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Dutch cities: interesting facts

Select the town/city in the Netherlands which matches each description.
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Last updated: June 22, 2024
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This national capital is built on a foundation of over a million wooden poles, and has 1,200 bridges.
Philips Sport Vereniging, the football team from this North Brabant city, won the 1988 European Cup.
A New York district was named after this North Holland provincial capital, which is a big tulip-growing centre.
Located on the river Aa, this southern city's name means "Broad Aa".
15th century psychedelic artist Heironymous Bosch was from this adminstrative centre of North Brabant.
This northern city in Holland has the world's largest pub.
The capital of Limburg province, this old city hosted the EC conference which launched the EU.
This central city dates back to the construction of a Roman fort called Traiectum in 50 AD.
In 1944, 35,000 Allied troops landed here by parachute and gliders in what was then the largest airborne operation in history.
The capital of South Holland, this is the seat of government and of the International Criminal Court.
Founded in 98 AD, the Romans called this ancient city Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum.
The actual Dutch name of this town begins "Hoek van...". It has a nudist beach, and adjacent towns include Monster and Maassluis.
This Overijssel city's football team, Twente, won the Dutch league in 2010.
This large city is home to Europe's biggest port (the world's biggest outside Asia).
The locals here turned the tide in the Eighty Years War by opening dyke floodgates, causing the Spanish invaders to flee.
Alkmaar
Amsterdam
Arnhem
Breda
Eindhoven
Enschede
Groningen
Haarlem
Hook of Holland
Maastricht
Nijmegen
Rotterdam
s'Hertogenbosch
The Hague
Utrecht
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