List of cultural icons of the Netherlands

The List of cultural icons of the Netherlands is a list of links to potential cultural icons of the Netherlands [1] [2] [3].

Contents 1 Animals 2 Art 3 Buildings 4 Dress, Fashion 5 Emblems 6 Festivals 7 Flora, Fauna 8 Food and Drink 9 Government 10 History and legend 11 Industry, Science 12 Landscape 13 Language 14 Literature, Press 15 Monarchy 16 Music 17 People 18 Places 19 Shopping, Money 20 Sport 21 Television, Radio, Film, Theatre 22 Transport

Animals

• Friesian Holstein

Art

• Hendrik Petrus Berlage
• Boijmans van Beuningen, Hieronimus Bosch [4]
• M.C. Escher
• Vincent van Gogh [5] [6] [7]
• Frans Hals [8]
• Willem de Kooning
• Han van Meegeren, Piet Mondriaan
• Rembrandt van Rijn [9], Gerrit Rietveld, Jacob van Ruysdael
• Jan Steen [10]
• Maarten Toonder [11]
• Van Gogh Museum [12], Jan Vermeer

Buildings

• Begijnhof
• Rijksmuseum [13] [14]

Dress, Fashion

Dutch cap, Dutch dress

Emblems

• Windmill, tulips, clogs

Festivals

• Sinterklaas

Flora, Fauna

• Aalsmeer Flower Auction [15]
• Bulbs
• Tulips

Food and Drink

• Lucas Bols, Genever
• Douwe Egberts
• Gouda
• Amstel Brewery, Grolsch, Heineken

Government

• Benelux Economic Union [16]
• International Court of Justice [17]
• Ministerraad
• Prime Minister of the Netherlands

History and legend

• William the Silent

Industry, Science

• Elsevier
• Heineken International
• Christiaan Huygens, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
• Philips
• Royal Dutch Shell
• Unilever

Landscape

• dikes
• polders

Language

• Dutch (language) [18], Dutch phonology
• Languages of the Netherlands, Limburgish, Twentse, West Frisian

Literature, Press

• Algemeen Dagblad
• Dick Bruna
• Anne Frank [19] [20]
• Willem Frederik Hermans, P.C. Hooft
• Miffy/Nijntje
• Cees Nooteboom
• De Telegraaf
• Simon Vestdijk, De Volkskrant, Joost van den Vondel
• Janwillem van de Wetering [21], Jan Wolkers
• UNESCO World Book Capital 2008, Amsterdam

Monarchy

• House of Orange
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands [22], Princess Christina, Princess Margriet
• Queen Beatrix, Queen Juliana [23], Queen Wilhelmina
• Soestdijk Palace

Music

• Amsterdam Sinfonietta
• Jos van den Berg
• Concertgebouw, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Philippe Herreweghe
• Jos van Immerseel
• Mariss Jansons
• Ton Koopman
• Netherlands Opera, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
• Ralph van Raat, André Rieu, Joris Roelofs, Rotterdam Philharmonic
• Jan Willem de Vriend
• Edo de Waart, Hanneke de Wit, Rob van de Wouw
• Jaap van Zweden

People

• Jan Peter Balkenende, Willem Barentsz [24], Corrie ten Boom
• Joop van den Ende, Erasmus of Rotterdam (Desiderius Erasmus) [25]
• Pim Fortuyn
• Greet Hofmans
• Sicco Mansholt [26], John de Mol
• Rita Verdonk [27]
• Geert Wilders [28]

Places

• Aalsmeer, Almere, Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Anne Frank House, Arnhem, Assen[29]
• Breda
• Delft, Den Bosch, Den Haag, Dordrecht, Drenthe
• Eindhoven, Enschede
• Flevoland, Friesland
• Gelderland, Groningen
• Haarlem, The Hague, Holland, Hoek van Holland (Hook of Holland), Hoorn
• IJsselmeer
• Katwijk
• Leeuwarden, Leiden, Lelystad, Limburg
• Maas, Maassluis, Maastricht, Meuse, Middelburg
• Nijmegen, North Brabant, North Holland
• Overijssel
• Roosendaal, Rotterdam
• Scheldt, Schiedam, South Holland
• Tilburg, Twente
• Utrecht
• Veluwe, Vlaardingen, Vlissingen
• Waal, Walcheren
• Zandvoort, Zeeland, Zuiderzee, Zwolle, Zoetermeer

Shopping, Money

• ABN AMRO, Amsterdam Stock Exchange, Fortis, Guilder, ING [30]
• Delftware

Sport

• Ajax
• Johan Cruyff
• Netherlands National Football Team

Television, Radio, Film, Theatre

• AVRO
• Big Brother central, a Dutch invention
• Rudi Carell
• Endemol
• Johannes Heesters, Hilversum [31]
• Radio Netherlands Worldwide [32]

Transport

• ANWB [33]
• DAF Trucks
• KLM
• Norfolkline
• Schiphol International Airport