Ask Me Everything 4

WEIRD OR WHAT?

Orange carrots were first cultivated in the Netherlands in the 1600s in honor of the Prince of Orange, who led

the country’s struggle for independence. Beforethen, carrots were white, yellow, ir black, or purple! ^

Annę Frank

Rembrandt

(1606-1669) Painted 60 self portraits to document his lite. The Night Watch is his most famous painting.

The number of provinces in the Netherlands

The number of museums in Amsterdam

280 miles

(451 km) The total length of the Dutch coast

1,281

The number of bridges in Amsterdam

■ Annę Frank was an ordinary Jewish teenager living in Amsterdam during the Second World War (1939-1945).

■ Her family hid from the Germans for two years in tiny attic rooms.

■ During this time Annę kept an

account of their daily life in her diary.

■ In 1944 the Franks were arrested and sent to concentration camps. Annę, her sister, and mother died in the camps.

■ After the war, Anne's diary was returned to her father, who later published it.

■ The building where the Franks hid is now the Annę Frank Museum.

Vincent van Gogh

(1853-1890) Noted for his swirling brushstrokes and bright colors.

Piet Mondrian

(1872-1944) Famous for his paintings of rectangular shapes in primary colors.

believe it

The Dutch national anthem, Het Wilhelmus, has so many verses that it would take 15 minutes to getthrough the entire piece. Luckily, only the first verse is usually sung.

Five cities built on canals

Venice, Itaiy

Bangkok, Thailand

Bruges, Belgium

St Petersburg, Russia

Fort Lauderdale, Fiorida

Dick Bruna

(born 1927) Children’s author and illustrator. Best known as the creator of the character Miffy the rabbit.

Blooming

beauties

The Dutch grow morę than three billion tulips per year. Morę than 800,000 people visit the Keukenhof Gardens, near Amsterdam, each year to see the seven million tulips in bloom.

Netherlands !,202|203