One third of the land in the Netherlands is below sea level, and the Alexander Polder area near Rotterdam is 6.5 meters below sea level. In order for the land to compete with nature, the Dutch built dikes to stop the sea water and used windmills to generate power to turn the depressions? The water is drained and the land is reclaimed. So far, the Netherlands you see is an endless plain, and it is pregnant with countless lives. Historically, the Netherlands once gained considerable advantages in the maritime navigation rights era in the 16th and 17th centuries, and became the most powerful representative of the North Sea coast in Europe at that time. We call it the "golden age" of the Netherlands! From 162 to 1799, the East India Company (VOC) became the first multinational enterprise in the world from a trading company, which made great contributions to the economic development of the Netherlands, especially to the development of Amsterdam. Today, from the architectural style of Amsterdam, canal planning and so on, we can still see the vigorous development of commerce at that time. In addition, at that time, many fishing villages in the northern Netherlands around the Zuider Zee also became important ports for the East India Company.
Although the original South China Sea has long been renamed as Ijsselmeer after the dam was built, it surrounds the fishing villages such as Marken, Volendam, Hoorn, Hourcq and Spakenburg, as well as Kampen and Kampen.
Today, the Netherlands is still one of the most competitive advanced countries in the world, and it is also an important export trading country in the world. The capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, but the administrative center of government agencies and embassies of various countries is located in Den Haag.
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