GuessTheDot is a free geography guessing game: you get a place name and a map full of dots, then click the one you think is right.

Regional cities: big enough to matter locally, small enough that most players outside the country have never heard of them. This is where guessing shifts from "I recognize the name" to "I recognize the region".

In the Netherlands this set is spread across 12 different provinces, with Noord-Holland home to the most of them (6).

How this category is defined

Place kinds on GuessTheDot are a practical grouping by population and place type for gameplay, not a legal or historical designation. A place can hold official city rights (or an old city charter) and still show up here as a village if it stayed small, and the other way around: this is a rough size ladder for guessing, not a statement about a place's official status.

Places in this set

48

Smallest population

25,734

Largest population

162,543

Median population

48,531

Two you might get asked about

Geldermalsen
25,734 inhabitants, Gelderland
The kind of place that is easy to miss on a map. Good practice for the sharpest players.

Haarlem
162,543 inhabitants, Noord-Holland
One of the better known ones in this set, a fair starting point if you are new to this category.

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All 48 cities in the Netherlands

Sorted by population, biggest first.

Place	Population	province
Haarlem	162,543	Noord-Holland
Hoofddorp	132,734	Noord-Holland
Leiden	119,713	Zuid-Holland
Dordrecht	119,260	Zuid-Holland
Zoetermeer	115,845	Zuid-Holland
Delft	95,060	Zuid-Holland
Hengelo	82,311	Overijssel
Lelystad	79,811	Flevoland
Roosendaal	77,725	Noord-Brabant
Oss	76,430	Noord-Brabant
Almelo	72,725	Overijssel
Alphen aan den Rijn	70,251	Zuid-Holland
Hoorn	68,852	Noord-Holland
Assen	68,836	Drenthe
Ede	67,670	Gelderland
Bergen op Zoom	66,256	Noord-Brabant
Veenendaal	61,271	Utrecht
Den Helder	59,569	Noord-Holland
Hardenberg	57,909	Overijssel
Emmen	57,010	Drenthe
Doetinchem	49,906	Gelderland
Kerkrade	49,777	Limburg
Kampen	48,980	Overijssel
Weert	48,662	Limburg
Sittard	48,400	Limburg
Heerhugowaard	47,580	Noord-Holland
Middelburg	46,485	Zeeland
Emmeloord	46,409	Flevoland
Vlissingen	45,273	Zeeland
Drachten	45,186	Friesland
Roermond	44,975	Limburg
Heerenveen	43,094	Friesland
Medemblik	41,500	Noord-Holland
Tiel	40,702	Gelderland
Harderwijk	40,516	Gelderland
Venray	39,047	Limburg
Hoogeveen	38,754	Drenthe
Goes	36,931	Zeeland
Gorinchem	34,736	Zuid-Holland
Uden	34,601	Noord-Brabant
Sneek	32,811	Friesland
Meppel	30,697	Drenthe
Winterswijk	29,623	Gelderland
Delfzijl	28,649	Groningen
Veendam	28,155	Groningen
Dronten	28,073	Flevoland
Terneuzen	27,930	Zeeland
Geldermalsen	25,734	Gelderland

Tips for this category

Cluster them mentally by province or state first, then narrow down inside that cluster.
Distance to the nearest big city is a useful anchor if you know the bigger dots already.

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