Netherlands

The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland), informally known as Holland, is a country in Western Europe along the coast of the The capital and largest city is Amsterdam.
==Statistics==
The land area of Netherlands is 33,893 km2. As of 2020, the population is estimated to be 17,280,397, making it the and in the world.
==Apple in the Netherlands==
The first Apple retail store in the Netherlands was opened on March 3, 2012 at the in Amsterdam.Apple's first Amsterdam retail store set to open March 3, AppleInsider. 2012-02-22. In early 2020, all 3 stores in the country were temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.COVID-19: Which Apple Stores have reopened? by Michael Steeber, 9to5Mac. 2020-05-20.
===Incidents===
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On February 22, 2022 at around 5:30 pm local time, a 27-year-old armed robber wearing a was spotted by Dutch police while leaving the Apple Amsterdam store. He took a n bystander hostage, leading to a standoff in which the assailant demanded a ransom of 200 million s ( 226 million) in crypto currency. When firing a gun at the police from inside the store, the suspect's bullets were stopped by the store's . About 5 hours into the incident, the suspect ordered the hostage to retrieve water being delivered by a police robot, and then the hostage fled the scene on foot. When chasing after the hostage, the suspect was hit by a police vehicle and died of his injuries. He was found to have explosives on his body and was identified as having a criminal record.Foiled robbery hostage situation at Amsterdam Apple Store is over by Malcolm Owen, AppleInsider. 2022-02-22.Here's how the five-hour Amsterdam Apple Store standoff played out by Mike Peterson, AppleInsider. 2022-02-23.Amsterdam Apple store: Man arrested over hostage standoff dies, BBC News. 2022-02-23.Apple praises Amsterdam police over 'terrifying' hostage situation by William Gallagher, AppleInsider. 2022-02-23.
==References==
==External links==
*Government of the Netherlands official website
*Overheid.nl official Dutch portal
*Netherlands at OECD
*Apple Stores, Nederland at Apple
**Apple Amsterdam
**Apple Den Haag
**Apple Haarlem
*Atlas of the Netherlands at Wikimedia Commons
* at Wikipedia
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