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GOUDA
Gouda cheese has been traded at the market in the city of Gouda, in South Holland, since at least the 13th century, one of the oldest recorded cheese markets in Europe.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
POLDER
A polder is a low-lying tract of land enclosed by dikes and drained of water. The Netherlands has reclaimed roughly 17 percent of its total land area from the sea this way.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
DELFT
The blue-and-white tin-glazed pottery known as Delftware takes its name from the Dutch city of Delft, where craftsmen began producing it in the early 1600s in the style of Chinese porcelain.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
TULIP
Tulip bulbs arrived in the Netherlands from the Ottoman Empire in the late 16th century. By the 1630s, demand for rare varieties had sparked 'Tulip Mania', one of history's earliest recorded speculative bubbles.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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The Netherlands word search, free and printable, where tulips crowd the flat horizon and windmill sails catch the sea breeze.

About The Netherlands

The Netherlands sits so close to sea level that for centuries its people have shaped the land itself, draining marshes, building dikes, and coaxing fertile polders from the water. In spring, fields of tulips stripe the countryside in bands of red, yellow, and violet, drawing visitors from across the world to what feels like a painting come to life. Alongside the flower fields, the slow drift of a barge along a glassy canal, the creak of a windmill sail, and the clatter of a wooden clog on cobblestone are sounds that feel as old and steady as the land itself.

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