Photo: Dutch News New housing under construction in Amsterdam Almost 60,000 hectares of Dutch countryside and farmland have been converted to housing or industrial estates and roads in the past 20 ...

This has given it the nickname "Dutch Venice", and activities like sailing are extremely common here. Canoes are another popular form of transportation, in addition to whisper boats, which have ...

Many of the paintings incorporate the Dutch countryside, including windmills and cows. There are also several portraits and still lifes.