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  2. Date and time notation in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    For instance 05:35 is "5 over half 6" (literally "5 past half to 6") and 05:20 is "tien voor half 6" (literally "10 to half to 6"). When the 24-hour clock is used in spoken language, which is not quite common, usually the written form is pronounced with the hours as a number, the word " uur " (hour) and the minutes as a number.

  3. EenVandaag - Wikipedia

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    Eén Vandaag initially aired on Nederland 2 as Twee Vandaag and was launched in 1993 as a joint-production between the pillar broadcasters TROS, the EO and Veronica. Up until that point, the three companies had produced their own weekly current affairs programmes - TROS Aktua, Tijdsein (EO) and Nieuwslijn (Veronica). Since then, the roll-call ...

  4. Time in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    On 1 May 1909, a government decree stipulated that the entirety of the Netherlands (including the Dutch railways) would be required by law to observe Amsterdam Time. [2] Daylight saving time was first attempted on 1 May 1916; the clock moved forwards one hour at 00:00 to UTC+01:19:32.13, and moved back on 1 October at 00:00. [6]

  5. Algemeen Dagblad - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    The Dutch are the tallest people in the world, by nationality, [202] with an average height of 1.81 metres (5 ft 11.3 in) for men and 1.67 metres (5 ft 5.7 in) for women in 2009. [203] The average height of young men in the Netherlands increased from 5 feet, 4 inches to approximately 6 feet between the 1850s until the early 2000s.

  7. Afsluitdijk - Wikipedia

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    The Afsluitdijk (literally translated: shut-off-dyke) was completed in 1932, thereby shutting off the Zuiderzee (lit: Southern Sea) from the North Sea. [4] Until then, the Zuiderzee had been a large bay south of the North Sea which gave maritime access to five provinces of The Netherlands, and particularly during the Dutch Golden Age provided a protected entrance and exit for the harbour of ...

  8. Een dagje naar het strand - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Beach at Scheveningen in Stormy Weather - Wikipedia

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    The work measures 34.5 by 51 centimetres (13.6 in × 20.1 in). It was catalogued as "F4" in Jacob Baart de la Faille's 1928 The Works of Vincent van Gogh and as "JH187" in Jan Hulsker's 1978 The Complete Van Gogh. The painting was stored at the Van Gogh family house in Breda. Along with many early other works, it was left behind in the attic ...