Nederlanders Tower Over the Rest of the Planet

Land of the Giants: Dutch Tower over Americans

When you think tall, you probably think America. Tallest buildings. Tallest athletes. Tallest population.

But no longer. Today, to find the world's tallest people, you have to look beyond the windmills, wooden shoes, and wheels of cheese … to tiny Holland.

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I'd heard many years ago that the Dutch were growing taller, but I've never heard the Danes or the Japanese mentioned before.

One has to wonder if it's the fish.

Whahahaha, i'm dutch. but not tall!
Not everyone In the Netherland is Tall.. believe me.
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Yes, not everyone there is tall, but there are a lot of really tall people there though. I can remember once standing next to some University classmates and feeling as if I was in Manhattan. I'm exactly six foot tall.

I live in a predominantly Dutch decendent town and yes, by and large, the Dutch are taller. Long lived too. Well into the 90's as an average. I wonder why. Genetics?