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Fleur @Fleura (35031) • United Kingdom 2 Mar

My partner’s work colleague just returned from a trip to the Netherlands and he brought some of these for everyone. We had never heard of them before but apparently they are a big thing there; practically everyone loves them on...

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Madurodam, Netherlands

Always smiling @allknowing (153530) • India 29 Jul

As part of our Europe tour package we got to visit Netherlands. We visited Rotterdam, Amsterdam.and The Hague It is in the The Hague that we visited a park that had all landmarks of Netherlands. We spent a full day there...

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Hello June!

Thelma @thelme55 (79324) • Germany 1 Jun 24

How are you all doing fellow Mylotters? Any plans for this month of June? I will be spending a day with my friends and relatives in the Netherlands. There will be a Philippines Independence Day Picnic event in the Netherlands...

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My younger brother is still fine as hell

Melanie Marie @Melanie_Marie (2448) • St. Clair, Michigan 12 May 24

Dammit Now you all see why my other brother and I were always jealous of this kid growing up. In high school, all the girls called him “Baywatch.” And he had his pick, from all his admirers.. This photo was taken 2...

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Madurodam - a tourist attraction

Always smiling @allknowing (153530) • India 26 Nov 23

Madurodam is a park in the Netherlands that has replicas of Dutch landmarks, historical cities and large developments in the ratio of 1:25. We spent a whole day there - a nice way to cover Holland which needs days. We did go to...

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This world cup is full of upsets.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23241) 17 Oct 23

World cup cricket that is hosted by India is having upsets. Yesterday underdogs Netherlands defeated mighty South Africa. Previously Afghanistan stunned defending champions England. India is the only team which had played...

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A Museum Reopens in Style

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21497) • London, England 17 Feb 23

This is an old YouTube video, but brilliant and publicises the reopening of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Along with watching the odd opera clip, I regularly watch this one too! A sheer delight and wish I'd been there for this...

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Visited Giethoorn Village

Thelma @thelme55 (79324) • Germany 3 Jul 22

At last I have been to the small village of Giethoorn in the Netherlands yesterday with my hubby, my friend and her daughter. It was almost 2 hours drive from where we live in Germany. We drove early in the morning that the...

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Travelling is Fun!

Thelma @thelme55 (79324) • Germany 29 May 22

Hello fellow Mylotters! It’s been a while since I have been here. I was travelling again but just in the neighbouring country, The Netherlands. We were on a weeks’ vacation and stayed in a hotel at the beach. It was wonderful. The...

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kinderdijk

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Happy Crossing the Border

Thelma @thelme55 (79324) • Germany 2 Apr 22

I didn’t have an April Fools Day but a happy day crossing the border to the Netherlands. Just 38km from where we live. The other side of the street is Germany while the other side is The Netherlands. We went to Dinxperlo open...

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No! Not Venice but Giethoorn

Thelma @thelme55 (79324) • Germany 3 Jul 21

I want to travel again but only in the neighboring country. No, I don't want to go to Venice but to Giethoorn in the Netherlands. I want to see this small village I have heard and read about. Giethoorn is a small car free village...

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It's gonna storm tomorrow

Titia Geertman @TitiaG (251) • Netherlands 26 Dec 20

I'm so glad we don't have tornados and hurricanes overhere. Bad storms are bad enough. Weather forcast says we'll get a storm tomorrow in my neck of the woods up to 100km/u (62mph) from the South. That means we get the full load...

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We're in semi lockdown again

Titia Geertman @TitiaG (251) • Netherlands 15 Dec 20

As of last midnight the Netherlands is in semi lockdown again. Only necessary shops like supermarkets, pharmacies etc. are open, the rest will be closed until January 19. Schools are closed too. I think it's the best solution,...

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I call them Rhyming Images

Titia Geertman @TitiaG (251) • Netherlands 13 Dec 20

I live in the very South-West of the Netherlands, in the Province Zeeland. Right on the Belgium border I am surrounded by agricultural land and nature reserve areas. I love to take photos of the nature around me and very often...

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Hi there, I'm the new Dutchie

Titia Geertman @TitiaG (251) • Netherlands 12 Dec 20

I'm from the Netherlands and like some others stumbled upon MyLot through Hubpages (thanks Marisa). Seems like a fun place to be to interact with people around the world. I'm an oldie (76) but still going strong despite some...

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Foggy Start of the Year!

Thelma @thelme55 (79324) • Germany 2 Jan 20

Hello everyone! Happy new year 2020 to all mylotters. I hope you will have a successful year. My better half and I spent our new years eve with my Filipino family in the Netherlands, not far from Amsterdam. It was a wonderful...

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I am home again!

Thelma @thelme55 (79324) • Germany 23 Aug 19

Hello, fellow Mylotters! Sorry I was not here for a week. I was in the Netherlands again. My brother-in-law has a birthday celebration last Saturday and so it was family bonding again. My clients knew that I was in Holland and so...

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He sat on the bench outside their home, possibly psyching himself up for the moments to come

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 24 Jun 19

Sjef and Mia Leukel were enjoying a nice evening at home when their world was turned upside down. A man with a crazed look in his eye would barge into their home and attack them manically with a knife. Sjef would not survive his...

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Meet the Family (Part 11)

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 18 May 19

Following on from my dad's D Day landing and subsequent journey through Normandy, he eventually got to the Netherlands. Somewhere along the line he and four of his comrades had been separated. They reached a small village and,...

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Happy naked gardening week.

Island Man. @Svidrigaylov (389) • Guadeloupe 7 May 19

The municipality of Apeldoorn in the Dutch province of Gelderland is getting ready for its annual Naked Gardening Week. During the first week of June every year it is legal to do precisely that - to work naked in your garden...

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