Leisure and culture

Leisure and culture

1. No home internet access for 1.2 million Dutch people
2. 60 years of television broadcasts in the Netherlands
3. Nearly 15 thousand lawyers in the Netherlands in 2007
4. More and more media products via the internet
5. Fewer sailing boats, more motorboats
6. One in seven sports club members play tennis
7. Considerable increase in canoe and rowing clubs in the past decade
8. Fewer swimming pools
9. Equestrian sports increasingly popular
10. Sports trips less popular
11. Over 3.6 million people stay on Dutch camping sites
12. Dutch spent 141 million euro in China last year
13. Nearly half of Dutch population engaged in volunteer activities
14. Tourist spending up sharply
15. More package holidays
16. Only few Dutch people go to church or mosque regularly
17. Dutch spend more on recreational trips
18. Leisure activities income-related
19. One in five Internet users has mobile access
20. Dutch read fewer books, but bookshops record higher turnover rates
21. Dutch have average Internet skills