Netherlands

The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland), informally known as Holland, is a country in Western Europe along the coast of the The capital and largest city is Amsterdam.

Statistics
The land area of Netherlands is 33,893 km2. As of 2020, the population is estimated to be 17,280,397, making it the and  in the world.

Apple in the Netherlands
The first Apple retail store in the Netherlands was opened on March 3, 2012 at the in Amsterdam. In early 2020, all 3 stores in the country were temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Incidents
On February 22, 2022 at around 5:30 pm local time, a 27-year-old armed robber wearing a was spotted by Dutch police while leaving the Apple Amsterdam store. He took a n bystander hostage, leading to a standoff in which the assailant demanded a ransom of 200 million s ( 226 million) in crypto currency. When firing a gun at the police from inside the store, the suspect's bullets were stopped by the store's. About 5 hours into the incident, the suspect ordered the hostage to retrieve water being delivered by a police robot, and then the hostage fled the scene on foot. When chasing after the hostage, the suspect was hit by a police vehicle and died of his injuries. He was found to have explosives on his body and was identified as having a criminal record.