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The Netherlands, Holland or the Dutch?

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July 4th 2007
Greetings from The Netherlands...errr, Holland...where dutch people ride bikes and from what I can guess, eat, sleep and live. We spent the fourth of July in Amsterdam where we took a Canal Tour and went to the Anne Frank House. All the streets had the mixture of the smell of marijuana, body odor, stagnant water and every so often, pastries. It rained off and on all day but it made the ambience o ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Volendam

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The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized natio... ... read more