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The southern part of the province of South Holland consists of a number of islands lying in the Rhine-Meuse river delta. Although technically islands in the sense that they are surrounded by rivers, canals or other bodies of water, most of these islands are well connected to the rest of the province.
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Delft,
Gouda,
The Hague,
Hillegom,
Katwijk,
Keukenhof,
Lisse,
Nordwijk,
Rotterdam,
Spijkenisse,
Vlaardingen,
Zoetermeer,
DISCOVER DELFT
Delft is well known for the Delft pottery ceramic products which were styled on the imported Chinese porcelain of the 17th century. The city had an early start in this area since it was a home port of the Dutch East India Company. The painter Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was born in Delft ...
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DISCOVER GOUDA
Gouda is world famous for its Gouda cheese, which still is traded on its cheese market held each Thursday. It is further well-known for the fabrication of candles, smoking pipes, and syrup waffles. Gouda used to have a considerable linen industry and a number of beer breweries ...
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DISCOVER THE HAGUE
The Hague is the seat of government, but not the capital of the Netherlands. The Hague is the home of the States-General of the Netherlands. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands lives and works in The Hague. All foreign embassies and government ministries are located in the city as well as the Supreme Court...
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DISCOVER HILLEGOM
Hillegom was formed on the eastern edge of the coastal dunes where the old Leiden to Haarlem route crossed the Hillegommerbeek (Hillegom's Creek), not far from the shores of the Haarlemmermeer (Haarlem's Lake). In 1150 the abbot of Egmond had the rights to naming priests in Hillegom, indicating that a chapel existed ...
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DISCOVER KATWIJK
The most famous part of Katwijk is its beach. On warm summer days, many people go there to cool off in the sea. Besides the beach, there are a few museums in Katwijk, like the old fishermans museum Katwijks Museum, the Spinoza-museum and the Space Expo, the museum of ESA. Also, around the Valkenburg Lake ...
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DISCOVER KEUKENHOF
Keukenhof (Kitchen garden), also known as the Garden of Europe, is situated near Lisse, and is the world's largest flower garden. Approximately seven million flower bulbs are planted annually in the park. The garden was established in 1949 to present a flower exhibit where growers from all over Europe could show off their hybrids ...
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DISCOVER LISSE
Located at the centre of the Dune and Bulb Region (Duin en Bollenstreek), Holland's flower-growing region, Lisse is also a major tourist attraction. During the spring when the fields around Lisse are in a colourful bloom, hundreds of thousands of local and foreign tourists visit the area ...
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DISCOVER NORDWIJK
Noordwijk aan Zee was founded around 1200 as a fishing village. Until the beginning of the 19th century, fishing remained its primary business, but then began to be replaced by the growing tourism industry. Nowadays because of its long sandy beaches, it is a popular resort town with 1,000,000 overnight stays per year ...
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DISCOVER ROTTERDAM
The port of Rotterdam is the largest in Europe. From 1962 to 2004 it was the world's busiest port until surpassed by Shanghai. Rotterdam is on the banks of the river Nieuwe Maas ('New Meuse'), one of the channels in the delta formed by the Rhine and Meuse rivers. The name Rotterdam derives from a dam in the Rotte river ...
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DISCOVER SPIJKENISSE
Archeological research has shown that the area around Spijkenisse has been inhabited for many thousands of years. The people then depended on fishing on the Meuse and hunting in the swamps. The medieval village church is the oldest building in Spijkenisse. The oldest reference to Spickenisse is from a source from 1231 ...
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DISCOVER VLAARDINGEN
The area around Vlaardingen was already settled by about 2900BC to 2600BC. In 1990, a skeleton dated at about 1300 BC was dug up at the periphery of Vlaardingen; some human nuclear DNA was identified, the oldest found anywhere in the Netherlands. Between roughly 250 AD and 700 AD the region was uninhabited ...
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DISCOVER ZOETERMEER
In the tenth century Zoetermeer was a small village, primarily home to farmers and fishermen. In the 13th century a village centre was formed, which still exists as the historic Dorpsstraat. Until the 17th century there was a lake, called the Zoetermeer. Until 1935 the village centre was split into two villages, Zoetermeer and Zegwaard ...
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