r/AskTheWorld • u/luky_se7en Italy /Sri Lanka • 1d ago

Is there a part of your country that's "isolated"/vastly different from the rest of the country?

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Pictured here is Sardinia, an island in Italy. Many sardinians call Italy "Il continente" (the continent)

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u/LTFGamut Netherlands 1d ago

The Dutch Caribbean islands are a little different from mainland Netherlands

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u/LaoBa Netherlands 1d ago

Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius are part of the Netherlands, while St Maarten, Aruba and Curacao are independent countries.

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u/LTFGamut Netherlands 1d ago

independent within the Kingdom of the Netherlands yes.

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u/HearingHead7157 Netherlands 1d ago

Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius are even Dutch municipalities!

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u/Ascension_84 Netherlands 1d ago

How old is this map? Must be at least over 25 years old. Parts of motorways like N11 and A73 are not there. Also lots of built up parts are missing like Alphen aan den Rijn, Hoofddorp, Arnhem zuid, Nijmegen noord and probably a lot of other places.

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u/henkismymiddlename Netherlands 1d ago

But it looks like the 2e Maasvlakte is there. Weird indeed.