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The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (Dutch: Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut, pronounced [ˈkoːnɪŋklək ˈneːdərlɑnts ˌmeːteːjoːroːˈloːɣis ɪnstiˈtyt]; KNMI) is the Dutch national weather forecasting service, which has its headquarters in De Bilt, in the province of Utrecht, central Netherlands.
However, in 1727 the Oostendse Compagnie was forced to stop its activities because of Dutch and British pressure. The Netherlands and Britain would not allow competitors on the international trade level. Both nations regarded international trade as "their" privilege. There was a Jewish community in Ostend, which was first noted in the 16th ...
The Coast Tram (Dutch: Kusttram) is a light rail service connecting the cities and towns along the Belgian (West Flanders) coast between De Panne, near the French border, and Knokke-Heist, near the Dutch border.
Regie voor Maritiem Transport (RMT) was the Belgian state-owned ferry service and operated ferries on the Ostend-Dover route under the name Oostende Lines. For the last few years until its demise in February 1997, the ferries from Ostend went to Ramsgate instead of Dover in partnership with Sally Line .
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France–Netherlands relations are the interstate and bilateral relations between France and the Netherlands.The two countries notably share a border division in the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, to which the northern part of the island is a French overseas collectivity known as the Collectivity of Saint Martin, while the southern part of the island is a Dutch constituent country known as ...
Ostend, Belgium, (French: Ostende), in Dutch Oostende; Ostende, Buenos Aires, a resort town in Pinamar Partido, Argentina; Ostende, a hamlet in the Quarter Ende of Herdecke, Germany; Breitenfurt-Ostende, a hamlet in Breitenfurt bei Wien, Austria; Playa de Ostende, a beach in Castro-Urdiales, Spain; see Punta de los Cuervos
France had occupied the Austrian Netherlands (a territory roughly corresponding to the borders of modern Belgium) during 1792 and 1793 in the Flanders Campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars. During the War of the Fifth Coalition , Napoleon Bonaparte expected a British assault from the sea on the port of Ostend, and the fort was constructed ...