The government once spent some 1.7 billion guilders (about U.S. $ 60 million) to clean up Amsterdam, Rotterdam and a region in the south, giving one some idea of the importance they attach to the environment. The Dutch, in fact, pride themselves on their ability to shape their surroundings.
荷蘭政府還曾動用過一億七千萬荷幣（相當二億三千萬新台幣），清除阿姆斯特丹、鹿特丹外圍，及南部林德堡一帶的土地汙染，可見荷蘭人對自己生活空間的重視。