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Kinderdijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌkɪndərˈdɛik]) is a village in the municipality of Molenlanden, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located about 15 km (9 miles) east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is situated in the Alblasserwaard polder at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers.
Most of the mills are part of the village of Kinderdijk in the municipality of Molenlanden, and one mill, De Blokker, is part of the municipality of Alblasserdam. Built in 1738 and 1740, to keep water out of the polder , it is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands and one of the best-known Dutch tourist sites.
The Dutch word for city is stad (plural: steden). The intermediate category of town does not exist in Dutch, but provinciestad (small city in the province) comes close. Historically, there existed systems of city rights, granted by the territorial lords, which defined the status of a place: a stad or dorp. Cities were self-governing and had ...
The decline in Dutch living standards has coincided with rising immigration. Most have come from Ukraine and other former Soviet states; a smaller number have come from countries such as Syria and ...
Name Municipality Coordinates Aalbeek: Nuth: Aaldonk: Gennep: Aan de Berg: Roerdalen: Aan de Bergen: Leudal: Aan de Popelaar: Echt-Susteren: Aan de School: Echt-Susteren
Nieuwlande (Dutch Low Saxon: Neilaande) is a Dutch village located in the north-eastern province of Drenthe situated in the municipality of Hoogeveen.The population, as of 2023 is 1419. [1]
In addition to opening its first-ever downtown retail shop — Dutch Village Downtown — the historic amusement park off James Street in Holland Township is undergoing a multi-year transformation ...
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