Name: 荷蘭。阿姆斯特丹之後 (The Netherlands: Beyond Amsterdam)
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how the Netherlands is a lot like its people --

efficient, a good balance of old and new,

hard work and fun, innovation and tradition.

pull out all the stops on an unforgettable organ,

In the west of Europe is the Netherlands,

with 12 provinces including North and South Holland.

Everything we'll see is within an hour of Amsterdam.

explore characteristic towns from Delft to Rotterdam

and Haarlem to Marken, with lots in between.

Most Dutch travel dreams are set in the area called Holland,

and that's where we'll be spending most of our time.

Delft, welcomes you with the twin towers of its city gate,

graced by an old drawbridge and a canal moat.

It's delightful architecture recalls the Golden Age --

the 17th century pinnacle of Dutch trade and sea power.

It's Thursday, and that means market day in Delft.

main squares become thriving markets one day a week.

And every market comes with a cheesemonger,

almost evangelical about the tastiness of Dutch cheese.

Ask a question and you're in for an education

Four and a half years old, hand-made and quite strong.

We have -- sometimes is, we have them even older.

I like that -- give me a glass of port and this is my dessert.

with its brick steeple rocketing skyward.

And facing that, overseeing the town's commerce

Much of the Netherlands is built on soggy land.

The City Hall, with its heavy stone jail,

was built on the most solid land in town.

The town's historic canals both drained the land

and provided a transportation network for barges.

Delftware is famous all around the world.

Royal Delft, the oldest surviving workshop,

welcomes visitors to drop in and see how it's made.

Visitors to the factory follow the process.

First, the liquid clay is poured into plaster molds.

A mesmerizing scene unchanged for centuries.

That's the secret of Royal Delft Blue since 1653.

The finished product -- this highly valued earthenware.

Rooms of historic Delftware show off this art.

as if it was the home of a wealthy person here in Delft.

The Netherlands is small -- smaller than West Virginia --

and the most densely populated country in Europe.

reclaimed with great effort over many generations from the sea.

"God made the world, but the Dutch, we made Holland."

it was encircled by dikes and dams and then drained.

the Dutch used one of their leading natural resources --

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