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Rotterdam Airport

November 1, 2009 Airports, Europe, Netherlands No Comments
Rotterdam Airport

Rotterdam Airport is located 5.6 km (3.5 mi) north northwest Rotterdam and is the Netherlands’ third largest airport, coming after Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Eindhoven Airport (measured in passengers). From the airport, there are amongst others daily services to London, Hamburg and charter flights. The airport handled over 1,150,400 passengers in 2007.
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Amsterdam Airport

October 12, 2009 Airports, Europe, Netherlands No Comments
Amsterdam Airport

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the Netherlands’ main airport, located 20 southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. Schiphol is an important European airport, ranking as Europe’s 3rd largest and the world’s 14th largest for cargo tonnage.
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Texel Map

October 4, 2009 Netherlands No Comments
Texel Map

Texel is a municipality and an island in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the biggest and most populated of the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea, and also the westernmost of this archipelago, which extends to Denmark. The island includes the seven villages De Cocksdorp, De Koog, De Waal, Den Burg, Den Hoorn, Oosterend, and Oudeschild, and the small townships of Bargen, De Nes, Dijkmanshuizen, Driehuizen, Harkebuurt, ‘t Horntje, Midden-Eierland, Molenbuurt, Nieuweschild, Noorderbuurt, Ongeren, Oost, Spang, Spijkdorp, Tienhoven, Westermient, Zevenhuizen, and Zuid-Eierland.
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Flag of Netherlands

September 30, 2009 Netherlands No Comments
Flag of Netherlands

Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue; similar to the flag of Luxembourg, which uses a lighter blue and is longer; one of the oldest flags in constant use, originating with WILLIAM I, Prince of Orange, in the latter half of the 16th century.
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Maps of Netherlands

September 30, 2009 Netherlands No Comments
Maps of Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east. The capital is Amsterdam and the seat of government is The Hague.
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