Netherlands

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for the Netherlands (NL). Explore satellite imagery of Amsterdam, the capital city of Netherlands, on the Google Maps of Europe below.

Netherlands (GPS: 52 30 N, 5 45 E) located in Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany. The country’s area measurements are total: 41,543 sq km; land: 33,893 sq km, water: 7,650 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey. The total irrigated land is 4,860 sq km (2012).

One of the Netherlands’ important features: Located at the mouths of three major European rivers (the Rhine, Maas or Meuse, and Schelde). About a quarter of the country lies below sea-level, and only about half of the land exceeds one meter above sea-level.