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Zaanse Schans

Zaanse Schans is an old village turned tourist attraction. It's got the best (cliches) the Netherlands has to offer: cows, sheep, green fields, low lands, windmills, cheese farms, a clog factory, and hordes of Asian tourists.

Strasbourg Noël 2006 V

Strasbourg Noël 2006 IV

Every year, the Christmas tree on Place Kleber is supposed to be the tallest in Europe... amazing!

Strasbourg Noël 2006 III

Strasbourg Noël 2006 II

Strasbourg Noël 2006

Rotterdam Skyline

Skyscrapers on the Holland-Amerika kade (quay, named after the Holland-America Line), with among others the Montevideo Tower, and World Port Centre, which houses the Port of Rotterdam authority.


'Boompjes' apartment buildings

Nationale Nederlanden Building (currently tallest in the Netherlands)

Skyline of Rotterdam : the grey monument stands tribute to the bombarded city during WWII

City centre: shopping area, with WTC Building (green) at the back