How to Distinguish
- The domain is .nl
- License plates are yellow
- The landscape is flat with no high mountains
- Residential architecture is frequently brick-built
- Bollards are typically white
- Dedicated cycle paths cover the entire country, often surfaced in brownish asphalt or red brick
- Street names that end with “weg” are everywhere (参考文献 weg - Cambridge Dictionary)
- Compared with Luxembourg the Netherlands feels flatter, features more canals, has red-toned housing, and a dense bicycle network House Styles > Netherlands
Signs you can find
Representative Companies
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Plates have a blue strip on the left and a yellow background . If both front and rear are this colour, you are likely in the Netherlands or Luxembourg.
Gert Kalkman - public road, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons
Brick façades dominate , and some buildings retain hoisting beams near the roof. These were once warehouses that used the beam to hoist cargo . Even today the hardware is used to lift furniture(参考文献 Studying Abroad Abroad > Houses of the World (Netherlands)).
Dedicated bicycle lanes (fietspad) are everywhere ; in the photo the left lane is for bikes. Compared with Luxembourg the Netherlands is very flat and canal-rich. A quarter of the territory lies below sea level and the highest point is only about 333 m.
Roadside bollards are white. Larger roads often display small green boards showing the route number . (Bollard photo: link).
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Blue-and-white poles mark locations where cyclists cross the carriageway.
Narrow down state/region
- If you see many warehouses or containers, follow the canals near Amsterdam or Rotterdam
- Street View occasionally jumps to the Dutch Caribbean, e.g. Curaçao
Flat aluminium-clad buildings are often warehouses, typically near waterways. You can even spot Japanese companies (参考文献 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines). The photo is from MOL Logistics Netherlands.
Representative Companies
| Company | Ticker | Overview | IR | Dividend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LyondellBasell | LYB | Chemical manufacturer centred on polyethylene and polypropylene; the third-largest chemical producer in the United States. | ||
| ASML | ASML | One of the world’s largest semiconductor equipment makers alongside Applied Materials, dominating the high-resolution lithography market. |