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Schiedam

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April 26th 2009
April 25th....ANZAC DAY back home. Hope you all had a good day. We spent the day in the old part of Schiedam. The benefit of having rels here is that they take you to places that the tourists haven't discovered. Dad was born in this town. It was surrounded originally by 31 windmills and only 5 are left.They are beautiful and huge. We did a tour of a working windmill then took a silent boat ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Schiedam

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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