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Housing associations own one in three Dutch homes
Housing associations own 2.3 million homes in the Netherlands. This is the equivalent of one in three homes.
Residential property prices down again
Prices of existing owner-occupied houses sold in October 2010 were on average 1.1 percent lower than in October 2009
More hotel stays, especially in Amsterdam
The number of overnight stays in Dutch hotels continues to rise.
Further reduction traffic deaths
Last year, 720 people were killed on Dutch roads, a reduction by 30 (4 percent) relative to 2008. The reduction is mainly recorded among 30 to 60-year-olds and motorists.
One third of homes with an energy label can use a lot less energy
One in three of the nearly one million homes in the Netherlands with an energy label fall in energy category E, F or G. This means that they have a relatively high energy use and many measures can be...
Less housing construction
In the third quarter of 2004 close to 11 thousand new houses were finished. This is 3 percent less than in the third quarter of 2003. The number of newly finished houses in the first nine months of...
More support for chronically ill, disabled and elderly people in the North and East of the Netherlands and Limburg than elsewhere
There were over 250 thousand chronically ill, disabled or elderly people in the Netherlands who required support in organising the practical matters of everyday life in 2012. This form of support...
Dramatic decline fatal road accidents in 2008
Last year, 750 people died on Dutch roads.
Dutch hauliers cover 470 million kilometres on Belgian roads
Altogether, Dutch hauliers covered 470 million km in Belgium last year. The introduction in 2016 of the kilometre levy on Belgian roads threatens to cost the Dutch road transport sector tens of...
Sustained increase DMPs
Last year, the number of debt management plans (DMPs) imposed by Dutch courts has grown by more than a quarter relative to 2009. The number of DMPs increased markedly in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Groningen has highest unemployment rate
Provincial unemployment rates hardly changed in the Netherlands in 2011 relative to 2010.
Two in every three people in the Netherlands live within 5 kilometres from a railway station
On average, people in the Netherlands lived 5.1 kilometres (km) away from the nearest railway station in 2008.
Number of unemployment benefits growing faster
Some 11 thousand more unemployment benefits (WW) were paid out in April 2009 than the month before. This brings the seasonally adjusted figure to 203 thousand.
441 municipalities in the Netherlands in 2009
In 2009, the Netherlands comprises 441 municipalities, as against 443 in 2008.
Art education for amateurs; teaching hours 1993-2007
Biennial survey art training by number of staff, teaching hours, institutions, receipts and costs. by type of art training
Local units by municipalities, 2006-2010
Number of local units Economic activity (SIC 2008) and municipalities
Drop in house prices more substantial
Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings sold in April 2012 were on average 5.2 percent down on April 2011.
Dutch inland waterway system plays important part in goods transport
Total length of the inland waterway system of the Netherlands exceeds 6 thousand kilometres. Within the European Union (EU), the Netherlands takes up third place after Finland and Germany.
Record number of bankruptcies
In 2003 close to 8,750 bankruptcies were pronounced. This is the highest number of bankruptcies ever recorded. The previous record of 1982 was 100 less.
Many natives of Rotterdam live elsewhere
On 1 January 2004, there were 770 thousand people in the Netherlands who were born in Rotterdam. Four in ten natives of Rotterdam (302 thousand) are still living in the town where they were born, so...