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by fc417fc802 4 days ago
Ah. Just a blatant inaccuracy on wikipedia I take it. That does make a bit more sense.
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robin_reala 4 days ago
Yep. gov.nl is in the PSL[1] and there are plenty of used subdomains (e.g. https://business.gov.nl/)

[1] https://publicsuffix.org/list/public_suffix_list.dat

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djaro 4 days ago
As far as I can tell .gov.nl is only used for pages aimed at i.e. expats and businesses. Most services dutch people use simply have a .nl page like the digital id or filing taxes.
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jurgenburgen 3 days ago
This makes sense because gov is anglocentric and would make the URLs sound weird in non-English countries.
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rafram 3 days ago
There’s no reason they couldn’t have picked a different second-level suffix. Spanish-speaking countries use e.g. .gob.mx, France uses .gouv.fr.
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closewith 3 days ago
And overheid.nl is their government site for that reason.
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