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The Netherlands to Nepal: from the lowest land on Earth to the highest peaks

The Dutch live in a country a quarter of which sits below sea level, where the highest "hill" is 322m. No wonder so many of them are drawn to the…

By Laxman Rawal · Jun 17, 2026

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There is no greater geographic contrast on the planet than the one between the Netherlands and Nepal. The Dutch have engineered a nation where roughly a quarter of the land lies below sea level and the highest point barely tops 320 metres. Nepal is the exact…

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The ultimate change of scenery

For someone raised on flat horizons and big skies, the first sight of the Annapurna or Everest massif is genuinely overwhelming — mountains that rise higher above their valleys than anything in Europe. Dutch trekkers tend to be fit, well-organised and game…

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