Each province has its own capital, self-rule and administration. That means simply calling the Netherlands "Holland" is similar to referring to the United Kingdom as England. It is correct and ...

For those of us of a certain age, the Netherlands will always be Holland. It used to be routine for broadcasters and everyday conversation to refer to them that way – so what changed?

The Netherlands is home to approximately 17 million people, with Dutch as its main language and Amsterdam as its capital. Holland refers to a pair of specific provinces within the Netherlands.