This is a really small country. We often refer to it as 'this little bit of land by the sea'. You couldn't really think of it otherwise. The very size of it seems to preclude boasting. In the middle of the country is the city of Utrecht. It has a   huge medieval church spire. I stood on it, once, on a partcularly clear day, and to the west I could make out the high dunes of the North Sea Coast. To the east, I could see that bit of nature we call 'hills', which stretch to Arnhem, on the German border. I could see the whole country. It is so small, you can't really get lost in it. It's pretty full, too. It's a good place to live, though. KK

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