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In the park there is a limestone statue of the Lion, which was donated in 1886 by the Nijmegen embellishment association. The design came from the hand of Henri Leeuw sr. And his son Henri Leeuw jr. The park, sung in a song by Frank Boeijen under the title "Kronenburg Park" (1985), was known as a hangout for prostitutes and drug addicts. After ...
At times Nijmegen has been the only major city in the Netherlands with a solely left-wing government, and received the nickname 'Havana on the Waal'. [20] Nijmegen celebrated its 2000th year of existence in 2005. It is considered the oldest city in the Netherlands. In gaining this qualification, it has competed with the city of Maastricht.
Berg en Dal is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland.It is located to the southeast of the city of Nijmegen.The village lies in the municipality of Berg en Dal.. One of the attractions in the village is the Africa Museum, which consists of a number of African villages, rebuilt on a 1:1 scale.
Map of the Netherlands. This is a list of municipalities in the Netherlands which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
In the 1930s, Nijmegen began developing sixty-five hectares of woodland and heathland into a park with a sports field, a stadium, a teahouse, and a zoo. The new Goffertpark was opened to the public on 8 July 1939. Urban planner Alphons Siebers developed the plans for Goffertpark in the early 1930s as part of the General Expansion of Nijmegen ...
Nijmegen helmet, helmet of a Roman horseman from the 1st or 2nd century The Valkhof Museum ( Dutch : Museum Het Valkhof ) is an archaeology and art museum in Nijmegen , Netherlands . The museum has existed since 1999, created as a merger between the G. M. Kam museum of archaeology and the Commanderie van St. Jan museum of classical and modern art.
Concertgebouw de Vereeniging is a concert hall located in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The facility officially opened in 1915 and is built in a mixture of Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles. [1] It has a capacity of 1,450 seats (or 1,800 standing people during pop concerts), and is renowned for its outstanding acoustics [2] for orchestral music.
Rijk van Nijmegen. The Rijk van Nijmegen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌrɛik fɑ ˈnɛimeːɣə(n)]) is a region in the southeast of Gelderland. The region is located around the city of Nijmegen, south of the Waal and east of the Land van Maas en Waal. The area owes its name to the area that in earlier centuries belonged to the free imperial city of ...