Countryside

The real Dutch life

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June 7th 2015
Geo: 52.3738, 4.89095Today I hopped on a train for Enkhuizen, a small town northeast of Amsterdam. After reading my guidebooks, I decided this would be a good option for getting outside the city as there is a little open air folk museum. It was also an easy 55 minute train ride with no connections and covered by the I amsterdam city card. I was really hoping to get the train that would get me ... read more

Europe » Netherlands

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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