De Schreeuw
De Schreeuw (the Cry) is a memorial that remembers the assassinated Dutch filmmaker/regisseur Theo van Gogh.
Velsen-Zuid is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland.
Population: 67,758
Latitude: 52° 27' 36.00" N
Longitude: 4° 39' 0.00" E
De Schreeuw (the Cry) is a memorial that remembers the assassinated Dutch filmmaker/regisseur Theo van Gogh.
De Bazel is a monumental building on the west side of the Vijzelstraat in Amsterdam (at number 32), and stretches from the Herengracht to the Keizersgracht.
De Papegaai is the lesser of the two parochial churches in the St Nicholas Roman Catholic parish in Amsterdam. The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. It is nicknamed "De Papegaai" (The Parrot) because it was originally hidden in a garden …
Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk (Church of Our Lady)(Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ , Ito dyoldath Aloho) is a Syriac Orthodox church in the centre of Amsterdam. The church is used by Syriac Orthodox community and the Roman Catholic of Opus Dei. Emphasis is placed o…
The Beth Haim of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel is the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Netherlands.
The Begijnhof Chapel, dedicated to Saint John and Saint Ursula, is a Roman Catholic chapel run by the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, in the St Nicholas Parish of Amsterdam. It is located in a former schuilkerk in the Begijnhof across from it…
The Amsterdam City Archives (Dutch: Stadsarchief Amsterdam) preserves documents pertaining to the history of Amsterdam and provides information about the city.
The Zwanenburgwal is a canal and street in the center of Amsterdam. During the Dutch Golden Age the canal was home to painter Rembrandt van Rijn, as well as philosopher Spinoza lived here.
Zuyderzée was a département of the First French Empire in the present Netherlands. It is named after the Zuiderzee sea inlet. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponds more or less with the p…
The Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem or the Latin School of Haarlem is a secondary school in Haarlem, The Netherlands. The school was founded in 1389 and is therefore one of the oldest schools in the world.
Sint Pancras (West Frisian: Sundebankreas) is a town in the northwestern Netherlands.
Purmer is a polder and reclaimed lake in the Netherlands province of North Holland, located between the towns of Purmerend and Edam-Volendam. Windmill reclamation activity began in 1618. Hydraulic engineer Jan Adriaanszoon Leeghwater also had stakes…
De Hallen Haarlem is the name of the exhibition space on the Grote Markt, Haarlem, Netherlands, where modern and contemporary art is on display in alternating presentations. The emphasis is on contemporary photograph and video presentations, with th…
Koedijk is a village in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is now a part of Alkmaar and of Langedijk, but before 1972 those two parts were a separate municipality first mentioned in the 14th century. Koedijk is most famous for its…
The Kalvertoren, a shopping center in Amsterdam, is located on Kalverstraat, Amsterdam's busiest shopping street.
Ilpenstein (also Het huis te Ilpendam) was the name of a ruined castle of the Free and high Lordship of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam, located in Ilpendam (Waterland) in the north of the city of Amsterdam.
The IJtunnel, opened on 30 October 1968, is an automobile tunnel under the IJ that connects the centre of Amsterdam with Amsterdam-Noord.
The ruins of the Huis ter Kleef castle are located in the city gardens of Haarlem.