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Netherlands Vista gives you complet information about Netherland. Here you can learn about history of Kinderdijk, Batavia, Texel and Netherland windmill. The Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Netherlands in short, (Dutch: Nederland, also commonly called Holland in English, in reference to the provinces North-Holland and South-Holland) is a Benelux country and a founding member of the European Union. The Netherlands border Germany to the east and Belgium to the south. To the west, the country faces the North Sea and the United Kingdom. The people, language, and culture of the Netherlands are referred to as "Dutch".

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Kinderdijk

neatherlands windmills

Kinderdijk is located about 15kms from Rotterdam and would have to be the best place in the Netherlands to see working windmills in action. These windmills are also the largest concentration of old wind mills in the country. The village is located in the Alblasserwald polders, an area approximately 16km by 32km (10x20 miles) at the confluence of the Lek and Noord Rivers.
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Texel

information on texel

The island of Texel is located on the Waddensea in the Noord-Holland (North Holland) Province. Ferries run every hour for the 20 minute trip to this quiet little oasis.It is hard to believe over 10,000 years ago the small island of Texel and surrounding islands were covered with land ice from Scandinavia.



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Batavia

batavia ship trading

The Batavia was a ship and trading vessel owned by the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The ship was the newest in the India fleet and set out from Amsterdam (Holland) in 1628 on her maiden voyage to the Port of Batavia (now Jakarta) and the ship's namesake.




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