Netherlands is often called Holland and is a country forming part of the European community. The Netherlands people call the country Nederland. The country is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The monarch is Queen Beatrix. Amsterdam is the capital city of the Netherlands and is also the largest city. The capital city of the Netherlands, Amsterdam is located in North Holland a province of the country. Amsterdam is for the Netherlands the cultural and financial capital. Lot of Europeans likes to visit Amsterdam. As the capital city is located near the North Sea its climate is cool oceanic, winters are usually mild in Amsterdam almost never under zero degrees. The capital city is rich in architectural history, the Oude Kerk called in English the Old Church, is the oldest building of Amsterdam built in 1306. The het Houten Huys is the oldest wooden building situated at the Begijnhof. Very quickly Amsterdam developed its own Renaissance Architecture.