The Netherlands, often better known as Holland, is a country in Western Europe that is bordered by Germany and Belgium on one side and looks out over the North Sea on the other. Its three largest cities are Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam with The Hague being its administrative capital and Rotterdam being its biggest port. Famous for windmills, clogs and tulips, the Netherlands is a very flat country that also has a very famous sea faring past - having once had colonies as far apart as America and Surinam.