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.

Animals

• Friesian Holstein

Art

• Hendrik Petrus Berlage
• Boijmans van Beuningen, Hieronymus 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 and symbols

• Flag of the Netherlands
• Wilhelmus
• Windmill, tulips, clogs

Festivals

• Sinterklaas

Flora, Fauna

• Aalsmeer Flower Auction 15
• Bulbs
• Keukenhof
• 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
• Fokker
• 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
• King Willem-Alexander
• 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

Places

• Aalsmeer, Almere, Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Anne Frank House, Arnhem, Assen28
• 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 29
• Delftware

Sport

• Ajax
• Feyenoord Rotterdam
• Johan Cruyff
• Netherlands National Football Team

Television, Radio, Film, Theatre

• AVRO
• Big Brother central, a Dutch invention
• Rudi Carell
• Endemol
• Johannes Heesters, Hilversum 30
• Radio Netherlands Worldwide 31

Transport

• ANWB 32
• DAF Trucks
• KLM
• Norfolkline
• Schiphol International Airport