Typical Dutch - The Dutch Mountain

From my early lessons in geography I had learned that Holland was a flat country and lay below sea level. During my early days here (year 2007) a Dutch friend was telling me about Wageningen and what a special place it is, with its history of the surrender of the Germans at the 5 Mei Plein and a battle between the allied troops and Germans close by. Then she went on to say that we have a mountain near Wageningen as well. I was very surprised to hear about it and showed an interest in visiting it.

The next week we went to see the mountain. I was very excited about going for a climb and was fully prepared for a bit of hiking. And then there we were. The conversation went something like this:

Her: Here we are.

Me: (looking around) Where?

Her: This is it.

Me: (chuckling and thinking she was playing a joke on me) This is what?

Her: The mountain. We are standing at the top.

I looked down to my feet, fully expecting to find the word 'Mountain' carved in the ground and to find myself the victim of a practical joke, but alas..... She was serious.

Then she sensed my dumbfoundedness and said 'I know it's not much but this is our mountain'. And I was like, 'This is not even a hill. How can you call it a mountain?'

Even now I often hear about this mountain which sounds to me like some sort of urban legend. You see, I come from Pakistan which is home to over a 100 peaks above 7000 meters and probably the same number above 6000 meters. So my perception of a mountain is very different. The Dutch apparently don't want to believe the obvious: Holland is a flat country and there are no mountains in Wageningen.