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Red-light_district_of_Amsterdam_by_day._2012.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Red-light_district_of_Amsterdam_by_day._2012.JPG/300px-Red-light_district_of_Amsterdam_by_day._2012.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="197" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Red-light_district_of_Amsterdam_by_day._2012.JPG/450px-Red-light_district_of_Amsterdam_by_day._2012.JPG 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Red-light_district_of_Amsterdam_by_day._2012.JPG/600px-Red-light_district_of_Amsterdam_by_day._2012.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4280" data-file-height="2811" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Red-light_district_of_Amsterdam_by_day._2012.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Amsterdam's red-light district by day</div></div></div> <p>The "legalization" of "soft drugs" such as weed and hallucinogenic mushrooms has always been a complicated story. First off, it's never been actually legalized, owning any amount of weed is still punishable by law, but rather it's "tolerated": the police will not apprehend you for owning small amounts, and they allow "coffee" shops with a permit to sell it with certain restrictions. It has never been legal or tolerated to actually grow weed in any form, and the police have always acted against producers of weed. This leads to the rather bizarre situation where it's okay to own weed, it's okay to smoke weed, <s>and it's okay to sell weed,</s> but it's <u>not</u> okay to actually grow the stuff. It's even codified<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[5]</a></sup> how many cannabis plants are tolerated before prosecution. Everyone agrees this is rather strange, but such is the nature of compromises. </p><p>In the last few years, there's been a pretty hard-line policy against the illegal growth of marijuana to the point where some people have started to say that some <a href="/wiki/U.S." class="mw-redirect" title="U.S.">U.S.</a> states actually have more liberal drug policies. It's been estimated that roughly 40% of the Dutch policy and justice departments are currently being used for drug felonies.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[6]</a></sup> But it's not like there's a <a href="/wiki/War_on_drugs" class="mw-redirect" title="War on drugs">war on drugs</a> going on or anything. </p><p>The "toleration" of the so-called "soft drugs" has also been restricted in the last few years. Hallucinogen mushrooms are once again illegal since 2008 after a French tourist who was allegedly under the influence of mushrooms jumped from a bridge. It's very uncertain if she actually was under the influence of any drugs, but it was enough reason for some hardliners to push through the legislation. There have also been some attempts to prevent non-Dutch people from buying drugs from coffee shops by introducing a "weed pass", for which only Dutch citizens could apply. The entire project was a failure and only served to increase the number of street dealers and drug-related violence.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[7]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Prohibition" title="Prohibition">How surprising!</a> In a rare display of reality-based politics, the project was abandoned in 2012. </p><p>Research by the Institute of Health and Environment—a government bureau—in 2011 and 2012 showed that about 25.7% of Dutch above 15 had ever smoked weed in their life, albeit only once, and about 7% of the Dutch population had smoked weed in the last year. While this may sound like a lot to some, it's a perfectly average number for a European country.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Gezondheidszorg">Gezondheidszorg</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Netherlands&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gezondheidszorg">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In the Netherlands, healthcare insurance is required for every citizen. Healthcare is split up into two different categories for the sake of insurance. For regular, short-term medical treatment, every citizen is required to be insured in accordance with the Zorgverzekeringswet (Zvw), which in the common tongue is called the "basisverzekering" (basic insurance, also called basic package) at an insurance company. The contents of this package are determined by the government and includes emergency care, contraceptives, foreign emergency care, physical therapy, visits to a general practitioner and so on, which in total accounts for around 41% of all medical expenses on a national level. Furthermore, in order to prevent discrimination from insurance companies, it is not allowed to reject basic package applications, nor is it allowed to determine premiums based on existing conditions of individual citizens (rather, premiums must be determined based on the total pool of applicants to the package). For services not offered by the basic package, insurance companies can choose to either expand their base package or offer extra packages on top of their basic package. </p><p>Finally, citizens can freely choose to change their insurance provider every year. As a result of these laws, the main difference between insurance companies is the services offered in the basic packages, as well as the deductible (also known as the own-risk factor, which is the price someone has to pay out of their pocket before their insurance kicks in, determined on a yearly basis) and the price of insurance premiums. </p><p>Those under the age of 18 receive completely free healthcare, and those who have a low income can receive extra compensation from the government to allow them to pay the premiums. For long-term care (including chronic diseases and elderly care), the government pays for the healthcare in question in accordance with the "Wet langdurige zorg" (Wlz). The total costs of this system on citizens tend to vary based on the insurance taken, but most citizens paid around €111 a month in 2018 and €385 in deductibles.<sup id="cite_ref-zorgverzekering2018_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zorgverzekering2018-10">[9]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Nationale_legendes">Nationale legendes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Netherlands&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Nationale legendes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li>The boy who put his finger in the dyke – which is American folklore and little known in the Netherlands itself.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Netherlands&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> – Once part of the Netherlands,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[note 2]</a></sup> but went their own way. Still speak a sort of funny Dutch (and endlessly argue about whether they should be speaking French or <s>freaky-deaky</s> funny Dutch).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighty_Years_War" title="Eighty Years War">Eighty Years War</a> – The Netherlands' long struggle for independence against Spain.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[note 3]</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geert_Wilders" title="Geert Wilders">Geert Wilders</a> – Although most Dutch would prefer that he could be listed at the bottom of <i>another</i> country ...</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Political_Party" title="Reformed Political Party">Reformed Political Party</a> – Also something most Dutch aren't particularly proud of.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Netherlands&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li>See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Netherlands" class="extiw" title="wp:Religion in the Netherlands" rel="nofollow">Religion in the Netherlands</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170929-how-wind-can-power-the-worlds-mass-transit">Dutch trains now run on wind power</a>. It does not get any more Dutch than that.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Netherlands&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">If you are still confused, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE_IUPInEuc">CGP Grey explains it all in signature style</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">For a grand total of 15 years</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Actually, against the King of Spain, who also happened to be lord of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands, to be precise</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Netherlands&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cannabismuseum-amsterdam.com/">Weed Museum</a>,.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitna_(film)" class="extiw" title="wp:Fitna (film)" rel="nofollow"><i>Fitna</i> (film)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/theo_van_gogh/2.html">The Murder of Theo Van Gogh</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Help:Open_access" title="Open access journal article"><img alt="Open access journal article" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Open_Access_logo_PLoS_transparent.svg/10px-Open_Access_logo_PLoS_transparent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="16" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Open_Access_logo_PLoS_transparent.svg/15px-Open_Access_logo_PLoS_transparent.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Open_Access_logo_PLoS_transparent.svg/20px-Open_Access_logo_PLoS_transparent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="1000" /></a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r2708880">/* Errors processing stylesheet [[:Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css]] (rev 2708880): • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 44 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 50 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 55 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 64 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽color⧼/code⧽ at line 96 character 9. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽color⧼/code⧽ at line 100 character 9. • Invalid media query at line 138 character 8. */ .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBlancke2010" class="citation journal cs1">Blancke, Stefaan (2010). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/212996/Creationism_in_the_Netherlands">Creationism in the Netherlands</a>". <i>Zygon. Journal of Religion and Science</i>. <b>45</b> (4): <span class="nowrap">795–</span>816.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Zygon.+Journal+of+Religion+and+Science&rft.atitle=%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F212996%2FCreationism_in_the_Netherlands+Creationism+in+the+Netherlands%5D&rft.volume=45&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E795-%3C%2Fspan%3E816&rft.date=2010&rft.aulast=Blancke&rft.aufirst=Stefaan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3ANetherlands" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">External link in <code class="cs1-code"><code class="cs1-code">|title=</code></code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#param_has_ext_link" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span>; <span 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href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://decorrespondent.nl/3314/Red-Nederland-legaliseer-drugs/29736730782-3dac06a3">Red Nederland, legaliseer drugs</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://nieuws.thepostonline.nl/2013/01/18/gewobt-feitelijke-resultaten-van-het-wietpasbeleid/">http://nieuws.thepostonline.nl/2013/01/18/gewobt-feitelijke-resultaten-van-het-wietpasbeleid/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.nationaalkompas.nl/gezondheidsdeterminanten/leefstijl/druggebruik/verschillen-internationaal/">http://www.nationaalkompas.nl/gezondheidsdeterminanten/leefstijl/druggebruik/verschillen-internationaal/</a></span> </li> 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