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AMSTERDAM
i .M g n a M i n * Dutch ~ o k t u t i o a n s the U3mfdsEadg7 or oiQn ~ $ 6 f 0 &8rlan&. It not & of the p ~ ~ p m m inor f , the r m i h w of the royal family, which 5% The a p e . Bd it ia-1&~hnd%1 &ty. (it had u pmwar popatidn d nmmly 800,0011) and was one of the p m k k mmmemid ttlnd b d & g cdemaf the world. m e f ~ a n w i ~of tl h a d r u n ~ ~ , b to tbs & t h i emkury, w h n mmhnb M t m dub i nt b fivm Am$d Z . e wttJemmt which gmw up mtmd t h i s dani was arigklly &led Amdddfmr. T'ha city% l m m came in tlre skihenth century, after the northern 8athe~1tbnds provinces had htlght for a d won Wr h d d from &mi& rule. Amsterdam I m a m the capital of Holland, b mast h p r h t of the wen mitd p o h c e s . I ~ B &hns b e the merchants o f k h world. ~ Many of khe hmom e q i l o m w e from Amkdarn or raised the money them to&EUIW &&' FOJ-; H W PH~dsao ~ &0 n t fi0m thm On the m p e d i t 3 . mwhich led% up the HfxdEwa River. The m d a m t a gf~Am&aelrtmorganhad & I Rbthwlanda East M a Campany
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Fmmmakmm (Hncm' Cmd) ; wihh their tmmbo@lw&qmys $nd se~enEmtr&mmhqy houses,* form the malathoma*ib The f o d h earid k the ~G&UBAW (&& Cand), m & p b t hh ~l l l ~ d a v of bsWdam at a a h d of the stwenamill mtrrq, Sin@ w the q l a t m of dc1imdW e.wds h a b & h . a b m h d , and the dty h i n @my din&, y

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of the nineteenth aenkltrg, booming the canter of the D u a E & Indies trade and the m24cet for all Indies pradmh, Money f r m thlEJ tra$e h a d h t ~ Amsteldam artd made it m e of t h world's hancial cent-, abL t o h d fun& to a g m g m k md go~ernments all over the mtld. ' The original w t t h m ~~f t ~ s t e lw de ~ hilt in the form ~f P half moon on the sIr~res of the Y ( i nDuhh Hd l j ) , an anxi of the Z U ~ E Z R m, wit11 tlie h & l , which flaws into the Y,as nwve center. Far &fern p u r p o s ~r m n i c b u l a r canal was dug an

q@dirtgtatbapwih&meof e ~ , w & & ~ m m e c h d m t h &md e m & in+ & w d of a d g t h Blain~llbw were uiIt OF h i p i n g p q o s howaver, ~ ~ rso that the eitg b divided inta islad. k i simpsibl~ t o go many bl& withmt d g a bri ;th9.r~ are more than 160W d g e s ,

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g i w Am&&m the name o Lvmie of t . b xurthPp A ~~~able fe&$umt dd l b&@~d&rn h u i l d i i h a t , haurn of the . ma&;$ h k a , they ham b d t.a he built on piles.

T b o l d ~ b r ~ f & e ~ t y , ~ ~ ~ f a u r m i s the m c & hterwthg a d appwdJy it h* hem h q e d by the war. T b m me hm way8 to m it: (WB h by m a Iazmchea, which i n PC- day$ mm ngdar &ot?s along t h e-1s; the 0 t h &id ~ ~ b&w way iB b p l r by w W g 9 W akg'tb qaap ~f tha Heemqgmht md t k Jtmswgrahf,, t h e t w o d d e & a n d m & i n ~ ~ & sh ~ I ~ . y

W m intmeathg placa m the old part of -dam are tlrb Kmtx (OMChurch), hilt i n the 14tb cmtury;the W mu-; . e h e M u & m v or old mint; the W m m . m~. ,toppb dy a golden. cmwn whiah the G e m m a E m p r M m m b n e r n Amstdam in gratitude for its help in oms of his mimy w g ; the &mmmmrnw~% (Waephg Tower) on 'the harbor, w h m the saitom' w i v e wed t o wave @-bye to their dqmrtinghwbmnda; the old &am Uxmmmm; the P i m m o u m ( t o m hall) ; the lkmmmmma, home of the great painter Bembmdt, whkh i s now a rnuwum filled with W etching#. Xf yon like painiings,there in Amsterdam, and, if the Genngss did hot away,;tbey am worth sll the time gou can @end famous g d l q is in the R m m or tab mnseum, befom &e war-hbrandt's 'Wight Watch'' and USyndicssf the Cloth Ball," two of the. g m w t paintingn of d l time, many mom h b r d t s , and &.her h e pain* by Dutdb md nother European mestam. The M u m m u I S Q has, or had, o h a collection of modem DuQh , a dF m & a & , and the-= I N m m m spwidbw i n obj- from the Ndmlan& East I h d i a

hod, Prink, d Enmiuimm. B e f m the war the D u a had excellent food and e great deal of it. The better restaurants m e e d mody French emking, but national specidti= which you might h d in Amstdam included 8 Ihztcb cut of &ak ( bkfa&) m o d with home-fried potatoes; ~ o I p e m minced beef rolled i n a blanket of tripe and pSckled) ; p m + ( uteh p a n d w ) ;m u t m o e p mt z9ur8t (thick pert mup with sausage) ;and kaZfm&ah m+t% which m s the Dutch egrridont of our hot dog or h b u r e r and wdd be had i n the corner automats. The most p i c h q u e restaurant iu -dam More the war was d a b k h e d in 1870; it was a meting-place of journalids a d politicians and had rekained ita original phere and traditions. I t a &&fat& was famous, s o famous that ths werk nmbwed, errch djaer getting a card &g 'Bince By 1940 1 8 7 0 me have h e n selling h f & & This is No. it had sdd metbinglib four a d &halfmWm shk.,but there is grobrsbly s now. The most popdtrr drinks i n the N&hWImdsa ; . % Dntcb gin and @r. Dutch gin i s drunH: straight or w i t h bittaw, before dinner. It is d beginners should approach it with caUti,ori, The

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dhl oa.bawte and s p r p e o l d i h i n p in 2 k % ' n & @ ( m a l l art) am the n o & typically D M A m t d a m hrppt .one o f the world's greatest s p p h m i c o~~ rrnd if p u love mnsic land am sere during the m n , you will not w a t t 4o~miw i t

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F m h r au$ t o t h e not&, &m &mw for i4e %day rntming 4 - q a ~ L %and the pichpsqge. &,.ZAABWM, wherayaucanstill~tbehma insPhichPehrthefbaf lived whjh he h e d t o b d d &ips, W r e he became l b p m r of Bnasia.

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tke seat of the Dutch Government and the residenea of the M y . Since it ha9 ~ I s o been for centuries a meetI &g p l w for international conferences and more recently the m d V-m, From this eat of the World Court, it i s a sort of international capital. mnhr five old streets radiab, ea0h pamd a h one of the old fore the war it mas a quiat and aristocratic city with stately Gmrhgen funilia %~enuea, lined with beautiful homes, extending for miles h m Because Gmningm is the d j large eity in its rt of & cam5 fiecenter.
try, it i a the shqping and aaarht txmtar f w e whole region. ' : .' In Dutch, The Rague is calIsd ' s C;r,aivenhagq "The Hedge of
Because of h s manyr &itan k hm b m n e guib a lively city ) I [ the Counts," from the hedge surmundihg the hunting lodge which with, of aewsity, m a y goad mtwranb axid place of enterI' Count William I1 of Holland built here around W. It has tainment. &Marinmet& b m r , ia elf s kypimllg mtmhed been the seat of gove~pment of the Netherlands &ce the States Dtukh nature. Flammw in Gwmingm is Ih Gmwmrn &EX, a General (&dm B s l a e d , the Dutch parliament) wadl established p c i a l type af c a b . Them are mvarrsl mevi~hwes mid p h t y ttf here in the sixtmilth century, after the northern provinces broke spmt f a d i t i a You will ffnd Gmrrinmn b w t m d most inaway from Spain. The Hague was a center of European diplotemthg during t h a ~ m 1 camtry fa& when many inhabitants macy in the 17th and 18th centuries;many treaties which affected of the p&m of Ura~g;szr fl& tQ k h city for a good time. the histag of h o p e were signed here. In 1889 and 1907 the Trip9 ~ l l a ba made fmm Qrbnhgm to the i c ~ town ~ of e world peace codemnces were held at The Hague. From 1899 to D-q a Li * harbm on the b m l M Iif tB P ~ T E ~ ih ~ ~ ~ I s , 1840 the Internat.iona1 Court of Arbitration (uHague Tribunaln) region s f wood% ankl mmm,

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$awn hall, rahred i u GP& ehaieal atyle. M i n d this i s the Ummm~~ Q.r m i q p was d w a p w d hew11 for iia uuiv&Q which was founded i n 1614 An ibm ofexweding intereat in ths library of the university i s 8 copy bd the We* Testament of Erasmw,

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i n the mntm of which [anlea took it owsp) is a bmnse status of WiIliun the ' tbe 8p&& d 8 dwr- , Gilm$, who d & dthe & t . & provinces ~htheemth~~ntur A yb . ~ t o t b n a r t h i s a ~ lake.caLZdthVuvm(fmh md),&wld&thp&y a d of $vie m e . a e s&&Imrn side of t b ~ - Vijvw a m the m & h h d g hhtmic b u ~ j of p The Hagw, , i n a M o & q f b u i l d i q p d d I h ~ (W,-W " ) . -. . d %'he IEmmhof w & once mkramded 139. a moat and is still ent e r e d W g h ib m&t g a h w a p Ewe is kh0 dd& bailia . 11 . t h s ~ , t h e Q o ~ c ~ ( H d o f t h e ~ b ) , - d s L ~ m l . In the g r ~ ball, t with its bighrt~rubd paintsd rod* tBe mprymtati~s of t k Btrtas of the N & k W ~ e ~ l m c t e h d e . _ &&gimeeto~,~ ~ ~ o f ~ ~ d d d Johgn van Ql&mb&pnddt was emmbd far treason ia I'W, On the w q t g d ~ of t h Vijvcir ~ k the Gm-, the

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pickurqus ba$ gloom9 old prism where m8her great Dutch Camelis de Witt; was i m p p h d in 17a md frcim which he wsw.draggd with his brother John b b kill4 by d~ mob. T b north and muth of *ha ~~f we XIOW u s e d by t21e t w e r husw of the h t c b Piadbunat. A k the ewhm wtmt~ of the Binndirf k the M~ummam~lp one Q* the hast m a l l picture in Rmp, with many famom paintings by Rembran&, ~ e a m mH , a rrpB ather grmt D ~ k b n thehb ; known of them, and m b df t b gmtti&tp h t h y p i n tha world1is bbdt's T ' hh ~ w l n L yemon.* Just w a t &fthe Binndwf is the B~XIWIXB (Out& hut), a b i g and lively qwpwhich h the wntm ~f life of m e Hague. If
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h s tb d t i n the ixktmnth eentmy, e M d h in the ei&b ern&, d d h m d o m 09 b b iiw& W a r e examples of D M -WE. '%be& r a w IS h KEBX ((herat C b d ) , a W Q @hw& af the fEbn& m d & b n h centuriq w b - aveml Qnt& d&nW *re burid and whme Queen W ~ ~ aael r Cwm r ErinJnliania w m msmied.
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- I. ' I .I. A ' , summer there used to be plenty of p b to dance and eat (includ, ' i g display A iqg the Knrhaus) ,g o d concerts in the Kurmal, and a b 1 I , . of &works every Thursday. Besidw its two miles of beach and mart hotefs, Schevenillgen incIudes an old b h h g village with narrow streets, p i q u e h o r n , and interesting I m l mtmmw. There is mother good h c h at N m m m , only e0 milas from The E a g u ~ . The old university city of LEIDIN is 16 miles north of The Hague, and the picturesque town of hlegs than 10 mileg east. There i s not much night life in The Hague, outside of the places at Meveningen, because it is mainly a city of homes, . But there are a number of good movie houses and ~ v e r aiogitirnttte l thefiters. Ifthe food sitnation pelnib, a Hague specialty to try is I&cL Rij8thf 82, a Dutch East Indian dish o f boiled rice served with side dishas of shrimp, meat ba&, chicken, tiny red fishes, onions, fried bananas, and sa forth It is very good, very exotic, snd flavored with the hottat pepper i n the world.
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HB$P~BM h m n e h m for the -,time i n Duteh history dmperiod it we>mdw ingthe ag&& the S p & & bmhg the Spaniwds and finr s h a bmve Wemm sura long & q p rendered under cwhh mditims, which were, however, not kept by :the Bp&. The mmt famais pmpp. in the defemm of citg v m Kenav Sjm~gns w e ,6 , wonm~Zlsi9spiied men as well .s w w to e 0 a % r w g 1 e and rasist for the city when; ,h tJm enemy* Tha grw#mtboom @od $he m v m h t h -tury, the bulb trade grew to -wrdons prop f i o n s . . The fall of thb had8 ended that period. Durhg the h e of Hapoleon, E I a a r h was for a sho& while the eagitd o f the NetherImds. of Haarla is the #mm 'hl.nsrPr (Bi Market) e The

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B m ~ ~ l h ~ e~ m ~ D m e 1 1 Walt- of -Q was selwbd & & h & af m & of Heth~bds prod-, his m p b w w w q p p o i W &dtIkQ#dmof Firj~landand mtil 1 7 # 8 ~ l r a n dwap d h d s wprarrtte ~ ~ W Q fRe11wade-n T . w w the +dem of this P r k h bran& of the &rages und their p a h a is d l . m e of Eher most noteworthy M l d i a g in ~ W T L It .is now hsf P F O V -mwm ~ ~ ap m 1

oeer b d e s had d i d ,ouL Vary little 5s how11 abqut, & w 1 y ,history af &hetown. It used t a .be fmd for its godl,ma &erwork, butnmv it is pxharily sn agxiculhm?centerp. . W ei@teenth M t ixlhawtbg bnildhe are the kwh~~&ond cenfmy b u i l w with inhm&q! Ww,
IW,,&B 4hmp I h m (great &wh.), Mm~m. !Fhh mpm i s prdbably the a o s t i n ~ ~ g fof q I a ~ ~X 4 ~ me W& tbe ~ W , (rf & M d 1 I t,givesn& only g w d picham of ewS7 F S m life, Bat c & t e an. d m t Mft &a e d d m , r odWon of rn%& ,and weapm, a partr& gallery. O g tbe h-istheh-m,~ ui&e p i - of late W c architeqtum arming iq tha cr~d xnm ~ m md , b g fr~'m It@$? surrounded by anumber of chantctaristic sihmth md ssvrnd of t h 0 h3wn k an bld mMth aentu~y hollmx fn tha tuwer, died w v q a v ~ ~ y . m i m redt b%ck building, h i tmded t b IM the beginning of &he &d which w w n ~ v w

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S Q m a a q nice mxmiow man be horn thB eitg. h t h o f ~ ~ l m r e ~ ~ - ~ w h e m i k k S d h & a m ~ r & r d I h g a n d i n t h e w i n t s r f o r W i 1 Tothew&ia&~~hiet u r i e village of Hnr.wBm e m y W n g Iwk~ rn though. ithdao%chmgedislth~bttrar,h~p $saconha& m it L inkwsthg. M *t eha F ~ i s i ~ n of g b bi ~ Zmmmmmm WEQH has dad the Ztri&now d d Z d ~ m u m& , fromm th~ main and is 8 w d e f r r f m&m e n g i m ~ i n g &ather attm&ive trip i ta go k o klm #Id 4th d h m , w b in old thm one of h Duhh wPip*ersi&~ used to b loeatmi, d Hmmam, a mall part on a &mt~hippjngfiner t o HuU in Eaglmd.

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whereheisburid~in $~.P~~ICR-DBCH. mve frwP<nxs Duhh p a b b w m born ip hidem, including R e m b r d , the gist of them all. The o&er four were Jan Stem, Gerard Dou, Jan vun Goyen md Luas bW d m ~As @&xs ef the dome& smm, their lim md their war& were aat conbed artiaaldy t~ Gda,h t rather ranged the PIethwI* as a who a. Neverthahs, Leiden ia praud t o have n n o ~ , t h ~ ~ ~ ) glmtmm of& i n Europe is the B&-K~uT ,(BxmdOne of t bh e & d m & ) , the main drag of Leiden, Along here ~ o willu a m the SlrmEm (Town Hall), d g h l l y j ! i m d d in t h 16th century* h the G-8 VAN R w p ~ g @@htha

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&wmd~~rela~~ti.s~o.m6ada+~etgof m k h h n d , isldudhg the gay p l m whem young shdmts piher, Around Leidm, you might Pisit tnlip fields, for wbich EoUandd aWWM-~OTRI~B~Y . OU w t go by d w b, the w t khhg of a T W D 9 , PP ehe @ M lW& # k t Bathing in both p h s b ideal, 'fhe tulip garden, or the pictutwp windmill you may Pisit n & & i n the o n * %tlberb~ of Laiden are p h m of mwh i w the a n i v k t y , a g to your mood. Whsmwr you wmdsr you will meet people of hidm who will welmme yonr intar& i a &x Uberated ciQ.
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From here yoa might walk up the E b c M d for o visit to the ow ST* MAI%. B d & > y , ) WE&i s an mcient Qothic buildhg cons&Wd in the lath m r g . b ~ n ia n hatad i n the mathwe& o'f the OF The V m . It ie espdally worth axing for it i s the oldst c h c h in the aa* d l 7 araclr mww. ~thab~, homer, beem w d d d l y m o d c d d . I t e &0f feat- is h i Emperurla Hall which can* a h e mable s e of Charlemrgtik Again& its $ d are d i b i h d remaha of a stone altar to the Bdadoma d&hg t o t h e Uth and the oldest

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6OO,8Oot is m e ef Continent. &w3q11dnfly it i s mom of an i n t m m t i d ~WII a 1 1 dd~aa yIWII ~ Q W & it has many Duhh e h m m t d e t i ~ a , nd p a can't h q i w the city w Z 1 B i n g m y w ~ e l s e t h m i n~ ~~ r d m n h b q w ~ ~ w n i n ~ s w the m w ~m ~ to ~ m f matih han& of the Hitl'er &@me, Un I 4 Mir 1940 the h & w d e lbmBed the dty "lnai-hly and d b k a n & W 82 t h city, ~ M u d h g tbta wh& e&xzBtj was d e s h y d hthrdam ww &@mdIy ~bx z & k l m & b d t ammd a dam in t b~ h R m mm Very few p a r k a d mm a bown o h i t f C iSw1y w r ye m $ && I d in m i 3 ,tlm * h m t & * d ib &y ehmtek* U t h h the city derim its name frwn the river &&,it is &e river% ahid hsa mi& BeMerdam k * h , famishing tbe

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Fmmaa, m e of the woxld'a greatesh &lrvs. Ermww b r n in 1443 and h e one o f the great humanists. a 0 t m p e r i hm ~ c m s b t dHh1ties i n keeping ita place m o n g the world%big It h a t o compete with the EWg~an city of AnBwepp, and it has to keep the month of the Meuae in sncb condition that it a m be navigated by &e world's big@ ocem sttunsss. Te this l a t h d X h 1 1 ~a ,~ i a l 4 called b~P J m Wsmxwm (the new watemay) was dug t o the s e a . A W r k a b l e feature i s that the m o d of this canal, although t w d w away, is the property of the mmieipal&q 6f am and a t 3 m M w n t them, c d e d tha Ham m Haw, is park of btt&dm. The city 'has relatively faw U r i c bnihbgs. It6 ml development only m e witbin the lad hundred yeam and its population is mostly made up of indu&idi& and trudmpqb M & wellknown wm the t2mrtm rn S9F, ZBwwmm,j~~ridad i n 1414, whm several W r i c &bh admire4 were buried, A b a t s .modern building in i n t t e r b m i s t h e . l 3 m x Mmirw, ~~~ which m n h s one of the most bmxtiful art coll&ons i n the world. I$ w m built during the l a b W e s in accordlance with the most modern museam techniqua During thh smne period the city of E#erdam

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h p i t d of -=ClB! OFh a One of most aW&ivet towns i n the Netherlank A p o m r residence for wealthy h E c h Paudia who made t h & fortune8 i n the East India. Many of these hmes and grounds a m opm tQ visiton. The district aroma Arnham k the most pidmeque i n the Neth~rlands. TOthe W & is & BEEEEW on w h high ground h lowtpd a c h n o wh& mmmr wncerh are held. F r o m the %mmm T m (&one table), north& of the town, you can .get a splendid view of the Rhine valley.

Amhem,

Assw. Capital of the Pmvma lhmmt. A bnmeh railway from A s - to STmmmaat p m h u g h a district c o d h i r i g many pmhidoric tnmnli or ''gimte' gr~tvw.'~ The huge stones mill t h m of the Stoneheage hi England and era deposits from Scmdinavk
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;Spaslishprbnemof wwforlabor. ThesfOrtD3domwe1.e later mpleted by &e but&. T h ec yuof a d e east o f town l i e s Nmmmnm, a harbor
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Om m d rr k d f miles to tba west of Helder is tlre hm-,
situated om the dunes and &Fordkg a rnagn3kent view of the sea.
- An interdng wdk.is along the lhmt entidy con-
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colomd t i b a d 4 d a m n to this oM capital s f WUT 0 .
It is t bb%hpl#& of W W Sehcrateu who discovered the pas sqpt m n the mast of %lath h f i m and named it C k p Horn, - aftm 'his d home t g m A h b a n h m m s Jan +Pkte&pv @an, & d n b 90 t h E ~ d Indim founhr of the A &ee& market &'Is T h W y i s an htaW.kg sight. h z amJ I xo d from tlte dyb. A h e view of the
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