Welkom en welkom gefeliciteerd in deez' wonderschone hoofdstad van ons land! Congratulations! You live in the real and formal capital of the Netherlands. The Dutch government has its seat in The Hague (Den Haag, 's-Gravenhage).
Which makes it the capital by both the English meaning of the word (Webster) and the Dutch meaning of the word (van Dale). Note that when I was at school we were taught that The Hague was the capital, while the only claim to fame of Amsterdam was that Kings and Queens would be crowned there. dik
Enough Dutch (Genoeg Holland's/Nederlandse taal). However,it is useful to note that The Kingdom of the Netherlands has two capitals namely Amsterdam and The Hague.I leave it to my Dutch colleagues to explain the how's and why's. regards- Jake Knoppers
-----Original Message----- From: Dik.Winter@cwi.nl [mailto:Dik.Winter@cwi.nl] Sent: September 28, 2000 7:19 PM To: o.van.vlijmen@tip.nl; tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: Another capital
Welkom en welkom gefeliciteerd in deez' wonderschone hoofdstad van ons land! Congratulations! You live in the real and formal capital of the Netherlands. The Dutch government has its seat in The Hague (Den Haag, 's-Gravenhage).
Which makes it the capital by both the English meaning of the word (Webster) and the Dutch meaning of the word (van Dale). Note that when I was at school we were taught that The Hague was the capital, while the only claim to fame of Amsterdam was that Kings and Queens would be crowned there.
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