Mauritshuis

Embracing Dutch Life

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March 7th 2010
Hey everyone! These past few days have been full of wonderful small towns and checking out some great museums. The history that surrounds you in this place is amazing as does all of Europe. I'm very much looking forward to visiting Belgium this week. Anyway, so what did I do? I've been pretty lucky these past few days as the sun has been shining, it's certainly been holding in the crisp 2 ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » The Hague

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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