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North Holland is the most visited province in the and includes , the capital of the country, as well as traditional and historic Dutch villages.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Amsterdam and Haarlem.

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is the capital of the . It is known for the canals that cross the city, its impressive architecture, museums and art galleries, its notorious red light district, and more than 1,500 bridges.

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is a lovely historical city on the river Spaarne 20 km from . International tourism finally seems to have discovered the town's many charms, and an increasing number of visitors find their way here each year.

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is one of the busiest airports in the world. It is 15 km south-west of in the . It serves the city of Amsterdam and the rest of the Netherlands.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Amstelland and North Holland Peninsula.

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is a region within North Holland in the . It is basically synonymous with Greater Amsterdam.

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The is a region within the province of North Holland in the .

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The Gooi is an area around , in the centre of the . It is a slightly hilly area characterised by its green landscape, its historical charm, the wealth of its inhabitants and its villas.

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is a showcase of every stereotype one would expect from the : dikes, windmills, flowers and wooden houses dot its flat rural lands.

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is a region in North-Holland. Many foreign travelers make a day-trip to the historic cities of and , while the locals come here for it's nature, dunes and seaside resorts.

North Holland

Latitude of center
52.7213° or 52° 43′ 17″ north
Longitude of center
4.8207° or 4° 49′ 14″ east
Population
2,880,000
Elevation
-4 metres (-13 feet)
Inception
1840
Operator
Provincie Noord-Holland
Abbreviation
“nh”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4289948988
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2749879
Wiki­data ID
Q701
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“North Holland” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Noord-Holland”
  • Albanian: “Hollanda e Veriut”
  • Arabic: “شمال هولندا”
  • Arabic: “شمال-هولندا”
  • Arabic: “هولندا الشمالية”
  • Aragonese: “Holanda Septentrional”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Հոլանդիա”
  • Arpitan: “Holanda-Enversenche”
  • Asturian: “Holanda Septentrional”
  • Asturian: “Noord-Holland”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimali Hollandiya”
  • Balinese: “Holland Kalér”
  • Basque: “Ipar Holanda”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Галандыя”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Галяндыя”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর হল্যান্ড”
  • Breton: “Holland an Hanternoz”
  • Breton: “Noord-Holland”
  • Bulgarian: “Северна Холандия”
  • Catalan: “Holanda del Nord”
  • Catalan: “Holanda Septentrional”
  • Cebuano: “Provincie Noord-Holland”
  • Central Kurdish: “باکووری ھۆلەند”
  • Central Kurdish: “باکووری ھۆڵەند”
  • Central Kurdish: “باکووری ھۆڵەندا”
  • Chinese: “Pak-Holland Séng”
  • Chinese: “北荷兰省”
  • Chinese: “北荷蘭”
  • Chinese: “北荷蘭省”
  • Corsican: “Olanda Settentriunale”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverna Holandija”
  • Czech: “Severní Holandsko”
  • Danish: “Noord-Holland”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Holandaya Zımeyi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Hollanda Zımey”
  • Dutch: “NH”
  • Dutch: “Noord Holland”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Holland”
  • Dutch: “Provincie Noord-Holland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هولاندا الشماليه”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هولندا الشماليه”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Holando”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Holando”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Holland”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Hollandi provints”
  • Faroese: “Noord-Holland”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Holland”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Hollanti”
  • French: “Hollande septentrionale”
  • French: “Hollande-du-Nord”
  • French: “Hollande-Septentrionale”
  • Galician: “Holanda Setentrional”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი ჰოლანდია”
  • German: “Noord-Holland”
  • German: “Nord-Holland”
  • German: “Nordholland”
  • German: “Provinz Noord-Holland”
  • German: “Provinz Nordholland”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Ολλανδία”
  • Gujarati: “નોર્થ હોલેન્ડ”
  • Hebrew: “צפון הולנד”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर हॉलैंड”
  • Hungarian: “Észak-Holland”
  • Icelandic: “Norður-Holland”
  • Ido: “Nord-Holando”
  • Ido: “Norda Holando”
  • Inari Sami: “Tave-Holland”
  • Indonesian: “Holland Utara”
  • Interlingua: “Hollanda del Nord”
  • Irish: “an Ollainn Thuaidh”
  • Irish: “An Ollainn Thuaidh”
  • Italian: “Olanda Settentrionale”
  • Japanese: “北オランダ州”
  • Japanese: “北ホラント州”
  • Javanese: “Holland Lor”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಹಾಲೆಂಡ್”
  • Korean: “노르트홀란트 주”
  • Korean: “노르트홀란트”
  • Korean: “노르트홀란트주”
  • Kurdish: “Holenda Bakur”
  • Ladin: “Olanda dl Nord”
  • Latin: “Hollandia Septentrionalis”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļholande”
  • Limburgan: “Noord-Holland”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Holland Norde”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Olandija”
  • Low German: “Noord-Hollaand”
  • Low German: “Noord-Holland”
  • Luxembourgish: “Provënz Nordholland”
  • Macedonian: “Северна Холандија”
  • Malagasy: “Noord-Holland”
  • Malay: “Holland Utara”
  • Malay: “Noord-Holland”
  • Manx: “Yn Ollan Hwoaie”
  • Maori: “Hōrana-te-raki”
  • Maori: “Hōrana-te-Raki”
  • Marathi: “नूर्द-हॉलंड”
  • Mazanderani: “شمالی هلند”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak-Holland Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Holland Utara”
  • Mongolian: “Умар Холланд”
  • Mongolian: “Умард Холланд”
  • Nepali: “उत्तरी हल्यान्ड”
  • Northern Frisian: “Prowins Nuurdholun”
  • Northern Sami: “Davvi-Hollánda”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Noord-Holland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Holland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Noord-Holland”
  • Norwegian: “Noord-Holland”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Olanda del Nòrd”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Olanda Septentrionala”
  • Ossetian: “Цæгат Голланди”
  • Papiamento: “Nort-Holland”
  • Persian: “هلند شمالی”
  • Polish: “Holandia Północna”
  • Portuguese: “Holanda do Norte”
  • Pushto: “شمالي هالنډ”
  • Quechua: “Noord-Holland pruwinsya”
  • Romanian: “Olanda de Nord”
  • Russian: “Северная Голландия”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Noud-Hollound”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Noudhollound”
  • Scots: “North Holland”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Noord-Holland”
  • Serbian: “Северна Холандија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverna Holandija”
  • Shona: “North Holland”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු ඕලන්දය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Tâʹvv-Hollantt”
  • Slovak: “Severný Holland”
  • Slovenian: “Severna Holandija”
  • Somali: “Waqooyiga Holland”
  • Spanish: “Holanda Septentrional”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Holanda Septentrional”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Noord-Holland”
  • Swahili: “Noord-Holland”
  • Swedish: “Noord-Holland”
  • Swedish: “Nordholland”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Шимоли Ҳолландия”
  • Tamil: “வட ஹாலந்து”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு ஒல்லாந்து”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு ஹொலாந்து”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк Һолландия”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర హాలాండ్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดนอร์ทฮอลแลนด์”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Hollanda”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна Голландія”
  • Urdu: “شمالی ہولانت”
  • Urdu: “شمالی ہولینڈ”
  • Venetian: “Ołanda Setentrionałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Hà Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Noord-Holland”
  • Vlaams: “Nôord-Holland”
  • Volapük: “Nolüda⸗Holän”
  • Volapük: “Noord-Holland”
  • Walloon: “Province d‘ Holande Bijhrece”
  • Walloon: “Province di Holande Bijhrece”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Noord-Holland”
  • Welsh: “Noord-Holland”
  • Western Frisian: “Noard-Hollân”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلاہالینڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “北荷兰省”
  • Yue Chinese: “北荷蘭”
  • Zeeuws: “Noord-‘Olland”
  • Zeeuws: “Noord-’Olland”
  • “Ulànda Setentriunàla”

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