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Alkmaar

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Alkmaar is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. [1]

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's-Hertogenbosch

's-Hertogenbosch (literally "The Duke's Forest" in English, and historically in French: Bois-le-Duc), colloquially known as Den Bosch (literally "The Forest" in English), is a city and municipality in the Southern Netherlands with a population of 152,968.

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A9 motorway (Netherlands)

The A9 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands.

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Achterdam

The Achterdam is a red light district in the Dutch city of Alkmaar, 30 km North of Amsterdam.

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Adriaan Metius

Adriaan Adriaanszoon, called Metius, (9 December 1571 – 6 September 1635), was a Dutch geometer and astronomer born in Alkmaar.

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AFAS Stadion

AFAS Stadion, formerly called DSB Stadion is a stadium in Alkmaar, Netherlands.

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Aleister Black

Tom Budgen (born May 19, 1985) is a Dutch professional wrestler.

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Alfred Peet

Alfred H. Peet (March 10, 1920 – August 29, 2007) was a Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea in Berkeley, California, in 1966.

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Alkmaar Noord railway station

Alkmaar Noord railway station is a suburban railway station in the town of Alkmaar, Netherlands.

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Alkmaar railway station

Alkmaar railway station serves the town of Alkmaar, Netherlands.

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Allaert van Everdingen

Allaert van Everdingen (bapt. 18 June 16218 November 1675 (buried)), was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker in etching and mezzotint.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.

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Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint

Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (September 16, 1812April 13, 1886) was a Dutch novelist.

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Anna Smitshuizen

Anna Smitshuizen (February 1751 in Alkmaar – 29 June 1775 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch prostitute and the victim of a cause célèbre murder.

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Arc de Triomphe

The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (Triumphal Arch of the Star) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the center of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile — the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues.

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Arnhem

Arnhem (or; Arnheim, Frisian: Arnhim, South Guelderish: Èrnem) is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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AZ Alkmaar

Alkmaar Zaanstreek, better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ, is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaanstreek.

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Bath, Somerset

Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths.

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Battle of Castricum

The Battle of Castricum (October 6, 1799) saw a Franco-Dutch force defeat an Anglo-Russian force near Castricum, Netherlands.

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Bergama

Bergama is a populous district, as well as the center city of the same district, in İzmir Province in western Turkey.

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Bergen, North Holland

Bergen is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

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Burgemeester

In the Netherlands and Belgium, the mayor (burgemeester or bourgmestre) is an appointed government position, whose main responsibility is chairing the executive and legislative councils of a municipality.

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Caesar van Everdingen

Cesar Pietersz, or Cesar Boetius van Everdingen (1616/17 – buried 13 October 1678), older brother of Allart van Everdingen and Jan van Everdingen, was a Dutch Golden Age portrait and history painter.

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Castricum

Castricum is a municipality and a town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands.

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Central European Summer Time

Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometime referred also as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (UTC+1) during the other part of the year.

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Central European Time

Central European Time (CET), used in most parts of Europe and a few North African countries, is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Christian Democratic Appeal

The Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl,; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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Christian Union (Netherlands)

The Christian Union (ChristenUnie, CU) is a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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City rights in the Low Countries

City rights are a feature of the medieval history of the Low Countries.

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Cornelis Berkhouwer

Cornelis "Cees" Berkhouwer (19 March 1919, Alkmaar – 5 October 1992, Alkmaar) was a Dutch politician.

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Cornelis Drebbel

Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel (1572 – 7 November 1633) was a Dutch engineer and inventor.

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Cornelis van der Lijn

Cornelis van der Lijn (1608 – 27 July 1679) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1646 until 1650.

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Darmstadt

Darmstadt is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region).

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De Rijp

De Rijp is a village and former island in the Dutch province of North Holland.

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De Stijl

De Stijl, Dutch for "The Style", also known as Neoplasticism, was a Dutch artistic movement founded in 1917 in Leiden.

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Democrats 66

Democrats 66 (Democraten 66, D66,; officially Politieke Partij Democraten 66) is a social-liberal political party in the Netherlands.

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Den Helder

Den Helder is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

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Dick Quax

Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus "Dick" Quax (1 January 1948 – 28 May 2018) was a Dutch-born New Zealand runner and one-time world record holder in the 5000 metres, and local-body politician.

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Dutch cheese markets

There are five cheese markets operating in the Netherlands.

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Dutch Sportsman of the year

The Dutch Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year are chosen annually by Dutch athletes from a shortlist compiled by sports journalists.

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Edam cheese

Edam (Edammer) is a semi-hard cheese that originated in the Netherlands, and is named after the town of Edam in the province of North Holland.

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Ede, Netherlands

Ede is a municipality and a city in the center of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland.

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Eighty Years' War

The Eighty Years' War (Tachtigjarige Oorlog; Guerra de los Ochenta Años) or Dutch War of Independence (1568–1648) was a revolt of the Seventeen Provinces of what are today the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg against the political and religious hegemony of Philip II of Spain, the sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands.

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Eindhoven

Eindhoven is a municipality and city in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender streams.

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Emanuel de Witte

Emanuel de Witte (1617–1692) was a Dutch perspective painter.

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Engraving

Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it.

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Eredivisie

The Eredivisie ("Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is the highest echelon of professional football in the Netherlands.

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Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Duke of Alba

Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez de Guzmán, 4th Duke of Alba, Grandee of Spain, (in full), (21 November 1537 – 11 December 1583), was a commander in the Spanish army during the Eighty Years' War.

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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba, GE, KOGF, GR (29 October 150711 December 1582), known as the Grand Duke of Alba in Spain and the Iron Duke in the Netherlands, was a Spanish noble, general, and diplomat.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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French Revolutionary Wars

The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until 1802 and resulting from the French Revolution.

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Gerard Joling

Gerard Jan Joling (born 29 April 1960 in Alkmaar) is a Dutch singer and television presenter.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gouda cheese

Gouda (Goudse kaas "cheese from Gouda"), is a mild, yellow cheese made from cow's milk.

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Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

The Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (Gouverneur-generaal van Nederlands Indië) represented Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies between 1610 and Dutch recognition of the independence of Indonesia in 1945.

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Graft-De Rijp

Graft-De Rijp is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

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GroenLinks

GroenLinks (GreenLeft, GrienLinks, GL) is a green political party in the Netherlands.

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Grote or Sint-Laurenskerk (Alkmaar)

Grote or Sint-Laurenskerk (English: Great, or St. Lawrence church) is a landmark Protestant church in Alkmaar, Netherlands.

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Haarlem

Haarlem (predecessor of Harlem in the English language) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands.

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Harm Ottenbros

Harm Ottenbros (born 27 June 1943 in Alkmaar) is a former Dutch road bicycle racer who raced as a professional from 1967 to 1976.

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Heerhugowaard

Heerhugowaard (West Frisian: Heerhugoweard, Heregeweard or De Weard) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.

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Heiloo

Heiloo is a municipality and town in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland.

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Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom

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Hoorn

Hoorn is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

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Independent Party of Alkmaar

The Independent Party of Alkmaar (Onafhankelijke Partij Alkmaar, OPA) is a municipal political party from Alkmaar.

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Inundation

Inundation (from the Latin inundatio, flood) is both the act of intentionally flooding land that would otherwise remain dry, for military, agricultural, or river-management purposes, and the result of such an act.

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Jakko Jan Leeuwangh

Jakko Jan Leeuwangh (born 9 September 1972) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.

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Jan Wils

Jan Wils (22 February 1891 – 11 February 1972) was a Dutch architect.

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Joan Blaeu

Joan Blaeu (23 September 1596 – 21 December 1673) was a Dutch cartographer born in Alkmaar, the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu.

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John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music.

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Jos Punt

Jozef Marianus "Jos" Punt (born 10 January 1946) is the current Roman Catholic bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

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Kees Boeke

Cornelis Boeke (25 September 1884, Alkmaar – 3 July 1966, Abcoude), usually known as Kees Boeke, was a Dutch reformist educator, Quaker missionary and pacifist.

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Koedijk

Koedijk is a village in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

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Labour Party (Netherlands)

The Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid,, abbreviated as PvdA, or P van de A) is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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Langedijk

Langedijk (West Frisian: Langedìk) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.

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List of cities in the Netherlands by province

Below are twelve alphabetical lists of cities in the Netherlands ordered by province.

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List of municipalities of the Netherlands

As of January 2018, there are 380 municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten) and 3 public bodies (openbare lichamen), also referred to as special municipalities (bijzondere gemeenten), in the Netherlands.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Lorena Kloosterboer

Lorena Kloosterboer is a Dutch-Argentine artist (born Alkmaar Netherlands, 1962) who paints using trompe-l'œil and photorealistic styles, often creating the illusion of three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.

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Maarten van der Weijden

Maarten van der Weijden (born 31 March 1981) is a Dutch long distance and marathon swimmer born in Alkmaar.

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Maastricht

Maastricht (Limburgish: Mestreech; French: Maestricht; Spanish: Mastrique) is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands.

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Marco Borsato

Marco Roberto Borsato (born 21 December 1966) is a Dutch singer.

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Maria Tesselschade Visscher

Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, also called Maria Tesselschade Roemersdochter Visscher or Tesselschade (March 25, 1594 – June 20, 1649) was a Dutch poet and engraver.

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Melissa Venema

Melissa Venema (born April 12, 1995 in Alkmaar) is a Dutch trumpeter.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Municipal council (Netherlands)

In the Netherlands the municipal council (Dutch: gemeenteraad) is the elected assembly of the municipality.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Nijmegen

Nijmegen (Nijmeegs: Nimwegen), historically anglicized as Nimeguen, is a municipality and a city in the Dutch province of Gelderland.

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Noordhollandsch Kanaal

The Groot Noordhollandsch Kanaal ("Great North Holland Canal"), now known simply as Noordhollandsch Kanaal, is a canal in the Northwest Netherlands.

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North Holland

North Holland (Noord-Holland, West Frisian Dutch: Noard-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands located in the northwestern part of the country.

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Oudorp

Oudorp is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Party for the Animals

The Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren; PvdD) is a political party in the Netherlands.

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Patrick Cammaert

Major General Patrick Cammaert (born April 11, 1950, Alkmaar) is a Dutch general who was serving as the United Nations Force Commander for the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Peet's Coffee

Peet's Coffee is a San Francisco Bay Area-based specialty coffee roaster and retailer.

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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, VVD) is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands.

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Petrus Forestus

Pieter van Foreest, also called Petrus Forestus (Alkmaar, 1521 – Alkmaar, 1597), was one of the most prominent physicians of the Dutch Republic.

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Poet

A poet is a person who creates poetry.

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Polder

A polder is a low-lying tract of land enclosed by dikes that form an artificial hydrological entity, meaning it has no connection with outside water other than through manually operated devices.

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Postal codes in the Netherlands

Postal codes in the Netherlands, known as postcodes, are alphanumeric, consisting of four digits followed by two uppercase letters.

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President of the European Parliament

The President of the European Parliament presides over the debates and activities of the European Parliament.

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Pride parade

Pride parades (also known as pride marches, pride events, and pride festivals) are events celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) culture and pride.

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Prince of Orange

Prince of Orange is a title originally associated with the sovereign Principality of Orange, in what is now southern France.

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Provinces of the Netherlands

There are currently twelve provinces of the Netherlands, representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local municipalities, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.

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Red-light district

A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters are found.

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Rijksmonument

A rijksmonument is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

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Rudi Carrell

Rudi Carrell (19 December 1934 – 7 July 2006), born Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar, was a Dutch entertainer, born in Alkmaar.

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Rudi Vis

Rudolf Jan Vis (4 April 1941 – 30 May 2010) was a Dutch-born British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley and Golders Green from 1997 to 2010.

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Schermer

Schermer is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

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Siege of Alkmaar

The Siege of Alkmaar (1573) was a turning point in the Eighty Years' War.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar

Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar is a city museum located in the center of Alkmaar on the Canadaplein (Canada Square).

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Steven de Jongh

Steven de Jongh (born 25 November 1973 in Alkmaar) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer.

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Sybilla Dekker

Sybilla Dekker (born 23 March 1942, Alkmaar) is a Dutch politician.

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Tata, Hungary

Tata (Totis), (Dotis) is a town in Komárom-Esztergom county, northwestern Hungary, northwest of the county town Tatabánya.

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Telephone numbers in the Netherlands

Telephone numbers in the Netherlands are administered by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation of the Netherlands and may be grouped into three general categories: geographical numbers, non-geographical numbers, and numbers for public services.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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Theo Bos

Theo Bos (born 22 August 1983) is a Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist, Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion.

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Tom Six

Tom Six is a Dutch filmmaker best known for his trilogy of body horror films, The Human Centipede (First Sequence), The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) and The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence).

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Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes (but many events are held at older velodromes where the track banking is relatively shallow) using track bicycles.

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Troyes

Troyes is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in north-central France.

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Turkey

Turkey (Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.

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Uitgeest

Uitgeest is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Utrecht

Utrecht is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.

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Velodrome

A velodrome is an arena for track cycling.

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Vlotbrug

Vlotbrug (plural, vlotbruggen) translates from Dutch into English as "float bridge".

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Weigh house

A weigh house or weighing house is a public building at or within which goods are weighed.

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Willem Blaeu

Willem Janszoon Blaeu (157121 October 1638), also abbreviated to Willem Jansz.

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Willem de Fesch

Willem de Fesch (1687, Alkmaar – 3 January 1761) was a virtuoso Dutch violone player and composer.

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WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a WWE, is an American integrated media and entertainment company that primarily is known for professional wrestling.

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Zaandam

Zaandam is a city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.

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2008–09 Eredivisie

The Eredivisie 2008–09 is the 53rd season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkmaar

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