First Children's Encyclopedia by Dorling Kindersley - page 26

What is another name for the Netherlands?
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Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
are called the Low Countries because they
are so flat. They are also sometimes called
Benelux – the first letters of BElgium,
NEtherlands and LUXembourg.
The Low Countries
AMSTERDAM
Ostend
Bruges
Antwerp
Rotterdam
THE HAGUE
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Ice skating
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Tulips
Horses
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Cathedral
Bruges Town Hall
Fishing
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Cheese
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Arnhem
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