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The Battle of Arnhem

As an important part of the Second World War, the battle of Arnhem symbolises the effort with which the Allies fought for the liberation of Europe from the Hitler regime. We went to the Airborne Museum Hartenstein near Arnhem to learn more about this part of the war. British Sherman Firefly Tank @ Arnhem The building …

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@ URK and SCHOKLAND

On our second day in Flevoland we visited two former islands in the Ijseelmeer: Urk and Schokland. Both are now part of the new province. Urk still has its harbour, Schokland was already abandoned in 1859 and is now surrounded by meadows instead of rough sea. Parking for the night @ Lelystad Urk museum Beach …

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Lelystad @ Flevoland

We went to explore Flevoland, the twelfth and youngest province in the Netherlands. It consists almost entirely of land that was only won from the IJsselmeer in the 20th century. Lelystad Our first stop was at Lelystad, the capital of Flevoland, where 2 museum had caught our interest: The Batavia shipyard and the Aviodrome. We …

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Kasteel de Haar

Together with our son we went to explore some parts of The Netherlands, starting with an interesting castle close to Utrecht: Kasteel de Haar. Fairy tail castle …. well maintained! In 1887, the heir to the castle-ruins of de Haar, Baron Etienne van Zuylen, married Hélène de Rothschild. Fully financed by Hélène’s family, the couple …

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@ Aachen

We were on our way to the Netherlands now, but had to stop at Aachen and visit the cathedral which played such an important role in our history. Guided tour Corona version We had parked on the outskirts of the city in a very nice area next to a park from where it was a …

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