User blog comment:Yountoryuu/What do you know about Holland?/@comment-3130944-20110523183604/@comment-1871214-20110523184333

The Netherland and Holland are the same country, just named else by some parts in the world. In America they say Holland for example, but in England they call it the Netherlands. Its really just where you're from.

Actually, Amsterdam and parts around it where once a swamp. After a while, people realized the ground was fertile and wanted to move there. Once there they build houses on pillars of 6 metres tall and built Amsterdam. The ground continuously became more and more liveable and towns were build. And that's all because of the digged grooves/canals. We are famous for our dairy and cheese.