The Netherlands (literally the low lands) began as a group of provinces (‘lands’) banding together. The most famous one (on a global scale I mean) is Holland , because that’s were Amsterdam is and the VOC is from for example. Another big player back then was Zeeland (you likely only know New Zeeland, but this is the og one). Aside from Holland and Zeeland there are other lands in The Netherlands and the people from those regions typically prefer The Netherlands over Holland. Nobody cares enough that they would take issue with it, but many care enough to want to explain it to you.
And no one from Sweden is going to acknowledge the difference, here Holland = Netherlands
You’re not special, we’re just as simple in Germany too.
Niederlande?
Although, it’s very common across the world to call the Netherlands Holland for some reason
“Niederlande” certainly exists, but it’s not used much colloquially. Kinda awkward to say, phonetically, IMO.
The Netherlands (literally the low lands) began as a group of provinces (‘lands’) banding together. The most famous one (on a global scale I mean) is Holland , because that’s were Amsterdam is and the VOC is from for example. Another big player back then was Zeeland (you likely only know New Zeeland, but this is the og one). Aside from Holland and Zeeland there are other lands in The Netherlands and the people from those regions typically prefer The Netherlands over Holland. Nobody cares enough that they would take issue with it, but many care enough to want to explain it to you.
After we tried to do our best to save Saab this is what you get.
We don’t really care about that, we can’t understand you any way :p.