Netherlands
The Netherlands is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Europe. UN Tourism counted 20.1 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 87% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Metallic.
- International arrivals
- 20.1 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 26th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Metallicrarer than 13%
- Area
- 36,954 km² (14,268 sq mi)
- Population
- 17.3 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 12in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 5with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 10on Globestamp’s list
Does the Netherlands count as a country?
Yes. The Netherlands is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
| List | Counts the Netherlands? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Netherlands |
| European Union | Yes, a member state |
| Schengen area | Yes, since 26 March 1995 |
The Netherlands also has territories that most travelers count separately: Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
The Netherlands stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. The Netherlands’s is Metallic: ink with mica in it, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year. With 20.1 million international arrivals in 2019, the Netherlands is more visited than 87% of the 199 places with figures. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.
What counts as a visit to the Netherlands
The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts the Netherlands when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Places in the Netherlands you can collect
Under the country itself, Globestamp keeps layers of places on your globe, and a photo taken at one ticks it. These are the ones it knows in the Netherlands, from 10 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 10
Beemster (1999) · Schokland and Surroundings (1995) · Rietveld Schröder House (2000) · Eise Eisinga Planetarium (2023) · Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (1998) · Van Nelle Factory (2014) · Windmills at Kinderdijk (1997) · Grachtengordel (2010) · Colonies of Benevolence (2021) · Dutch Water Defence Lines (1996). On the bucket list →
National parks 1
Hoge Veluwe National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Rijksmuseum. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| The Hague | 1,406,000 |
| Amsterdam | 1,031,000 |
| Rotterdam | 1,005,000 |
| Utrecht | 640,000 |
| Eindhoven | 398,053 |
| Haarlem | 349,957 |
| Groningen | 216,688 |
| Arnhem | 141,674 |
Airports
The Netherlands has 5 airports with scheduled flights, 5 of them large. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).
12 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits the Netherlands into 12 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 12
Drenthe · Flevoland · Friesland · Gelderland · Groningen · Limburg · North Brabant · North Holland · Overijssel · South Holland · Utrecht · Zeeland
Questions people ask
Is the Netherlands a country?
Yes. The Netherlands is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
How many tourists visit the Netherlands a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 20,129,000 international arrivals in the Netherlands in 2019, the 26th most of the 199 places with figures. Countries count arrivals in different ways (some include day-trippers and cruise passengers), so treat it as a rough rank rather than an exact number of tourists.
How rare is a Netherlands stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Metallic, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year, rarer than 13% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does the Netherlands count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Netherlands”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as the Netherlands
Near the Netherlands
Sources
- Countries, cities and regions: Natural Earth 10m admin-0 (public domain); lists as of October 2026.
- Visitors: UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.
- World Heritage Sites, parks, landmarks and the bucket-list places: Wikidata (CC0), as compiled in the app, October 2026.
- Airports: OurAirports (public domain), airports with scheduled service.
- Travelers’ Century Club: the club’s list of 330 destinations, as of January 2022.