Dictionary of Dutchness

CBS

The Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek compiles official statistics on just about anything you could care to name. Calling itself Statistics Netherlands in English, the organisation is an autonomous government body, supplying information to ministries, businesses and all sorts of national and international groups. If you want to know the national average wage or how many wild rabbits there are in Holland, the CBS has the answer. website

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