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August 15th 2007
After being given the option of going to visit an Amsterdam’s flower market, or sleeping in - we chose the latter, and relished staying in bed past 4:30am! It was nice not having to rush around madly, trying to get organised. The flower market did sound pretty spectacular - it is over 10 soccer fields in size, and thousands of flowers are bought and sold here every morning - then shipped all ove ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam

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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