1. NETHERLANDS Gaļinas prezentation

2. Coat of arms

3. In the 17th century, red replaced the orange as a flag color, because the orange dye used on the flag was unstable, and turned red after exposure to the sun. Netherland sometimes is named Orange state. Legend tell about once upon the time lived one prince that eager loved oranges, because peoples named him the Orange Prince and orange color associated with country. At one time this tricolor flag was orange, white and blue, as those were the livery colors of William of Orange, a Dutch prince. William III - Prince of orange

4. 7My God, I pray thee, save me And threaten to enslave me, Thy trusted servant true. O Father, do not sanction Their wicked, foul design, Don't let them wash their hands in This guiltless blood of mine. Netherland anthem is very old, difficult and long. Anthem consist from very old and abstruse words – though school cildrens must learn that words learn by heart. In some schools childrens can learn only one verse. Dutch national anthem is the oldest anthem in the world. The melody of the anthem is based on a French soldiers' song, which was popular around 1569 The origins of the lyrics are not clear. Hence some believe the lyrics of the Dutch national anthem were the creation of a one poem poet-like person who then disappeared from history. I like this verse:

5. The Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy. Quien Beatriks

6. Netherland sometimes is named Holland Though Holland is one of Netherland provinces The country's name is derived from the Dutch word 'neder' meaning 'low'.

7. When you think of The Netherlands, the first things that comes to mind are:

8. cheese In Netherlands are a picturesques cheese markets

9. windmills

10. wooden shoes

11. Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is one of the world’s biggest electronics companies and Europe’s largest.

12. Holandes simbols ir ari tulpe. Tulpes ieveda tirgotāji no dienvidaustrumu zemēm un no tā laika tās ir iecienītākās puķes Hollandē. Senos laikos tulpju galviņas maksāja ļoti dārgi – 3 tulpju galviņu cena bija laba māja prestižā vietā piemeram: Roterdamā vai Amsterdamā.Tagad viss ir otrādi - holandieši pārdod tulpes par lielu naudu ārzemēs. The tulip has come to be a loved symbol of the Netherlands. Many tourists visit the country just to see the bright coloured flower and the astonishing view over the bulb fields. Tulip is not a native Dutch flower, they came to the Netherlands from another part of the world It was first cultivated by the Turks as early as 1000 AD, The flower was introduced in Western Europe and the Netherlands in the 17th century by Carolus Clusius, a famous biologist from Vienna.

13. In Netherland is famous with many tulips fields but here are few forests – only 10% from land area. Dutch peoples protect they forests and buy timbers outside. In Netherland preveiling artifical landscapes

14. No car Bicycle is main transport in the Netherlands.

15. Most part of country lies below sea level. That places are so low-lying that it would be subject to inundation if it were not for the surrounding sand dunes and dikes and the regular pumping of excess water. An area surrounded by dikes where the water table can be controlled is called a polder. The lowest point is 6.7 m below mean sea level (northeast of Rotterdam).

16. In February 1953 the Netherlands faced disaster when the dikes were breached by hurricane-force wind and exceptionally high spring tides. The flood came in the night without warning, a fateful combination of freak high tides and gale-force winds that killed 1835 people. Almost 200 000 hectares of land was swamped, 3000 homes and 300 farms destroyed, and 47 000 heads of cattle drowned. It was The Netherlands' worst disaster for 300 years. Flooding caused by storm surges were nothing new to the Netherlands, but this time the nation was stunned by the extent of a disaster unparalleled for centuries.

18. Rembrandt van Rijn is one of greatest painter of 17 th century. One of famous Rembrandt picture Is in 1642 painted The Night Watch The painting is hugh and depicts a military company. Each person is painted with care and interest characteristic for his work. The painting was admired even thought the lightning put some important people in the shadow.

20. Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) one of the greatest and most famous artists, ever. Self-portrait with straw hat and artist’s smock, 1887 source: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

21. Jan Vermeer (17 th century) was the master of painting simple tasks, things in everyday life. With a few exceptions, including some landscapes, street scenes, and portraits, Vermeer painted sunlit domestic interiors in which one or two figures are shown engaged in reading, writing or playing musical instruments.

22. M.C. Escher,1893-1972 Major themes in Escher's work are contrast, duality, transformation, infinity and spatial paradoxes. He uses symmetry to order this world of duality and paradox.

24. Tiling Escher was a great master of tessellation (the regular division of the plane, or tiling). He created symmetrical designs and planar tesselations, which he described as congruent, convex polygons joined together."

27. Netherlands is waiting for you!!!!!!