Oegstgeest (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌuxstˈxeːst]) is a town and municipality in the province of South Holland in the western Netherlands.
Population: 21,149
Latitude: 52° 10' 48.00" N
Longitude: 4° 28' 9.98" E
The Ringvaart (known in full as Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer Polder) is a canal in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. The Ringvaart (Dutch meaning "ring canal") is a true circular canal surrounding the Haarlemmermeer polder and forms…
The Pieterskerk is a late-Gothic church in Leiden dedicated to Saint Peter.
Nieuw-Vennep is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland.
The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) was formed in 1996 by merging the SHAPE Technical Centre (STC) in The Hague, Netherlands; and the NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency (NACISA) in Brussels, Belgium. NC3A is part…
Hoofddorppleinbuurt is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands, part of the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid. The district had 10,771 inhabitants as of January 1, 2005. The total area is 96.71 hectares.
Betondorp is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was built in the 1920s as an experiment in building affordable housing with new, cheap building materials, chiefly concrete.
Slotervaart is a former stadsdeel (borough) of Amsterdam, it has 48.540 inhabitants (2008) and an area of 11.14 km².
Oxfam Novib is the Dutch affiliate of the international Oxfam organization. It is an association dedicated to establishing a fair world without poverty.
Nieuw Sloten is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The Harmelen train disaster was the worst railway accident in the history of the Netherlands. Harmelen, in the central Netherlands, is the location of a railway junction where a branch to Amsterdam leaves the Rotterdam to Utrecht line.
Haagse Bos (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦaːxsə ˈbɔs], literally Forest of The Hague) is a rectangular neighbourhood and forest in the Haagse Hout district of The Hague, Netherlands, reaching from the old city centre in the south-west to the border of Wass…
The Cathedral of Saint Bavo is a religious building in Haarlem, the Netherlands, built by the Catholics from 1895 to 1930 to replace the former waterstaatskerk in the Jansstraat called the St. Joseph. That church was itself a replacement for the Sin…
The Burcht van Leiden is an old shell keep in Leiden constructed in the 11th century. It is located at the spot where two tributaries of the Rhine come together, the Leidse Rijn, and another river, now a canal.
Berkel en Rodenrijs (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrkəl ən ˈroːdə(n)rɛi̯s]) is a town and former municipality in the Western part of the Netherlands, and is located in the Dutch province of South Holland.
The siege of Haarlem was an episode of the Eighty Years' War. From 11 December 1572 to 13 July 1573 an army of Philip II of Spain laid bloody siege to the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands, whose loyalties had begun wavering during the previous sum…
Pijnacker is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland.
Museon is a museum for science and culture in The Hague, Netherlands.
Mijdrecht is a town in the municipality of De Ronde Venen, in the Netherlands.