List of cultural icons of the Netherlands

Friesian Holstein cows

The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh

Self portrait, Jan Steen (1670)

Dom tower, Utrecht

A small boat in the Keukenhof garden, with tulips in the foreground.

Gouda cheese

Philips Headquarters, Amsterdam

Windmills at Kinderdijk

Princess Beatrix following her abdication with her son and successor and his wife

Stadhuis, Middelburg

Gracht in Utrecht

DAF Trucks Museum

Norfolkline

KLM Boeing 737-800

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

• Hieronymus Bosch [4]
• Vincent van Gogh [5] [6] [7]
• M.C. Escher
• Frans Hals [8]
• Rembrandt van Rijn [9]
• Jan Steen [10]
• Jan Vermeer
• Maarten Toonder [11]
• Van Gogh Museum [12],
• De Stijl
• Delftware

Buildings

• Rijksmuseum [13] [14]
• Windmills

Dress, Fashion

• Dutch cap
• Dutch dress
• Clogs

Emblems and symbols

• Flag of the Netherlands
• Wilhelmus

Festivals

• Koningsdag
• Sinterklaas

Flora, Fauna

• Aalsmeer Flower Auction [15]
• Tulips
• Bulbs
• Keukenhof

Food and Drink

• Lucas Bols
• Heineken
• Gouda
• French fries
• Stroopwafel

Government

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

History and legend

• William the Silent
• Michiel de Ruyter

Industry, Science

• Fokker
• Philips
• Heineken International
• KLM

Landscape

• Dikes
• Polders

Language

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

Literature, Press

• Anne Frank [19] [20]
• De Telegraaf
• 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

• Netherlands Opera
• Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
• Rotterdam Philharmonic
• Jaap van Zweden

People

• Willem Barentsz [24]
• Erasmus of Rotterdam (Desiderius Erasmus) [25]
• Sicco Mansholt [26], John de Mol
• Rita Verdonk [27],
• Hans Teeuwen
• Paul Verhoeven
• Theo van Gogh (film director)
• Rutger Hauer
• Famke Janssen

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]

Sport

• Ajax
• Feyenoord Rotterdam
• PSV Eindhoven
• Johan Cruyff

Television, Radio, Film, Theatre

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

Transport

• ANWB [32]