hoorn

Hallo Holland!

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August 12th 2011
An quick flight from Edinburgh saw us arriving in Amsterdam at 8am. We picked up a hire car and drove to Hoorn. We checked in at our B & B and then met with our friends. They took us into the town and we looked around a funfair. The funfair was something else,the rides were in the middle of the town and some of them looked centimeters from hitting historical looking buildings! The town seemed very ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Hoorn

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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