Operation Varsity
Operation Varsity (24 March 1945) was a successful joint American, British and Canadian airborne operation that took place toward the end of World War II.
Kalkar is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the Rhine, approx. 10 km south-east of Cleves. The most famous building of Kalkar is its church St.
Population: 13,997
Latitude: 51° 44' 20.65" N
Longitude: 6° 17' 27.64" E
Operation Varsity (24 March 1945) was a successful joint American, British and Canadian airborne operation that took place toward the end of World War II.
Radboud University Nijmegen (Dutch: Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, formerly Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen) is a public university with a strong focus on research located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Established since 17-10-1923 and situated in t…
Underberg is a digestif bitter produced in Germany by Underberg AG, made from aromatic herbs from 43 countries.
Weeze Airport (IATA: NRN, ICAO: EDLV), less commonly known as Niederrhein Airport, is a minor international airport in the Lower Rhine region of Germany. It is mostly used by low-cost carriers, especially Ryanair.
The Duchy of Cleves (German: Herzogtum Kleve; Dutch: Hertogdom Kleef) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire emerged from the mediaeval Duisburggau. It was situated in the northern Rhineland on both sides of the Lower Rhine, around its capital Cleves …
Volkel Air Base (Dutch: Vliegbasis Volkel) (IATA: UDE, ICAO: EHVK) is a military airbase used by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) - Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), and is located near the town of Uden, Noord-Brabant, in the Netherlands. …
The GelreDome (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɛlrədoːm]) is a football stadium in the city of Arnhem, in the Netherlands. It serves as the home of the football club Vitesse. It was opened on 25 March 1998, featuring a retractable roof, as well as a convert…
The Fast Breeder nuclear reactor SNR-300 was built near the town of Kalkar, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was completed but never taken online. SNR-300 was to output 327 megawatts. The project cost about 7 billion Deutsche Mark (about 3.5 bill…
Movie Park Germany is a theme park with real movie studios in Bottrop-Kirchhellen.
Uden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈydən]) is a municipality and a town in the province of Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Venray (old Dutch spelling: Venraij) ( pronunciation ) (Limburgish: Venroj) is a municipality and a town in Limburg, the Netherlands.
The Battle of Overloon was a Second World War battle between Allied forces and the German Army which took place in and around the village of Overloon in the south-east of the Netherlands between 30 September and 18 October 1944. The battle, which re…
The National War and Resistance Museum of the Netherlands (Dutch: Nationaal Oorlogs- en Verzetsmuseum) is located at Overloon, municipality Boxmeer.
Groesbeek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣruzbeːk]) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.
The Lower Rhine region or Niederrhein is a region around the Lower Rhine section of the river Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany between approximately Oberhausen and Krefeld in the East and the Dutch border around Kleve in the West. As the reg…
Aalten ( pronunciation ) is a municipality and a village in the eastern Netherlands.
Plantage is a neighbourhood located in the Centrum district of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is bordered by Entrepotdok to the north, Plantage Muidergracht to the east and south, and Nieuwe Herengracht to the west.
The Lippe (German pronunciation: [ˈlɪpə]) is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.