Valkenburg aan de Geul in the Netherlands
12 March 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General Reading Time: 8 minutes Valkenburg aan de Geul (Limburgish: Valkeberg) is a municipality situated in the southeastern Dutch province of Limburg. The name refers to the central town in the municipality, Valkenburg, and the small river Geul passing through it. read more…Dutch National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam
16 November 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time: 8 minutes The Dutch National Holocaust Museum (Dutch: Nationaal Holocaust museum) is the first official museum on the Holocaust in the Netherlands. It is located in an historic building in the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam, near a former child care center that played a role in rescuing Jewish children. The museum tells the story of the Holocaust through the lives of individual victimised men, women, and children. There is a floor-to-ceiling display of all the laws limiting and obliterating the rights of Jews in the Netherlands, who since the eighteenth century had been Dutch citizens with equal rights. read more…Dam Square in Amsterdam
11 November 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time: 9 minutes Dam Square or the Dam is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the best-known and most important locations in the city and the country. read more…Jodenbuurt in Amsterdam
1 October 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time: 6 minutes The Jodenbuurt (Dutch: Jewish neighbourhood) is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. For centuries before World War II, it was the center of the Dutch Jews of Amsterdam — hence, its name (literally: Jewish quarter). It is best known as the birthplace of Baruch Spinoza, the home of Rembrandt, and the Jewish ghetto of Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. read more…Concertgebouw in Amsterdam
3 August 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries Reading Time: 6 minutes
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The Stad Amsterdam
1 June 2024 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships, Cruise Ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time: 6 minutes
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University of Amsterdam
18 May 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Universities, Colleges, Academies Reading Time: 5 minutes
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Anne Frank House in Amsterdam
27 January 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time: 11 minutes
Anne Frank in May 1942, two months before she and her family went into hiding
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