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Building with and against water
Apr 21, 2007 3:58 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
If Holland did not protect itself against flooding, half the country would be under water. After all, a quarter is already below sea level, including all the major cities in the west of the country. Holland has an extensive network of polders, canals and pumping stations to keep itself dry. MuseumsThere are a number of museums, like the Nieuwland museum situated in the polders reclaimed from the Zuider Zee, which show how Holland reclaimed land from the sea, and built the first polders. The Beemsterpolder
Batavia Stad outlet shopping
Apr 26, 2007 12:06 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
Batavia Stad is the first outlet shopping village in Holland. It boasts well over 60 shops. The shops retail international brand names at huge discounts. In addition to fashion, Batavia Stad offers accessories, shoes, dinner services, books, CDs, presents
Europe's largest Butterfly Valley (Luttelgeest)
Mar 31, 2008 12:18 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
For many years the ‘Orchideeën Hoeve’ (Orchids Farm) is a very well known fact by many nature lovers. In the area of exhibiting special plants and cultures in tropical gardens they are even as much as authoritative in Europe.On 5 April 20
Inline skating
Apr 21, 2007 3:58 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
Our country is considered one of the best inline skating countries in the world. Great day trips have been mapped out throughout the country.Achterhoek The Achterhoek region lies in the eastern part of Holland. In the past few years lots of skating and in
Almere: A City Raised from the Sea
Apr 15, 2008 12:31 AM GMT Source:
Alexandra Taylor
Get this! – There’s a city – in fact the whole province of Flevoland– on land that used to be under the sea… the Zuiderzee, to be exact, before the Dutch reclaimed the land in 1976 and made the country bigger. Leave it to th
Bataviawerf shipyard
Feb 26, 2008 12:59 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
Lelystad, FlevolandDid you know that New York City was owned by Holland for nearly fifty years? Thanks to its shipbuilding industry and unprecedented business acumen, Holland was the most powerful country in the world for nearly a century. At the Bataviaw
Nieuw Land Erfgoedcentrum
Feb 26, 2008 1:23 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
Lelystad, FlevolandIt was a mere 22 years ago that a brand-new twelfth province was added to the country of Holland. This new region, called Flevoland, was the result of thirty years of land reclamation of the Zuiderzee. Where hundreds of thousands of peo
Flevoland
Aug 23, 2008 6:15 AM GMT Source:
Discovery Aquama
Flevoland is a province of the Netherlands. Located in the centre of the country, at the location of the former Zuiderzee, the province was established on January 1, 1986; the twelfth province of the country, with Lelystad as its capital. The province has
