Nederland, The Netherlands

[Jerebannus XVI 7]

Is it just me or does The Netherlands look a lot like Britain?

[Mike the Mayor 51]

It does look a lot like Britain, but probably more so, eastern Britain as wetsern Britain is generally more hilly. However, those lovely photos of the river ditches near his house remind me of the Somerset Levels.

[Uumke 0]

Sometimes....It looks a lot like Britain; the canals look quite the same.

[Fallon144 1]

Great pictures everyone I'll try to make some pics of my hometown Weesp when I have time

btw, SoNell, recently i've driven past kasteel mattemburg, it is along the highway isnt it it was near Bergen op Zoom, really a beautiful part of the country !

[Meastro444 1]

Originally posted by: Mike the Mayor It does look a lot like Britain, but probably more so, eastern Britain as wetsern Britain is generally more hilly. However, those lovely photos of the river ditches near his house remind me of the Somerset Levels.quote>

 

who's photo's? mine? if so, thanks . of not, still good

btw, we drive on the right, you on the left

regards

Meastro444

[Gamer 0]

Originally posted by: Meastro444

Originally posted by: Mike the Mayor It does look a lot like Britain, but probably more so, eastern Britain as wetsern Britain is generally more hilly. However, those lovely photos of the river ditches near his house remind me of the Somerset Levels.quote>

 

who's photo's? mine? if so, thanks . of not, still good

btw, we drive on the right, you on the left

regards

Meastro444quote>

and that's an big diffrence... i stil remember when i and my father visited my grandfather and mother wo moved there..... my father almost crashed.

[Uumke 0]

whow that quite heavy.

When I went with a car on a roundabout in England, it felt so strange

[homeandaway 1]

wow! - im suprised by how bveautiful the Netherlands is! - some nice boys are there!.

oh - which city do you like the most in the netherlands?

ill be back for more!

take care

~Alex~

[koekie01 3]

Voorburg, because I live there. It's against The Hague and it has 39,000 inhabitants. I'll post some pictures when I know how to do it.

Bye Koekie

[Uumke 0]

I love Maastricht!

But I also love the Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Haarlem, Leiden, Utrecht, Groningen. But Maastricht on the top!

I don't like Vlissingen and Nijmegen....Don't know why... (don't want to offend anyone)

[JanYpe 17]

I don't like Nijmegen....Don't know why... (don't want to offend anyone)quote>

Probably because it's full of hippies and communists.

[homeandaway 1]

cool! - anyway - im looking forwards to seeing more pics my friend

take care

~alex~

[koekie01 3]

Voorburg (Forum Hadriani), after Nijmegen (Noviomagum) the oldest city in the Netherlands.

This is statue of Corbulo, a Roman commander under the emperors Claudius and Nero. Corbulo lead the dig out of Fossa Corbulonis' or Corbulo's Canal, now named as the 'Vliet' or 'Rijn-Schiekanaal'. The canal lay against Forum Hadriani, called after emperor Hadriani.

You don't see any Roman things in Voorburg anymore. But there are some very old buildings in the old city centre, named 'Oud Voorburg' (old Voorburg).

A part of the old city centre.

Another picture of the old city centre

Hofwijck was built in 1642, on a commission by Constantijn Huygens. Huygens employed the architect Jacob van Campen after he was introduced to him in Haarlem. Jacob van Campen was helped with the design by Pieter Post.

The estate was created after the idea of "a harmonious piece of paradise on earth, with a garden in God’s image and likeness."

After a couple of years as a widower, Huygens buys a piece land in Voorburg, and he commissions Hofwijck to be build. Hofwijck is inaugurated in 1642 in the company of friends and relatives. Here Huygens hopes to escape the activities of The Hague, which is indicated by the name of the house: Hof (=Court) Wijck (=avoid). Its Latin name is Vitaulium.

The 'Kerkbrug' (Churchbridge) across the 'Vliet'

The "Vliegermolen" (Kitewindmill)

Voorburg (with Leidschendam) has a mayor tunnelproject named: Sijtwende. It's the big northern road to The Hague, and it has 3 tunnels and houses and a big firedepartmentbuilding.

Two tunnelentrances/exits. At the top of the picture you see my hockeyclub .

More foto's will follow.

Greetz Tim/Koekie

[crazyyaya 4]

I love how eurpean countries like the netherlands are a blend historic and modern.

[Uumke 0]

Here is a Dutch wikipedia article about what's the oldest city in the Netherlands:

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudste_stad_van_Nederland

[homeandaway 1]

cool! - i look forwards for more pics my friend

hope all is well, take care and be safe

~alex~

[koekie01 3]

Uumke: No discussing anymore? Voorburg, Nijmegen, Maastricht and Heerlen are the four oldest cities in Holland. But how do you get so good pictures, mine are rubbisch... Liever wel in het Nederlands zeggen .

Bye,

Koekie

[Alkaola 18]

i'm also a Dutchie, I live in Volendam, you have the Peninsula of 'Noord Holland ' ( North Holland) on the eastside of it.... it's coastal and close to ' het Ijselmeer' ......

i'm wondering how people from outside NL experience the dutch language

[SimsPlanet2 7]

I never thought that there was someone else from Friesland on this forum (Friesland is 1 of the 12 provinces of our country). As i said before, i live in Dokkum, the most Northern city in The Netherlands. Here are some pictures, made by myself. Dokkum is a city with 14,000 inhabitants. The city center looks like a city with 50,000+.

The market:

Near the old city house. (On the left)

And this is our new city house. More than 25 buildings were destroyed for making this possible.

This is the old city house:

Some pictures:

The famous Bonifatius Kapel:

Nice picture:

From my house. A new neighborhood (First x-mass day)

Nice pictures from yesterday (Koninginnedag) kun je hier op deze site vinden:

http://www.pieterdokkum.nl/paginas/Koninginnedag 

[Eliah747 0]

Hey over dat wolkekrabbers alleen in rotterdam passe: Den Haag word ook druk volgebouwd. Zelf woon ik in Sittard, Zuid Limburg. De architectuur in het zuiden is heel anders dan in het midden van het land (waar ik eigelijk vandaan kom; Hillegom). Ik zal eens een keer foto's maken en dan post ik ze, ook hier is het mooi ^^. Sittard hebt een mooie oude Cathedraal ''The Dom'' en is al een paar honderd jaar oud. In de buurt liggen ook enkele kastelen, waaronder Kasteel Limbricht en Kasteel Hoensbroek.

''Skyscratchers don't only fit in Rotterdam, they are also rising from the The Hague skyline. I live in Sittard, South of Limburg. The Architecture here is way different from cities like A'dam and R'dam (and wwhere I'm originally from; Hillegom). I'll make som fotos en post them. Sittard has a beautiful old catheral ''the Dom'' and dates back a few hundred years ago. In the surrounding area there are some beautiful castles; The Limbricht castle and Castle Hoensbroek.

Vin

[Uumke 0]

Oh, nice to see how many dutchman have discovered simtropolis...also a lot of fellow-limbos!

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull pics thankyou for showing

[homeandaway 1]

magnificent pics looks a really nice pleace!, as Jacky said - thanks for sharing! ~alex~

[koekie01 3]

HOLLAND!!!

Maar kan iemand zeggen hoe je zulke goede foto's/plaatjes krijgt. Mijne zijn namelijk nogal slecht... Dit is niet alleen voor dit forum, maar misschien voor een toekomstige CJ die ik misschien wil gaan maken.

Later Koekie

[English, please] Marc

[Uumke 0]

Koekieo1: je maakt je foto's in simcity....deze open je in paint, en geeft je een naam en zet je om naar JPEG of JPG (staat in de onderste balk)

Daarna ga je naar www.imageshack.us daar registreer je je.

Daarna kan je je foto's uploaden. Ik zou ze naar het formaat 800x600 zetten, omdat een grotere afbeelding niet is toegestaan op het forum. Als je hebt geuploadt, ga ja naar my images en dan staan daaar de codes die je kan kopi

[koekie01 3]

Bedankt !!!

Groeten Tim/Koekie

Thanks !!!

Greetz Tim/Koekie

[ianpaschal 77]

I don't remember if I've replied to this topic yet, BUT DEVENTER REPRESENTING YO!

I go to Deventer every summer to visit my familiy. My dad is part dutch, born in the US, moved to holland, met my mother, full dutch, got married, lived there for a while and then moved back to the US and I came along.

I dunno why we moved to the US.... My dad doesn't care where we live and my mother misses nederland a lot.... and I'm moving back as soon as I can. I'm getting excited for this year's trip. Ariving at schiphol on June 18.

Can't wait to see my cousins and aunts and uncles! And all the friends I have who love trance music and want to be trance djs just as I do. There are no kids like that in the US.

[koekie01 3]

Finaly good pictures! You see on the midle of the page a good result. More pictures will folow!

Say what you want! Public transportation, buildings, safety.

Bye Tim/Koekie

[Uumke 0]

Koekie, nice pictures!

[homeandaway 1]

i look forwards to seeing more of this!, be safe

~alex~