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

Animals

Friesian Holstein

Art

Buildings

Rijksmuseum [13] [14]

Dress, Fashion

Dutch cap, Dutch dress

Emblems and symbols

Flag of the Netherlands
Wilhelmus
Windmill, tulips, clogs

Festivals

Sinterklaas

Flora, Fauna

Food and Drink

Government

Benelux Economic Union [16]
International Court of Justice [17]

History and legend

William the Silent

Industry, Science

Landscape

Language

Literature, Press

Anne Frank [19] [20]
De Telegraaf
Janwillem van de Wetering [21], Jan Wolkers
UNESCO World Book Capital 2008, Amsterdam

Monarchy

Music

People

Places

Aalsmeer, Almere, Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Anne Frank House, Arnhem, Assen [28]
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

ING [29]
Delftware

Sport

Television, Radio, Film, Theatre

Big Brother central, a Dutch invention
Endemol
Hilversum [30]
Radio Netherlands Worldwide [31]

Transport

ANWB [32]

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 *[[Friesian Holstein]]
 ==Art==
+* [[Hieronymus Bosch]] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/cultureandhistory/bosch011008.html]
-*[[Hendrik Petrus Berlage]]
-*[[Boijmans van Beuningen]],{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} [[Hieronymus Bosch]] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/cultureandhistory/bosch011008.html]
-*[[M.C. Escher]]
 *[[Vincent van Gogh]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/may/19/art.news] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/cultureandhistory/vangogh011019.html]  [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/080922-van-gogh-new-york]
 *[[Frans Hals]] [http://www.nrc.nl/international/News/article2004137.ece/Frans_Hals_paintings_discovered]
+*[[Rembrandt van Rijn]] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/artsandculture/080613-rembrandt-Italy-mc]
-*[[Willem de Kooning]]
-*[[Han van Meegeren]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
-* [[Piet Mondriaan]]
-*[[Rembrandt van Rijn]] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/artsandculture/080613-rembrandt-Italy-mc]
-* [[Gerrit Rietveld]]
-* [[Jacob van Ruysdael]]
 *[[Jan Steen]] [http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2008/10/the_hague_buys_jan_steen_work.php]
 *[[Maarten Toonder]] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/development/toonder020605.html]
@@ Line 37: / Line 30: @@
 ==Buildings==
-*[[Begijnhof]]
 *[[Rijksmuseum]] [http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2011739.ece/Major_acquisition_for_Rijksmuseum] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6029251/Work-on-Rijksmuseum-to-continue]
@@ Line 58: / Line 50: @@
 ==Food and Drink==
-*[[Lucas Bols]], [[Genever]]
+*[[Lucas Bols]]
-*[[Douwe Egberts]]
 *[[Gouda]]
-*[[Amstel Brewery]], [[Grolsch]], [[Heineken]]
+*  [[Heineken]]
 ==Government==
 *[[Benelux]] Economic Union [http://www.godutch.com/newspaper/index.php?id=1344]
 *[[International Court of Justice]] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/globaldevelopment/081028-hague-debates]
-*[[Ministerraad]]
-*[[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]]
 ==History and legend==
 *[[William the Silent]]
 ==Industry, Science==
+*[[Heineken International]]
-*[[Elsevier]]
-*[[Fokker]]
+*[[Philips]]
-*[[Heineken International]]
-*[[Christiaan Huygens]], [[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek]]
-*[[Philips]]
-*[[Royal Dutch Shell]]
-*[[Unilever]]
 ==[[Landscape]]==
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 *[[Languages of the Netherlands]], [[Limburgish]], [[Twentse]], [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]]
 ==Literature, Press==
+*[[Anne Frank]] [http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=1&lid=2] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/radioprogrammes/curiousorange/080304-annefrank]
-*''[[Algemeen Dagblad]]''
-*[[Dick Bruna]]
+*''[[De Telegraaf]]''
-*[[Anne Frank]] [http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=1&lid=2] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/radioprogrammes/curiousorange/080304-annefrank]
-*[[Willem Frederik Hermans]], [[P.C. Hooft]]
-*''[[Miffy|Miffy/Nijntje]]''
-*[[Cees Nooteboom]]
-*''[[De Telegraaf]]''
-*[[Simon Vestdijk]], ''[[De Volkskrant]]'', [[Joost van den Vondel]]
 *[[Janwillem van de Wetering]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/oct/14/netherlands], [[Jan Wolkers]]
 *[[UNESCO]] [[World Book Capital]] 2008, Amsterdam
 ==Monarchy==
 *[[House of Orange]]
-*[[King Willem-Alexander]]
 *[[Kingdom of the Netherlands]]
 *[[Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands]] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1478171/HRH-Prince-Bernhard-of-the-Netherlands.html], [[Princess Christina of the Netherlands|Princess Christina]], [[Princess Margriet]]
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 *[[Soestdijk Palace]]
 ==Music==
-*[[Amsterdam Sinfonietta]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
-*[[Jos van den Berg]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
-*[[Concertgebouw]], [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]]
-*[[Philippe Herreweghe]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
-*[[Jos van Immerseel]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
-*[[Mariss Jansons]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
-*[[Ton Koopman]]
 *[[Netherlands Opera]], [[Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra]]
+*    [[Rotterdam Philharmonic]]
-*[[Ralph van Raat]],{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} [[André Rieu]], [[Joris Roelofs]],{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} [[Rotterdam Philharmonic]]
-*[[Jan Willem de Vriend]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
-*[[Edo de Waart]], [[Hanneke de Wit]],{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} [[Rob van de Wouw]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
 *[[Jaap van Zweden]]
 ==People==
-*[[Jan Peter Balkenende]], [[Willem Barentsz]] [http://www.godutch.com/newspaper/index.php?id=257], [[Corrie ten Boom]]
+*[  [[Willem Barentsz]] [http://www.godutch.com/newspaper/index.php?id=257]
-*[[Joop van den Ende]], [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] ([[Desiderius Erasmus]])  [http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2041267.ece/Rotterdam_opens_Erasmus_museum]
+*  [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] ([[Desiderius Erasmus]])  [http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2041267.ece/Rotterdam_opens_Erasmus_museum]
-*[[Pim Fortuyn]]
-*[[Greet Hofmans]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
 *[[Sicco Mansholt]] [http://www.godutch.com/newspaper/index.php?id=1398], [[John de Mol]]
 *[[Rita Verdonk]] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/specialseries/guts/071222-guts-verdonk]
 ==Places==
+{{unsourced section}}
 *[[Aalsmeer]], [[Almere]], [[Amstelveen]], [[Amsterdam]], [[Anne Frank House]], [[Arnhem]], [[Assen]][http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/21/netherlands]
 *[[Breda]]
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 ==Shopping, Money==
-*[[ABN AMRO]], [[Amsterdam Stock Exchange]], [[Fortis (finance)|Fortis]], [[Guilder]], [[ING Group|ING]] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/081028-aegon-support]
+*[[ING Group|ING]] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/081028-aegon-support]
 *[[Delftware]]
@@ Line 160: / Line 127: @@
 *[[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
 *[[Feyenoord Rotterdam]]
 *[[Johan Cruyff]]
-*[[Netherlands National Football Team]]
 ==Television, Radio, Film, Theatre==
+*''[[Big Brother (TV series)|Big Brother central]]'', a Dutch invention
-*[[AVRO]]
-*''[[Big Brother (TV series)|Big Brother central]]'', a Dutch invention
-*[[Rudi Carell]]
 *''[[Endemol]]''
-*[[Johannes Heesters]],{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} [[Hilversum]] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/media/dossiers/pub040617.html]
+*  [[Hilversum]] [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/media/dossiers/pub040617.html]
 *''[[Radio Netherlands Worldwide]]'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2001/07/04/enworldz.xml]
 ==Transport==
 *[[ANWB]] [http://www.godutch.com/newspaper/index.php?id=1396]
-*[[DAF Trucks]]
-*[[KLM]]
-*[[Norfolkline]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
-*[[Schiphol International Airport]]
 [[Category:Dutch culture]]