Il governo del tuo Paese ha sede nella capitale?
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Il governo del tuo Paese ha sede nella capitale?
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di kenwayfan
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Sorry, we didn’t understand the concept of capital, we thought of capital and named the place with the most money, the national bank, the stock exchange the capital.
It’s not even in a city but a village.
Switzerland doesn’t really have a capital, so no.
Unpopular opinion: The Hague or Utrecht should be our capital, not the themepark that is Amsterdam.
fun facts. it was in Amsterdam for a couple of years because of the french. (offcourse the french again..) in the time of napoleon bonapart (e) it went to amsterdam, after willem the first came back he changed it back to The Hague to give the people the idea that the country was back to normal.
also the Netherlands is one of the only countries who has all political chambers in one area called binnenhof. really close to eachother
Why is unfortunately yes not an option here 🙂
I might be biased – seems the laws they make in halfsweden is all useless anyway.
Sweden you wanna by an island west of you just call man – we give you good price –> DKK 50,- bobs?
Netherlands is one big city
Amsterdam isn’t the seat of the Dutch government for almost the exact same reason that Paris or some other major European city isn’t the seat of the EU government.
The Netherlands used to be a federation of provinces that worked together. Since Amsterdam was too big and too important, the other provinces wouldn’t agree on it having the government too since it would overshadow them. That’s why The Hague, a comparatively small and unimportant city — at least back then — was chosen as a compromise.
Similarly for the EU. Brussels was also a compromise because Germany wouldn’t have allowed France to have the government and vice versa.
Switzerland doesn’t officially have a capital city, right? So it should also be red.
Iirc the Netherlands originally didn’t really have a capital city either, but the Hague was the political center. When Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned King of the Netherlands after his brothers conquest of the Netherlands he decided that he wanted to live in the largest and most economically important city, Amsterdam. But he also was of the opinion that the King should live in the capital city. So henceforth Amsterdam has been the capital.
Fun fact about King Louis Bonaparte of the Netherlands. He took his job seriously and actually trie to learn some Dutch, but struggled with it. This led to him openly declaring to be “The Rabbit of Holland” (Konijn van Olland) instead of the King of Holland (Koning van Holland)
[https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatvanpuszta](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatvanpuszta)
Why visit the capital if the government’s not even there?
In Germany its both. Some ministeries are still located in Bonn, former capital of the BRD.
Slovenia: yes, along with all ministries, jobs, budget, culture and everything there is. If they could, they’d even move the coast in the centre.
The red district is not part of the capital tbh..
Yes but the constitituonal court isn’t
Little rant: Can someone explain to me why Amsterdam is defined as a capital if it doesn’t meet the requirements? The definition of a capital is where the body of the government sits. By this definition, Den Haag should be the capital of the Netherlands. I understand that the constitution says Amsterdam is the capital, but to me that is like crying into the sky and saying I declare my house independent of the country I live in. Sure, but in reality no.
Even the King, who is the official head of state, lives in Den Haag. I don’t see any argument for Amsterdam being the capital aside from a piece of paper saying it is. People here just say, it’s the biggest city, so it’s the capital. Well, New York is the biggest city in the US, no one is calling it the capital.
Is **anything** usually associated with a capital seated in Amsterdam?
I don’t care what Dutch law says. The capital of the Netherlands is The Hague. The Hague has foreign embassies, the highest courts, the parliament, the government and even the king .
There is a law in the Netherlands that says that the capital is Amsterdam. Evidently the Hague is the capital illegally, but it still is the capital.
From 1579 – 1795 there was the “Republic of the Seven United Netherlands”. The republic was established after seven northern Dutch provinces in the Spanish Netherlands revolted against Spanish rule, forming a mutual alliance against Spain in 1579 and declaring their independence in 1581. There wasn’t a capital, but The Hague was just an important city where they came together to govern the republic.
When Napoleon Bonaparte conquered the Netherlands he dissolved the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands in 1806 and created the Kingdom of Holland, with his brother Louis Napoleon on the throne. It was Lodewijk Napoleon who first designated Amsterdam as the capital. Because where the king lives, that is where the capital is. He also lived for six months in Utrecht and a while in The Hague, so these cities have also been the capital of the Netherlands. However, he did not like these places and on 20 April 1808 Lodewijk took residence in Amsterdam and he converted the city hall into the Palace on the Dam.
The French were kicked out of the country in 1813, but the kingdom continued to exist. In 1815 King William I of the Kingdom of the Netherlands became the first Dutch monarch. He chose to keep Amsterdam as the capital and The Hague retained its function as the government city. Which is -looking at the map- rather a unique situation.
What’s with the circles? Two in italy, one in Spain, a grey one just south of Sicily
What? The capital city, pr most commonly referred to as just “the capital.”are by default where the government is situated. That’s different from the government being situated in the most well-known city.
For example, the capital of Turkey is Ankara, that’s where the government is. The most well-known city of Turkey is Istanbul. While Istanbul used to be the capital it was moved to Ankara since Istanbul is too vulnerable to sea blockades.