The city of Amsterdam is the most populated city in the country and the capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Amsterdam city has an approximate population of 827,000 residents. Amsterdam is also home to the famous Anne Frank museum as well as being the cultural capital of the Netherlands. The unemployment rate for Amsterdam currently stands at just over 3%. This is drastically lower in comparison to the national average unemployment rate which currently stands at 7%. In the Netherlands, students learn to speak English from a very early age and is the first foreign language spoken; this means that between 90% and 93% of the Dutch speak English. Amsterdam is home to the University of Amsterdam and the VU University Amsterdam. The University of Amsterdam has over 31,000 students currently enrolled and almost 2,500 academic staff. The university is the third oldest in the country and is one of the largest research universities in Europe. The VU University Amsterdam has over 23,000 students and over 4,000 staff members.
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