Other interesting places or events - Netherlands
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New residential areas of Amsterdam | Rating: 9.00 |
Today we will walk through the new districts of Amsterdam. These territories have been developed since 1990, and in many of them the construction of residential buildings continues today.
Despite the very dense development of the old center, there are quite large promising areas in Amsterdam, mainly old warehouse districts and artificial islands, read more... |
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Assumburg castle | Rating: 8.20 |
| Assumburg Castle got a modern look in 1546 and, despite the presence of a defensive moat, is just a beautiful house, read more... |
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New residential district Zuidas in Amsterdam-Zuid | Rating: 8.00 |
| Amsterdam-Zuid (South Amsterdam) is the richest and one of the most densely populated areas of the city. This is not surprising, as there are many skyscrapers with offices of leading companies and luxury apartments. The most interesting buildings are along the De Boelegracht Canal, read more... |
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Zandvoort beach | Rating: 7.80 |
| Despite the fact that the beach is in a neighboring city, it is considered a city beach of Amsterdam, because you can get here by train in half an hour, read more... |
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Castle het Nijenhuis | Rating: 7.60 |
| Nehauus Castle dates back to 1382 and will delight lovers of modern art, read more... |
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Homunculus loxodontus | Rating: 7.60 |
We've heard of Leiden before, but not in terms of tourism. It was known for the Leiden jar, the first capacitor in history, invented by Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek in 1745. The invention of a device that could store electrical charge was one of the most important scientific revolutions in human history.
We, on the other hand, came here for a less scientific problem. Namely, to see the popular Internet meme, the Zhdun, read more... |
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Kiekkaaste Birdwatcher's house | Rating: 7.40 |
| On the border of Germany and the Netherlands, on the territory of the Wattenmeer nature reserve, there is a picturesque place for nature lovers. Here, in the middle of the marshy area, a bird house was built, which can be accessed via a wooden ramp, read more... |
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Vlissingen | Rating: 7.20 |
| Vlissingen is a small resort town in the very west of the Netherlands, read more... |
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Urk | Rating: 7.20 |
| Urk is a small town located on a polder. Although the polder was drained not so long ago, Urk is quite an old town, as it used to exist on an island. The main occupation of the inhabitants is fishing, and it has one of the largest fleets in the Netherlands. Now the situation in this industry has greatly improved, as previously hundreds of fishermen died every year. Recently, the local authorities have been developing the tourism industry, read more... |
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Exposure Statue | Rating: 7.00 |
| There is a huge art object, a 26-meter high sculpture of a seated man on one of the Dutch dams, installed by artist Antony Gormley. In some way, it is intended to symbolize the rising oceans, read more... |
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Plompe Tower (Plompe Toren) | Rating: 6.40 |
| The Plompe Tower is all that remains from the village of Koudekerke, which once existed at this place, read more... |
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The biggest animal bridge | Rating: 6.20 |
| The Netherlands is a famous country of animal lovers. More than 600 animal bridges have been built here. We visited the biggest one - Natuurbrug Zanderij Crailoo, read more... |
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De Hoge Veluwe National Park | Rating: 6.20 |
| De Hoge Veluwe is the largest protected area in the Netherlands, read more... |
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Children's pool in the Amsterdam Forest (Groot Kinderbad Amsterdamse Bos) | Rating: 6.20 |
| There are two outdoor children's pools in the Amsterdam forest. There are similar pools in almost every water center in Europe, but in this case the pools are just in the middle of the forest and they are completely free, read more... |
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Afsluitdijk dam | Rating: 5.80 |
| The 30-km Afsluitdijk dam was built in 1927-1933 as a part of "Zuiderzee" project, read more... |
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