Erasmus Bridge at Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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July 23rd 2007
After spending 3 days in Amsterdam to recover from our flight over from Australia and aclimatise to European conditions, it was time to begin our journey by train. We spent our last day in Amsterdam doing a test train trip going to the nearby beach at Zandvoort an Nee, where it was a bit cold for a swim. The trains in the Netherlands are easy to use with a mixture of double deck and single d ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Rotterdam

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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