Tag Archive | "Netherlands"
Zevenaar Tourist Information
Zevenaar is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality Zevenaar lies in the province Gelderland, in the east of the Netherlands. In 700 B.C there was already a small colonisation of the area that today is Zevenaar In 1049 the Emperor Hendrik III of donated a large amount of land to [...]
Continue reading...Utrecht Travel Guide Information
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Utrecht is a city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the North-Eastern end of the Randstad, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands, with a population of 288,535. The smaller Utrecht agglomeration is home to some 420,000 registered inhabitants, while [...]
Continue reading...Terschelling Traveller Information
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Terschelling is a municipality and an island in the northern Netherlands, one of the West Frisian Islands. Wadden islanders are known for their resourcefulness in using anything and everything that washes ashore. With few trees to use for timber, most of the farms and barns are built with masts recovered from shipwrecks. The islands are surrounded [...]
Continue reading...Soest Tourist Information
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Soest is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is located about 6 km west of Amersfoort. The oldest documents mentioning Soest (then written as Zoys) date from 1029. Its oldest church (the Oude Kerk, meaning Old Church), which is still in use today, dates from the [...]
Continue reading...Rotterdam Travel Guide Information
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Rotterdam is the 2nd-largest city by population in the Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland in the west of the country. The city, which had a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007, comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the 6th-largest metropolitan area in Europe, with a population of 6.7 million inhabitants. Rotterdam [...]
Continue reading...Noordwijk Visitor Guide Information
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Noordwijk is a village and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 51.53 km² (of which 16.12 km² water). The municipality of Noordwijk consists of the communities Noordwijk aan Zee and Noordwijk-Binnen, separated by a narrow greenbelt. Noordwijk is a modern coastal town steeped in history. [...]
Continue reading...Haarlem Tourist Guide Information
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Haarlem in the past usually Harlem in English, is a city in the Netherlands. It is also the capital of the province of North Holland, which at one time was one of the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic. The city is located on the river Spaarne, about 20 km west [...]
Continue reading...Den Haag Tourist Information
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Den Haag is the third-largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,580 (as of January 1, 2006) (population of agglomeration: 600,000) and an area of approximately 100 km². It is located in the west of the country, in the province of South Holland, of which it is also the [...]
Continue reading...Amsterdam Travel and Tourist Guide
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. The city, which had a population of 747,290 on 1 January 2008, comprises the northern part of the Randstad, the 6th-largest metropolitan area in Europe, with a population of around 6.7 million. Amsterdam [...]
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