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Schin op Geul was home to 92 people in 1840. [6] In 1853, the Schin op Geul railway station opened on the Aachen to Maastricht railway line. In 1915, a railway line to Heerlen was added. The line to Aachen closed in 1992. [7] It served by Veolia. Schin op Geul was a separate municipality until 1940, when it was merged with Valkenburg. [8]
People reading Algemeen Handelsblad. The Algemeen Handelsblad was an influential Amsterdam-based liberal daily newspaper published between 1828 and 1970. It was founded in 1828 [4] by J.W. van den Biesen, a stockbroker. [10]
Een dagje naar het strand (Dutch pronunciation: [ən ˈdɑxjə naːr ət ˈstrɑnt]; A Little Day at the Beach) is a 1984 Dutch film directed by Theo van Gogh, based on a 1962 book by Dutch author Heere Heeresma. The soundtrack was made by Willem van Ekeren.
Maastrichtian (Limburgish: Mestreechs [məˈstʀeːxs]) or Maastrichtian Limburgish (Limburgish: Mestreechs-Limbörgs [məˌstʀeːxsˈlimbœʀəxs]) is the dialect and variant of Limburgish spoken in the Dutch city of Maastricht alongside the Dutch language (with which it is not mutually intelligible).
The Caribbean Netherlands has a total area of 328 km 2 (127 sq mi) [115] It lies between latitudes 50° and 54° N, and longitudes 3° and 8° E. The Netherlands is geographically very low relative to sea level and is considered a flat country, with about 26% of its area [ 15 ] and 21% of its population [ 116 ] below sea level.
There are twelve provinces (Dutch: provincies [proːˈvɪnsis] ⓘ or provinciën [proːˈvɪnsijə(n)] ⓘ; sing. provincie [ˌproːˈvɪnsi] ⓘ) of the Netherlands representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local governments, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.
Algemeen Dagblad was founded in 1946. The paper is published in tabloid format and is headquartered in Rotterdam.Its regional focus includes the cities and regions around Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague. [1]
In 484, Peroz I (r. 459–484) was defeated and killed by a Hephthalite [a] army near Balkh. [6] [7] His army was completely destroyed, and his body was never found. [8]Four of his sons and brothers had also died. [9]