The differences between France and the Netherlands

by Marielle and Lucille

Architecture
There are many adjoining houses, which is characteristic of the Netherlands. The architecture is more modern than in France but it remains traditional. Outside, there are many gables and gantries, especially in Amsterdam.
There are many canals in cities. For example, Amsterdam counts 160 canals underneath the sea level, which explains the amount of vegetation.

Ecology
Dutch people really care for the environment.
There are many windmills in fields, cities...
…many tramlines and bicycles, bicycles tracks,...
The police officers ride horses or bicycles.
Finally, the streets are very clean and there are fewer animals in the street.

The way of life of young people / adults
People eat early and at any time. Young people don’t have a balanced diet; they eat many sweet and salty things and much food containing chocolate or peanuts.
Teenagers are active: all of them practice activities which are often late because the lessons end late.
Many of them follow the fashion.
As far as the adults are concerned, many women give birth at home and don’t want to know the sex of the baby.

To conclude, we like Holland. We think that it’s more reassuring than France and that people are ahead owing to the fact that they take care of their country with ecology.