Holland

Some Cultural Characteristics of Holland

Museums

With a total of nearly a thousand museums, the Netherlands has the highest number of museums. Among the best known museums highlights National "Rijksmuseum" Museum and the Vincent van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Boijmans-van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, the Mauritshuis in The Hague and the Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn.

Contemporary art can be admired, for example, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, the Bonefanten Museum in Maastricht and the Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven. Great events each year attracts many foreign visitors and strengthen the cultural image of Holland.

Architecture


Also in the field of architecture and urban planning, the Netherlands has a long tradition. No less than 50,000 buildings have come to be "landmarks". The government protects and contributes financially to their maintenance.

The manor houses of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries on the banks of the canals of Amsterdam are famous worldwide.

Music

In the field of classical music, Holland has numerous orchestras, scattered throughout the country. The best known is the Royal Palace Orchestra Concert Amsterdam. 


Among the small ensembles include the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Ensemble Schönberg Amsterdam