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Aalborg
Aalborg (or Ålborg) (Danish pronunciation: [ˈʌlb̥ɒːˀ] (
listen)) is a Danish industrial and university city in North Jutland. The city of Aalborg has a population of 104,885 (126,556 including Nørresundby) making it the fourth largest city in Denmark in terms of population. The municipality of Aalborg has a population of 201,142 (2012) making it the third most populous municipality in the country after Copenhagen and Århus. The earliest settlements date back to around AD 700. Aalborg's location by the Limfjord made it an important harbour during the Middle Ages, and an industrial centre later. Today, the city is in transition from a working-class industrial city to a knowledge-based one.
Aalborg traces its history back over 1000 years. It was originally settled as a trading post because of its position on the Limfjord. The sites of what were two settlements and a visible burial ground can be seen on Lindholm Høje, a hill overlooking the city. The sizes of these settlements emphasise the significance of this place as a crossroads. The first mention of Aalborg under its original name Alabu, is found on a coin dated to 1040. An alternative spelling is Alebu and an approximate translation of the name is The (dwelling) place by the stream.
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Almere
Almere (Dutch pronunciation: [ɑɫ.ˈmɪː.rə] ( listen)) is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises the districts Almere Stad, Almere Haven, Almere Buiten, Almere Hout, Almere Poort (under construction) and Almere Pampus (design phase).
Almere is the youngest city in the Netherlands: the first house was finished in 1976, and Almere became a municipality in 1984. It is the largest municipality in Flevoland with 191,495 citizens (9 May 2011), and the 7th largest in the Netherlands. In October 2007, the city council of Almere made agreements with the government to expand the city to 350,000 inhabitants by 2030.
The original plans for the IJsselmeerpolders saw the land being used for agriculture. However, after World War II housing was needed for the rapidly growing population of Amsterdam and two towns were planned in the polders Oostelijk Flevoland and Zuidelijk Flevoland. The town in Oostelijk Flevoland became Lelystad. The town in Zuidelijk Flevoland was still called Zuidweststad (English: South West City) on the first sketches, but in the 1970s it became called Almere, named after the early medieval name of the Zuiderzee. The first house in Almere was finished in 1976. At that time the town was still controlled by the Openbaar Lichaam Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders (Z.IJ.P.), with a Landdrost. In 1984 Almere became an official municipality. Originally, Almere was envisioned as a town with multiple centres. This idea was later abandoned in favor of allowing neighbourhoods like Tussen de Vaarten to be built. There is also a difference between the way houses are built in the oldest and the newest parts of the city. The housing plan in Almere in the 1970s was basic functionality and a levelling of social status. However, starting in the 1990s more exclusive homes with striking designs were built (e.g., in the Regenboogbuurt).
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Almere Buiten
Almere Buiten is a district in the municipality of Almere in the Dutch province of Flevoland. The district houses 49.552 (2006) residents.
Almere Buiten is made up of the following neighbourhoods: Bloemenbuurt, Bouwmeesterbuurt, Eilandenbuurt, Faunabuurt, Landgoederenbuurt, Molenbuurt, Oostvaardersbuurt, Regenboogbuurt, Stripheldenbuurt, Seizoenenbuurt, Indische buurt and Sieradenbuurt. De Vaart, Buitenvaart and Poldervlak are industrial areas.
Almere Buiten also has two secondary schools, het Oostvaarders College and Buitenhout College. The Oostvaarders College won the national prize for education in 2007.
Coordinates: 52°23′42″N 5°16′34″E / 52.395°N 5.276°E / 52.395; 5.276
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Almere Haven
Almere Haven is the oldest part of Almere. Although Almere Haven does not have its own railway station, it is well-connected to Amsterdam and the rest of Almere by a good bus rapid transit system.
Almere Haven has a small harbour with ferry connections to the Dutch mainland, and is surrounded by large forests of poplars containing buzzards, foxes, small deer, and owls. The closest forests are Het Beginbos and Waterlandsebos.
Almere Haven features the most idealistic architecture in Almere, when the goal was to build a model city on the newly reclaimed land of Flevoland. The city was planned before increasing population pressure in Almere and rising property prices caused compromises on the original vision.
All housing developments are built to provide views of greenery and open spaces, and each group of houses is clustered around a little park, usually with easy access to the surrounding forests, so residents of Almere Haven do not have the sense of living in a crowded urban area.
Almere Haven does not have the inconveniences of busy traffic, car pollution, and road noise because all roads are cul-de-sacs connecting to a well-hidden ring road that provides the only car access in and out of Almere Haven. The bus road system also forms a ring and most residents are no more than a few minutes walk from a bus stop.
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Almere Poort
Almere Poort is a district (stadsdeel) of the city and municipality of Almere in the province of Flevoland in the Netherlands. It is the newest part of what is a new city itself, with the first building completed only in 2005. Although Almere is a planned city, the district of Almere Poort was not in the original city plans, but is rather a result of revised urban planning in accordance to Almere's more recent development plans assuming much higher target population and more prominent role as a satellite urban centre to Amsterdam.
Almere Poort is located on the western bank of the IJmeer, with the Almeerderstrand beach forming the district's (as well as municipality's and province's) western boundary. It borders Almere Haven to the south, Almere Stad to the east and the yet-undeveloped (as of 2012) designated district of Almere Pampus to the North. The A6 motorway runs along the district's southern border, with two exits at Poortdreef and Hogering, the latter of which runs along the eastern border. The Flevolijn railway line runs semi-diagonally accross the district, which is to be served by the planned Almere Poort railway station situated on it. The temporary Almere Strand railway station, which is serviced only during events at Almeerderstrand, is also within the boundaries of Almere Poort.
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Almere Stad
Almere Stad is a district of the city Almere in the Dutch province Flevoland.
The first houses in Almere Stad were finished in 1980. Nowadays there are several residential areas, offices, industrial areas, parks, and a lake. The city hall as well as a regional hospital are located in Almere Stad.
In March 2006, the first shops in the new city centre were opened. This new city centre has been designed by Rem Koolhaas [1] and hosts an attractive waterfront, a state of the art cinema, a theatre, several retail outlets, restaurants and apartments. Almere also has the best library of the country.
[(Dutch) http://www.almerestadchatbox.nl/ (Chatbox and forum for people in Almere)]
Coordinates: 52°22′36″N 5°12′58″E / 52.37667°N 5.21611°E / 52.37667; 5.21611
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam (English /ˈæmstərdæm/; Dutch: [ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ( listen)) is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The city's status as the capital of the nation is governed by the constitution. Amsterdam has a population of 790,654 within city limits, an urban population of 1,209,419 and a metropolitan population of 2,289,762. The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. It comprises the northern part of the Randstad, one of the larger conurbations in Europe, with a population of approximately 7 million.
Amsterdam's name is derived from Amstelredamme, indicative of the city's origin: a dam in the river Amstel. Settled as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important ports in the world during the Dutch Golden Age, a result of its innovative developments in trade. During that time, the city was the leading center for finance and diamonds. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded, and many new neighborhoods and suburbs were formed. The 17th-century canals of Amsterdam (in Dutch: 'Grachtengordel'), located in the heart of Amsterdam, were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in July 2010.
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Bussum
Bussum (
pronunciation (help·info)) is a commuter town and municipality in the Het Gooi region in the South East of the province of North Holland in the Netherlands.
Bussum has 32.483 inhabitants (as of 1 April 2011, source: CBS) residing on an area of only 8 km².
For a long time Bussum was not more than a hamlet situated amongst the heathlands of Het Gooi and was first mentioned in 1306. In this time, Bussum was a large heathland with many small farms, sheep pens and forests as is shown on old maps. Since Bussum is situated near the fortified town Naarden it was governed by Naarden from 1369 onward. In 1470 Bussum was inhabited by about 250 people, which made it the smallest village in Het Gooi.
Bussum became independent from Naarden in 1817, yet it was not until the arrival of a railway line in 1874 that Bussum began to flourish. Two train stations were built in the town, that still exist today: Naarden-Bussum and Bussum Zuid (Dutch for Bussum South), both on the connection between Amsterdam and Hilversum. The stations and the road network fostered the town's status as a satellite town of Amsterdam, allowing for reverse commute also to Hilversum. From 1898 until 1907, Bussum housed the first Dutch socialist colony after the example of Thoreau's Walden, set up by the writer and psychiatrist Frederik van Eeden. In 1951, Bussum hosted the first Dutch national TV broadcast and the national TV studios were located there until 1964.
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic (
i/ˈtʃɛk/ CHEK;Czech: Česká republika, pronounced [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka] ( listen), short form Česko Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛskɔ]) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the north, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. Its capital and largest city, with 1.3 million inhabitants, is Prague.
It is a pluralist multi-party parliamentary representative democracy, a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group.
The Czech state, formerly known as Bohemia, was formed in the late 9th century as a small duchy around Prague, at that time under dominance of the powerful Great Moravian Empire (which reached its greatest territorial extent during the reign of Svatopluk I from the House of Mojmír). After the fall of the Empire in 907, the centre of power was transferred from Moravia to Bohemia, under the Přemyslids. During the rule of Přemyslid dukes/kings and their successors, the Luxembourgs, the country reached its greatest territorial extent (13th–14th century). Life in the country was significantly affected by the Hussite wars, during which it faced economic embargo and crusades from all over Europe. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy as one of its three principal parts alongside the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. The Bohemian Revolt (1618–20) led to the further centralization of the monarchy including forced recatholization and Germanization. During radical reforms in the 18th century the Bohemian Crown was even de facto abolished (1749). In the 19th century the Czech lands became the industrial powerhouse of the monarchy and the core of the Republic of Czechoslovakia which was formed in 1918, following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire after World War I.
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Denmark
The Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: Kongeriget Danmark, pronounced [ˈkɔŋəʁiːəð ˈdanmɑɡ̊] ( listen)) is a constitutional monarchy and sovereign state consisting the country of Denmark in northern Europe and two autonomous constituent countries, the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland in North America. The kingdom is a unitary state with some power being devolved from Denmark proper to Greenland and the Faroe Islands; this polity is referred to as the Danish Realm. Denmark proper is the hegemonial area, where judicial, executive, and legislative power resides. The Faroe Islands are defined to be a community of people within the kingdom, and the Greenlandic people are defined as a separate people with the right to self-determination.
Denmark is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, located southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland and many islands, most notably Zealand, Funen, Lolland, Falster and Bornholm, as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago.
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Dmitrov
Dmitrov (Russian: Дми́тров; IPA: [ˈdmʲitrəf]) is a town and the administrative center of Dmitrovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 65 kilometres (40 mi) to the north of Moscow on the Yakhroma River and the Moscow Canal. Population: 61,454 (2010 Census preliminary results); 62,219 (2002 Census); 65,237 (1989 Census).
Dmitrov was founded by Yuri Dolgoruky in 1154 deep in the woods at the site where his son Vsevolod was born. Its name is explained by the fact that Vsevolod's patron saint was Saint Demetrius.
In the 13th century, the town marked a point where converged the borders of Muscovy, Tver, and Pereslavl-Zalessky. The town itself belonged to the princes of Galich-Mersky, located much to the north, until 1364, when it was incorporated into Muscovy. Both Dmitry Donskoy and his grandson Vasily II granted Dmitrov as an appanage to their younger sons, so the town was a capital of a tiny principality. In 1374, it achieved town status.
The reign of Ivan III's son Yury Ivanovich (1503–1533) inaugurated the golden age of Dmitrov. It is during his reign that the black-domed Assumption Cathedral in the kremlin and a smaller monastery cathedral of Sts. Boris and Gleb were built. Thereafter, the town passed to Yuri's brother, Andrey of Staritsa. In 1569, it was seized from Vladimir of Staritsa, added to the Oprichnina and consequently declined. The town suffered further damage during the Time of Troubles, when it was ransacked by the Poles.
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Dronten
Dronten ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands. Its population is 39,787 (1 December 2009).
Plans for the municipality of Dronten were made in the early half of the 1950s; real plans for the town of Dronten (the municipality's center) were revealed in 1958.
The foundations for the town were laid in 1960. Right from the start there was a discussion whether Dronten was to become a town or a city. The first plans assumed 15,000 inhabitants, while later plans foresaw a growth to 30,000 inhabitants. The first plans for the municipality assumed ten smaller villages situated around the central town (in this case Dronten). The number of villages was reduced due to increased traffic and experiences gained in developing the Noordoostpolder, where a similar municipality had already been built. Eventually it was decided there were to be two smaller villages (Biddinghuizen and Swifterbant) and one larger town (Dronten).
On 1 January 1972 Dronten was given its official name.
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Estonia
Estonia
i/ɨsˈtoʊniə/ (Estonian: Eesti), officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik), is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by Lake Peipus and the Russian Federation (338.6 km). Across the Baltic Sea lies Sweden in the west and Finland in the north. The territory of Estonia covers 45,227 km2 (17,462 sq mi), and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. The Estonians are a Finnic people, and the official language, Estonian, is closely related to Finnish.
Estonia is a democratic parliamentary republic divided into 15 counties. The capital and largest city is Tallinn. With a population of 1.29 million, it is one of the least-populous members of the European Union, Eurozone and NATO. Estonia has the highest GDP per person among former Soviet republics. Estonia is listed as a "High-Income Economy" by the World Bank and as an "advanced economy" by the International Monetary Fund; the country is an OECD member. The United Nations lists Estonia as a developed country with a Human Development Index of "Very High". The country is also ranked highly for press freedom, economic freedom, democracy and political freedom and education.
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Flevoland
Flevoland [ˈfleɪ̯.vo.ˌlɑnt] ( listen) is a province of the Netherlands. Located in the centre of the country, at the location of the former Zuiderzee, the province was established on January 1, 1986; the twelfth province of the country, with Lelystad as its capital. The province has approximately 394,758 inhabitants (2011[update]) and consists of 6 municipalities.
After a flood in 1916, it was decided that the Zuiderzee, an inland sea within the Netherlands, would be enclosed and reclaimed: the Zuiderzee Works started. In 1932, the Afsluitdijk was completed, which closed off the sea completely. The Zuiderzee was subsequently called IJsselmeer (lake at the end of the river IJssel).
The first part of the new lake that was reclaimed was the Noordoostpolder (Northeast polder). This new land included the former islands of Urk and Schokland and it was included in the province of Overijssel. After this, other parts were reclaimed: the Southeastern part in 1957 and the Southwestern part in 1968. There was an important change in these post-war projects from the earlier Noordoostpolder reclamation: a narrow body of water was preserved along the old coast to stabilise the water table and to prevent coastal towns from losing their access to the sea. Thus Flevopolder became an artificial island joined to the mainland by bridges. The municipalities on the three parts voted to become a separate province, which happened in 1986. At Flevoland there is a large mediumwave broadcasting facility called Mediumwave transmitter Flevoland.
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Germany
Germany (i/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.
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Ghana
Ghanai/ˈɡɑːnə/ is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The word Ghana means "Warrior King" and is derived from the ancient Ghana Empire.
Ghana was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient predominantly Akan kingdoms, including the inland Ashanti Empire, the Akwamu, the Akyem, the Bonoman, the Denkyira, and the Fante among others. Non-Akan states created by the Ga also existed as did states by the Dagomba. Prior to contact with Europeans trade between the Akan and various African states flourished due to Akan's gold wealth. Trade with European states began after contact with the Portuguese in the 15th century, and the British established the Gold Coast Crown colony in 1874 over parts but not all of the country.
The Gold Coast achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957, becoming the First sub-Saharan African nation to do so from European Colonialism. The name Ghana was chosen for the new nation to reflect the ancient Empire of Ghana, which once extended throughout much of west Africa.
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Haapsalu
Haapsalu (German and Swedish: Hapsal; Finnish: Haapasalo) is a seaside resort town located on the west coast of Estonia. It's the administrative centre of Lääne County and has a population of 11,618 (as of 1 January 2010).
Haapsalu has been well known for centuries for its warm seawater, curative mud and peaceful atmosphere. Narrow streets with early 20th century wooden houses repeatedly lead to the sea. Haapsalu has been called the "Venice of the Baltics", although this positioning has been criticized as exaggerating. The name "Haapsalu" is from Estonian haab 'aspen' and salu 'grove.'
The town dates back to 1279, when it was chartered and became the centre of the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek, which it remained for the next 300 years. Buildings from those early days remain today, including an episcopal castle which has the largest single-nave cathedral in the Baltic states, Haapsalu Castle.
For many years, locals have claimed that the sea mud has a curative effect. A military doctor, Carl Abraham Hunnius, founded the first mud cure resort in 1825. News of the curative mud quickly reached the aristocracy of Saint Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire. Ever since then, Haapsalu has been a popular summer destination where people from all around the world come for medical treatment. Today, there are three mud cure establishments in Haapsalu varying in size and location.
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Harderwijk
Harderwijk (help·info) (Dutch Low Saxon: Harderwiek) is a municipality and a small city in the eastern Netherlands.
Harderwijk received city rights from Count Otto II of Guelders in 1231. A defensive wall surrounding the city was completed by the end of that century. The oldest part of the city is near where the streets Hoogstraat and Grote Poortstraat are today. Around 1315 the city was expanded southwards, which included the construction of what is now called the Grote Kerk (Large Church). A second, northward expansion took place around 1425. Particularly along the west side of town much of the wall still exists, although often not in entirely original form. This also goes for the only remaining city gate, the picturesque Vischpoort.
Between 1648 and 1811 the University of Harderwijk operated in the city. Carolus Linnaeus graduated at this university. The university, together with the universities of Zutphen and Franeker was abolished by Napoleon.
Harderwijk was a member of the Hanseatic League. It lies on what used to be the Zuider Zee shore (Southern Sea, now the IJsselmeer) and consequently its economy was strongly based on fishing and seafaring in general. This dramatically changed after 1932, when the Zuiderzee was cut off from the North Sea for safety reasons. Because of this, there are few fishing boats remaining in the harbour these days, which is now mainly home to yachts. An annual event illustrating the former importantance of the fishing industry to Harderwijk is Aaltjesdag, which translates to Eel day. Fish can still be bought at stands and restaurants on the boulevard throughout the year except for the winter months. Tourists are common customers, while local people no longer make their living from the fisheries.
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Hilversum
Coordinates: 52°14′N 5°11′E / 52.23°N 5.18°E / 52.23; 5.18
Hilversum (help·info) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Located in the region called "'t Gooi", it is the largest town in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller villages. Hilversum is part of the Randstad, one of the largest conurbations in Europe.
Hilversum lies 30 km (19 mi) south-east of Amsterdam and 20 km (12 mi) north of Utrecht.
The town is often called "media city" since it is the principal centre for radio and television broadcasting in the Netherlands. Radio Netherlands, heard worldwide via shortwave radio since the 1920s, is also based here. Hilversum is home to an extensive complex of audio and television studios belonging to the national broadcast production company NOS, as well as to the studios and offices of all the Dutch public broadcasting organizations and many commercial TV production companies. As a result many old radio sets in Britain had a "Hilversum” dial position marked on their tuning scales (along with other exotic locations like Athlone).
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Kumasi
Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie[2]) is a city in southern central Ghana's Ashanti region. It is located near Lake Bosomtwe, in the Rain Forest Region about 250 kilometres (160 mi) (by road) northwest of Accra. Kumasi is approximately 300 miles (480 km) north of the Equator and 100 miles (160 km) north of the Gulf of Guinea. It is popularly known as "The Garden City" or "heart beat" of Ghana because of its many beautiful species of flowers and plants.
There is evidence that the area around Kumasi has been kept cleared since the Neolithic age.[citation needed] The city rose to prominence in 1695 when it became capital of the Ashanti Confederacy due to the activities of its ruler Osei Tutu. The ruler of Kumasi, known as the Asantehene, also served as ruler of the Confederacy. With their 1701 victory over Denkyira the Asante confederacy became the primary state among the Twi speaking Akan peoples. After this victory, the Ashanti became allies of the Dutch, who were based in Elmina. After the cession of the Dutch Gold Coast to the Fante-allied British in 1872, parts of Kumasi, including the Royal Palace, were destroyed by British troops in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War of 1874.
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Lelystad
Lelystad ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, and it is the capital of the province of Flevoland. The city, built on reclaimed land, was founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who engineered the Afsluitdijk, making the reclamation possible. Lelystad is approximately 5 metres (16 ft) below sea level.
Lelystad is the largest municipality in the Netherlands in area, but a large part of that area is water: Markermeer and IJsselmeer. Another major area is the internationally famous nature park of Oostvaardersplassen, which arose naturally when the polder of South Flevoland was drained. Lelystad is also surrounded by a square of woodlands and parks and flat farmland. The location of the city makes weather and skies especially beautiful[citation needed]. The importance of the landscape and sky is emphasized by several pieces of land art: engineers' work and works such as the Observatorium by Robert Morris (see below).
Lelystad has several tourist attractions, including:
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Milton Keynes
Coordinates: 52°02′10″N 0°46′12″W / 52.036°N 0.770°W / 52.036; -0.770
Milton Keynes (i/ˌmɪltən ˈkiːnz/ mil-tən-KEENZ), sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, about 45 miles (72 km) south-east of Leicester and 49 miles (79 km) north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes. It was formally designated as a new town on 23 January 1967, with the design brief to become a 'city' in scale.
At designation, its 89 km2 (34 sq mi) area incorporated the existing towns of Bletchley, Wolverton and Stony Stratford along with another fifteen villages and farmland in between. It took its name from the existing village of Milton Keynes, a few miles east of the planned centre.
At the 2001 census the population of the Milton Keynes urban area, including the adjacent Newport Pagnell, was 184,506, and that of the wider borough, which has been a unitary authority independent of Buckinghamshire County Council since 1997, was 207,063 (compared with a population of around 53,000 for the same area in 1961). The Borough’s population in 2009 is estimated to be nearly 241,000, with almost all the increase arising in the urban area.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands (i/ˈnɛðərləndz/; Dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdə(r)lɑnt] or [ˈneɪ̯də(r)lɑnt] (
listen); West Frisian: Nederlân; Papiamento: Hulanda) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with some islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. It is a parliamentary democracy organised as a unitary state. The country capital is Amsterdam and the seat of government is The Hague. The Netherlands in its entirety is often referred to as Holland, although North and South Holland are actually only two of its twelve provinces (a case of pars pro toto; see terminology of "the Netherlands").
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Noordoostpolder
Noordoostpolder ([ˈnɔːr.toʊ̯st.ˌpɔɫ.dər] ( listen), English: North-East Polder) is a municipality in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. Formerly, it was also called Urker Land. Emmeloord is the administrative center, located in the heart of the Noordoostpolder. The municipality has the largest land area in the Netherlands. (Lelystad and Terschelling both technically have more total area, but in both cases it is mostly water area.)
For history see Zuiderzee Works.
Bant, Creil, Emmeloord, Ens, Espel, Kraggenburg, Luttelgeest, Marknesse, Nagele, Rutten, and Tollebeek.
The former island of Schokland, is now a museum.
The former island of Urk, in the southwest, now surrounded by the Noordoostpolder, is a separate municipality.
There are no railway stations on the Noordoostpolder, but the nearest stations are in Kampen, Steenwijk and Lelystad.
UNESCO World Heritage sites located in/near the Noordoostpolder:
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Port Sudan
Port Sudan (Arabic: بورتسودان Būr Sūdān) is the capital of Red Sea State, Sudan; it has 489,725 residents (2007). Located on the Red Sea, it is the Republic of Sudan's main port city.
Port Sudan was founded by the British in 1909 as the terminus of a rail linking the Red Sea to the River Nile. It served as a new modern port to replace Sawakin. The railroad was used to transport the nation's cotton and sesame seed, as well as sorghum, from the agriculturally rich areas of the Nile valley to markets.
Port Sudan is known among tourists for its excellent scuba-diving and beaches. Tourists, as well as far larger numbers of Muslim pilgrims en route to undertake their once-in-a-lifetime Hajj to Mecca, use Port Sudan as a departure point to cross the Red Sea to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
The harbour is in the mouth of a gulf continuing seaward through a coral-free channel 18–26 meters (60–85 ft) deep. Imports include machinery, vehicles, fuel oil, and building materials. Cotton, gum arabic, oilseeds, hides and skins, and senna are the chief exports. Port Sudan has an oil refinery to handle the petroleum from onshore wells, as well as an oil pipeline to Khartoum that was completed in 1977.
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Russia
Russiai/ˈrʌʃə/ or /ˈrʊʃə/ (Russian: Россия, tr. Rossiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə] ( listen)), also officially known as the Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə] ( listen)), is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, and the US state of Alaska by the Bering Strait. At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is also the eighth most populous nation with 143 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning nine time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources and is the largest producer of oil and natural gas globally. Russia has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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Sudan
Sudan (i/suːˈdæn/ or /suːˈdɑːn/;Arabic: السودان, as-Sūdān), officially the Republic of the Sudan (Arabic: جمهورية السودان, Jumhūrīyat as-Sūdān), sometimes called North Sudan, is an Arab state in North Africa (sometimes also considered to be part of the Middle East). It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest. The population of Sudan is a combination of indigenous inhabitants of Nile Valley, and descendants of migrants from the Arabian Peninsula. Due to the process of Arabisation common throughout the rest of the Arab World, today Arab culture predominates in Sudan. The majority of the population of Sudan adheres to Islam. The Nile divides the country between east and west sides.
The people of Sudan have a long history extending from antiquity which is intertwined with the history of Egypt. Sudan suffered seventeen years of civil war during the First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972) followed by ethnic, religious and economic conflicts between the Muslim Arab northern Sudanese and the mostly animist and Christian Nilotes of Southern Sudan. This led to the Second Sudanese Civil War in 1983. Because of continuing political and military struggles, Sudan was seized in a bloodless coup d'état by colonel Omar al-Bashir in 1989, who thereafter proclaimed himself President of Sudan. The civil war ended with the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement which granted autonomy to what was then the southern region of the country. Following a referendum held in January 2011, South Sudan seceded on 9 July 2011 with the consent of Sudan's President al-Bashir.
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Sweden
Sweden (i/ˈswiːdən/ SWEE-dən; Swedish: Sverige [ˈsværjɛ] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige (help·info)), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Øresund.
At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union by area, with a total population of about 9.4 million. Sweden has a low population density of 21 inhabitants per square kilometre (54 /sq mi) with the population mostly concentrated to the southern half of the country. About 85% of the population live in urban areas. Sweden's capital city is Stockholm, which is also the largest city.
Sweden emerged as an independent and unified country during the Middle Ages. In the 17th century, the country expanded its territories to form the Swedish Empire. The empire grew to be one of the great powers of Europe in the 17th and early 18th century. Most of the conquered territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were lost during the 18th and 19th centuries. The eastern half of Sweden, present-day Finland, was lost to Russia in 1809. The last war in which Sweden was directly involved was in 1814, when Sweden by military means forced Norway into a personal union. Since then, Sweden has been at peace, practicing "non-participation in military alliances during peacetime and neutrality during wartime". However, Sweden has been a member of the European Union since 1 January 1995 and is a member of the OECD.
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Tainan
Tainan is a city in southern Taiwan. It is the fifth largest city of Taiwan, one of special municipalities directly under the Executive Yuan by central government of the ROC. Tainan faces the Taiwan Strait in the west and south. Tainan's complex history of comebacks, redefinitions and renewals inspired its popular nickname "the Phoenix City."
Tainan was initially established by the Dutch East India Company as a ruling and trading base which called Fort Zeelandia during the period of Dutch rule on Taiwan. After Dutch colonists were defeated by Koxinga in 1661, Tainan was remained as the capital of the Tungning Kingdom until 1683 and afterwards the capital of Taiwan prefecture under the rule of Qing Dynasty until 1887, when the Qing Dynasty established Taipei as the new provincial capital. Tainan has been historically regarded as one of the oldest cities in Taiwan, and its former name, Tayouan (大員), has been claimed to be the source of the name Taiwan. It is also one of Taiwan's cultural capitals, for its rich folk cultures including the famous local snack food, extensively preserved Taoist rites and other living local traditions covering child birth to funeral. The city houses the first Confucian school–temple, built in 1665, the remains of the Eastern and Southern gates of the old city, and countless other historical monuments. Tainan claims more Buddhist and Taoist temples than any other city in Taiwan.
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Taiwan
Taiwan (i/ˌtaɪˈwɑːn/ TY-WAHN; Chinese: 臺灣 or 台灣; pinyin: Táiwān; see below), officially the Republic of China (ROC; Chinese: 中華民國; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó), is a state in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China now governs the island of Taiwan (formerly known as Formosa), which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other minor islands. Neighboring states include the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east and northeast, and the Philippines to the south. Taipei is the capital city and economic and cultural centre of the country, and New Taipei is the most populous city.
The earliest evidence of inhabitation of Taiwan dates back to the late Paleolithic era. The island of Taiwan was mainly inhabited by Taiwanese aborigines before being colonized in the 17th century by the Dutch and the Spanish Empire. The first Han Chinese polity on Taiwan began when Koxinga's troops defeated Dutch forces and established the Kingdom of Tungning. The island was subsequently ruled by the Qing Dynasty after the kingdom's defeat in the Battle of Penghu in 1683, a period that lasted for over 200 years. Following Japan's victory over the Qing Dynasty in the first Sino-Japanese war, Taiwan was ceded to Japan under the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.
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Urk
Urk ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands.
Urk is first mentioned in historical records dating to the 10th century, when it was still an island in the Almere, a lake that would become part of the Zuiderzee in the 13th century after a series of incursions by the North Sea. In 1939, a dike from the mainland to Urk ended the town's island status, just as the Afsluitdijk project was changing the salt water Zuiderzee surrounding Urk to the less saline IJsselmeer. Later in the 20th century, seabed areas surrounding Urk were reclaimed from the sea and became the Noordoostpolder.
The mainstay of the town's economy has always been fishing, and the products of the sea coming in through Urk's harbor continue to be exported widely, although today Urk's fishing boats must travel greater distances to gather them than was required in most historical periods. Religious life has also traditionally been very important to Urk's inhabitants, with active, conservative congregations of the Dutch Reformed denominations playing key roles in the life of the community.
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Utrecht
Utrecht (/ˈjuːtrɛkt/; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈytrɛxt] ( listen)) city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 316,448 on 1 February 2012.
Utrecht's ancient city centre features many buildings and structures from the Early Middle Ages. It has been the religious centre of the Netherlands since the eighth century. Currently it is the see of the Archbishop of Utrecht, the most important Dutch Roman Catholic leader. Utrecht is also the see of the archbishop of the Old Catholic church, titular head of the Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic), and the location of the offices of the main Protestant church. Until the Dutch Golden Age Utrecht was the city of most importance of the Netherlands until Amsterdam became its cultural and most populous centre.
Utrecht is host to Utrecht University, the largest university of the Netherlands, as well as several other institutes for higher education. Due to its central position within the country, it is an important transport hub for both rail and road transport. It has the second highest number of cultural events in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam.
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Växjö
Växjö ([ˈvɛkːˈɧøː]) is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 60,887 inhabitants in 2010. It is the administrative, cultural and industrial centre of Kronoberg County. Furthermore it is the episcopal see of the Diocese of Växjö. It has a population of about 64,200, out of a municipal total of 83,000 inhabitants. The town is home to Linnaeus University.
The city's name is believed to be constructed from the words "väg" (road) and "sjö" (lake), meaning the road over the frozen Växjö Lake that farmers took in the winter to get to the marketplace that later became the city.
In contrast to what was believed a century ago, there is no evidence of a special pre-Christian significance of the site. The pagan cultic center of Värend may have been located at Hov, a village nearby.
Even though the city has been an Episcopal see since the 12th century, it did not get its city charter until 1342, issued by Magnus Eriksson. During the Middle Ages Växjö did not have many pious institutions. A Franciscan monastery was established in 1485. There was a hospital of the Holy Ghost, first mentioned in 1318. In the 14th century Växjö got its first school, Växjö katedralskola, that was much visited. By 1643 it received gymnasium status.
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Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl (Russian: Яросла́вль; IPA: [jɪrɐˈslavlʲ]) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 250 kilometers (160 mi) northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities northeast of Moscow that has played an important role in Russian history. Population: 591,486 (2010 Census preliminary results); 613,088 (2002 Census); 632,991 (1989 Census).
The city lies in the eastern portion of Yaroslavl Oblast. The nearest large towns are Tutayev (34 kilometers or 21 miles to the northwest), Gavrilov-Yam (37 kilometers or 23 miles to the south), and Nerekhta (47 kilometers or 29 miles to the southeast). The historic center of Yaroslavl lies to the north of the mouth of the Kotorosl River on the right bank of the larger Volga River. The city's entire urban area covers around 205 square kilometers (79 sq mi)[citation needed] and includes a number of territories south of the Kotorosl and on the left bank of the Volga. With over 600,000 residents, Yaroslavl is, by population, the largest town on the Volga until it reaches Nizhny Novgorod. It is a large transport node, and a great number of important national and regional roads, railways, and waterways pass through the city. In fact many of the roads that connect Yaroslavl to Moscow and beyond are two-lane highways.
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Zeewolde
Zeewolde ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. It has a population of approximately 20,000. It is situated in the polder of Flevoland with the small lake called the Wolderwijd to the east. To the south is a large deciduous forest called the Horsterwold. The area to the west is principally agricultural.
Zeewolde is known for its landscape and nature art; the most well-known art work is Sea Level by Richard Serra, located in the Landschapspark De Wetering. Edinburgh Rugby players and brothers Tim and Sep Visser come from Zeewolde.
In the wood Hulkesteinse Bos there is the nudist resort Flevo-Natuur, with recreation bungalows, a camp site, and the possibility of day recreation.
The municipality of Zeewolde was founded in 1984 and is therefore one of the youngest in the Netherlands. Before 1984, the area was administrated by the Openbaar Lichaam Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders (OLZIJ) (English: Public Body of Southern IJsselmeer Polders), founded by the Dutch national government after the province of Flevoland was created. The name 'Zeewolde' was always meant to be used during the planning stages, but on various locations.
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Zuiderzee
The Zuiderzee (/ˌzaɪdər ˈzeɪ/; Dutch: Zuiderzee, Dutch: [ˌzœy̆dərˈzeː]; old spelling Zuyderzee) was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 miles) wide, with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 metres (13–16 feet) and a coastline of about 300 km (200 miles). It covered 5,000 km2 (1,900 sq mi). Its name means "southern sea" in Dutch, indicating that the origin of the name can be found in Friesland to the north of the Zuiderzee (also see North Sea). In the 20th century the majority of the Zuiderzee was closed off from the North Sea (leaving the mouth of the inlet to become part of the Wadden Sea) and the salt water inlet changed into a fresh water lake called the IJsselmeer (IJssel Lake) after the river that drains into it, and by means of drainage and polders, an area of some 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi) was reclaimed as land. This land eventually became the province of Flevoland, with a population of nearly 400,000 (2011).
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Ali B
Ali B (real name Ali Bouali) is a Dutch rapper of Moroccan descent. He has been noted as the first Moroccan-Dutch star in Dutch pop culture, "perhaps the most popular rapper in the Netherlands", and has performed together with Akon and Dutch artist Marco Borsato.
Ali B married his then-manager Breghje, with whom he lives in Almere. They have two sons, Omar and Amir.
In March 2004, Ali B participated in a special edition of Dutch television station RTL 4's The Weakest Link. Ali B voted Jan Smit (a Dutch singer) out, spelling his name on the board as "Jan Shit". As a result, he and Smit's manager, as well as Smit himself, entered into a fight.
On Wednesday 27 December 2006, Ali B organised a fireworks display on the marketplace in order to launch and introduce the new radio station TMF at Staphorst. A funeral was being conducted in the vicinity of the display, and complaints were made that it was disruptive to the ceremony (after which Ali B contacted the mother of the deceased boy). No licences had been issued for the firework display by the municipality, on which grounds Staphorst filed a case against Ali B. Ali B claimed defamation, and in the end only received a warning.
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Danny Holla
Danny Holla (born December 31, 1987 in Almere, Flevoland) is a Dutch football midfielder who currently plays for VVV-Venlo, on loan from FC Groningen. He played on loan to FC Zwolle during the first half of the 2007–08 season, but returned to FC Groningen to replace Rasmus Lindgren, who had moved to Ajax.
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Geert Wilders
Geert Wilders (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɪːrt ˈʋɪldərs] or [ˈʝɪːrt ˈβ̞ɪldərs], born 6 September 1963) is a Dutch right-wing politician and the founder and leader of the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid – PVV), the third-largest political party in the Netherlands. Wilders is the Parliamentary group leader of his party in the Dutch House of Representatives. In the formation in 2010 of the current Rutte cabinet, a minority cabinet of VVD and CDA, he actively participated in the negotiations, resulting in a "support agreement" (gedoogakkoord) between the PVV and these parties, but withdrew his support in April 2012, citing disagreements with the cabinet on proposed budget cuts. Wilders is best known for his criticism of Islam, summing up his views by saying, "I don't hate Muslims, I hate Islam". Wilders' views regarding Islam have made him a deeply divisive figure in the Netherlands and abroad.
Raised a Roman Catholic, Wilders left the church at his coming of age. His travels to Israel as a young adult, as well as to neighbouring Arab countries, helped form his political views. Wilders worked as a speechwriter for the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie – VVD), and later served as parliamentary assistant to party leader Frits Bolkestein from 1990 to 1998. He was elected to the Utrecht city council in 1996, and later to the House of Representatives. Citing irreconcilable differences over the party's position on the accession of Turkey to the European Union, he left the VVD in 2004 to form his own party, the Party for Freedom.
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Hedwiges Maduro
Hedwiges Martinez-Maduro (born 13 February 1985 in Almere, Flevoland) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Valencia CF in Spain.
Mainly a central defender, he can also operate as a defensive midfielder, where he started his career at Ajax.
At AFC Ajax, Maduro was voted as the Amsterdam club's brightest emerging talent in 2003–04. He made his Eredivisie debuts in the 2004–05 season, first appearing against Roda JC on 27 February 2005, in a 2–1 away win.
In the following seasons, Maduro started more often than not for Ajax, helping the team to two domestic cups and three Supercups. Overall, he appeared in 105 games for the club, scoring 11 goals.
In mid-January 2008, after helping Ajax to the third consecutive Johan Cruijff-schaal, Maduro joined La Liga side Valencia CF, in a four 1/2-year deal worth €3 million. Compatriot Ronald Koeman was the team manager.
His official debut came on 27 January, in a 0–1 home loss against UD Almería. He started in all 11 matches he played in his first season, but the Che could only finish 10th, even though they won the Spanish Cup, with the player being an unused substitute in the final against Getafe CF - Koeman had already been fired at that point.
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Jörgen Raymann
Jörgen Henri Raymann (born 13 August 1966 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch-Surinam cabaretier, stand-up comedian and presenter.
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Yfke Sturm
Yfke Sturm (born November 19, 1981 in Almere, Flevoland) is a Dutch model.
Yfke Sturm was discovered in 1997 in Almere, Netherlands by a Elite Model Management scout. Shortly thereafter, she entered the Dutch Elite Model Look Contest. Winning this contest was followed by winning the 1997 International Elite Model Look Contest in Nice, France. Her career as a model was born, Yfke was 15 years old at the time. After her win she signed exclusive contracts with Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. She has had continual success since then.
Traveling all over the world has enabled her to work with renowned photographers such as: Patrick Demarchelier, Mario Testino, Peter Lindbergh, Paolo Riversi, Bruce Weber, Irving Penn, Mikael Jansen, Greg Kadel, Russel James, Mickeal Thompson, Walter Chin, Joshua Jordan, Rufen Afanador, Max Vadukul, Kelly Klein, Nathaniel Goldberg, Robert Erdmann, Richard Burbridge, Arthur Elgort, Wayne Maser, Reagan Cameron and Francois Nars.
Yfke’s radiant beauty and grace has landed her on the covers and inside pages of the worlds most familiar magazines, including: Vogue (American, French, German, Spanish, Greek), Elle (American, French, UK, German, Italian, Spanish); Marie Claire (American, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, UK); Cosmopolitan (American, S. America and Dutch); Glamour (American, Italian, French, Spanish and German); Harpers Bazar, Allure, Vanitifair, W, Surface, D-Magazine, Esquire, Amica and Arena.
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MVRDV - Almere Oosterwold
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- Duration: 3:57
- Updated: 20 Jan 2013
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Almere: Gewapende overval juwelier in het winkelcentrum op de Stationsstraat
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- Duration: 2:14
- Updated: 03 Dec 2012
De politie is op zoek naar de identiteit van twee daders die vrijdag 20 april een juwelier overvielen.
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De politie is op zoek naar de identiteit van twee daders die vrijdag 20 april een juwelier overvielen.
- published: 30 May 2012
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Almere: Drietal schietincidenten in de woonwijk Stedenwijk
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- Duration: 6:00
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Een rustige woonwijk verandert plotseling in het Wilde Westen.
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Een rustige woonwijk verandert plotseling in het Wilde Westen.
- published: 14 Nov 2012
- views: 5465
- author: OpsporingVerzocht
Almere: Gewapende overval Videoland
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- Duration: 3:42
- Updated: 03 Dec 2012
Het scheelde heel weinig of een overvaller zat als een rat in de val.
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Het scheelde heel weinig of een overvaller zat als een rat in de val.
- published: 18 Jan 2012
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- author: OpsporingVerzocht
Almere City FC - Helmond Sport
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- Duration: 2:19
- Updated: 22 Jan 2013
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Almere Pioneers XU10-1 - Woodpeckers U10-1 (1e Helft)
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- Duration: 12:23
- Updated: 21 Jan 2013
1e wedstrijd van 2e competitiehelft van Almere Pioneers XU10-1
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1e wedstrijd van 2e competitiehelft van Almere Pioneers XU10-1
- published: 20 Jan 2013
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Flashmob in Almere stad (ROC Flevoland) K&C;
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- Duration: 6:02
- Updated: 22 Jan 2013
een video reportage van de Flashmob van Roc FLevoland in Almere Stad. camera: Robin Hellingwerf & Robin Timmer Editing: Robin Timmer & Robin Hellingwerf voor vragen en opmerkingen kun je mailen naar: info@adhdshow.nl www.adhdshow.nl
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een video reportage van de Flashmob van Roc FLevoland in Almere Stad. camera: Robin Hellingwerf & Robin Timmer Editing: Robin Timmer & Robin Hellingwerf voor vragen en opmerkingen kun je mailen naar: info@adhdshow.nl www.adhdshow.nl
- published: 18 Mar 2010
- views: 15262
- author: robintimmer18
KEUKENBRAND ALMERE: inzet brandweer 644 645 politie ambulance 25-123
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- Duration: 3:50
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
HV-Almere.nl Artikel volgt:
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Personal Trainer Almere | Ali.B
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- Duration: 2:26
- Updated: 25 Jan 2013
www.personaltraineralmere.nl Ik ben Dave van Droffelaar en werk al ruim 6 jaar als personal trainer in Almere Ik bied, in samenwerking met DeMix Almere, elke dag uitkomst voor iedereen die zich wil ontwikkelen in resultaten en gezondheid! Hieronder een overzicht van mijn opleidingen, voor vragen kunt u contact met mij opnemen. Fitnessinstructeur A Fysio Physics Opleidingen Master Personal Trainer, AFN Opleidingen Voedingsadviseur, Fysio Physics Opleidingen Voedingscoach, AFN Opleidingen Weightmanagement, AFN Opleidingen Functionele trainingsleer, AFN Opleidingen Personal trainer Almere Behandeling van specifieke klachten en doelgroepen, AFN Opleiding Boksopleiding "On the ropes", Radmilo Soda (SODA Bodyfit/Life Fitness) Ter kennismaking is het intakegesprek geheel kosteloos en vrijblijvend. www.personaltraineralmere.nl Personal Trainer Almere
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www.personaltraineralmere.nl Ik ben Dave van Droffelaar en werk al ruim 6 jaar als personal trainer in Almere Ik bied, in samenwerking met DeMix Almere, elke dag uitkomst voor iedereen die zich wil ontwikkelen in resultaten en gezondheid! Hieronder een overzicht van mijn opleidingen, voor vragen kunt u contact met mij opnemen. Fitnessinstructeur A Fysio Physics Opleidingen Master Personal Trainer, AFN Opleidingen Voedingsadviseur, Fysio Physics Opleidingen Voedingscoach, AFN Opleidingen Weightmanagement, AFN Opleidingen Functionele trainingsleer, AFN Opleidingen Personal trainer Almere Behandeling van specifieke klachten en doelgroepen, AFN Opleiding Boksopleiding "On the ropes", Radmilo Soda (SODA Bodyfit/Life Fitness) Ter kennismaking is het intakegesprek geheel kosteloos en vrijblijvend. www.personaltraineralmere.nl Personal Trainer Almere
- published: 24 Jan 2012
- views: 5044
- author: personaltraineralmer
Saiyok VS Khamal - by Sapao - Slamm VII - Almere
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- Duration: 4:54
- Updated: 05 Sep 2012
Saiyok VS Khamal - Slamm VII - Almere GoPro HD www.facebook.com
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- published: 29 May 2012
- views: 9668
- author: sapaophoto67
Harlem Globetrotters 12/04/2012 Almere, The Netherlands
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- Duration: 4:06
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
Harlem Globetrotters 12/04/2012 Almere, The Netherlands Manny Pacquiao Floyd Mayweather Jr. Boxing Wladimir Witali Klitschko Amir Khan Zab Judah Philippines Bob Arum Top Rank Golden Boy Oscar Dela Hoya Victor Ortiz Elie Seckbach Twitter Facebook Video Sergio Martinez Brandon Rios Pound for Pound Best Fighter Roy Jones Jr.WATCH JALEN ROSE Call out ESPN Shock Jock on Highschool Athletic Claims Jalen Rose calls out Skip Bayless on air for his trumped up high school history (VIDEO)It's been well-established that ESPN's Skip Bayless is a workout fiend. He spends endless hours on the treadmill, and looks to be in fantastic shape for his age. It's also been well-established that Bayless is a fame-hungry sellout that will say anything on air (and formerly, before he realized it wasn't making him famous enough, in print) just to draw a reaction, and more eyes, and more ratings. Recently, Bayless criticized Oklahoma City point guard Russell Westbrook without the slightest bit of basketball smarts, or hint of nuance, much less research. OKC All-Star Kevin Durant rightfully took his obsessive brand of ignorance to task, and Bayless responded by pumping up his own credits as a high school point guard who finally learned that PGs should think "pass" 12 times before they fire away, on Twitter. Bayless' ESPN co-host Jalen Rose, after a bit of research of his own, took on Skip after Bayless claimed that he started as a shot-happy point guard for a high school team that made the state ...
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Harlem Globetrotters 12/04/2012 Almere, The Netherlands Manny Pacquiao Floyd Mayweather Jr. Boxing Wladimir Witali Klitschko Amir Khan Zab Judah Philippines Bob Arum Top Rank Golden Boy Oscar Dela Hoya Victor Ortiz Elie Seckbach Twitter Facebook Video Sergio Martinez Brandon Rios Pound for Pound Best Fighter Roy Jones Jr.WATCH JALEN ROSE Call out ESPN Shock Jock on Highschool Athletic Claims Jalen Rose calls out Skip Bayless on air for his trumped up high school history (VIDEO)It's been well-established that ESPN's Skip Bayless is a workout fiend. He spends endless hours on the treadmill, and looks to be in fantastic shape for his age. It's also been well-established that Bayless is a fame-hungry sellout that will say anything on air (and formerly, before he realized it wasn't making him famous enough, in print) just to draw a reaction, and more eyes, and more ratings. Recently, Bayless criticized Oklahoma City point guard Russell Westbrook without the slightest bit of basketball smarts, or hint of nuance, much less research. OKC All-Star Kevin Durant rightfully took his obsessive brand of ignorance to task, and Bayless responded by pumping up his own credits as a high school point guard who finally learned that PGs should think "pass" 12 times before they fire away, on Twitter. Bayless' ESPN co-host Jalen Rose, after a bit of research of his own, took on Skip after Bayless claimed that he started as a shot-happy point guard for a high school team that made the state ...
- published: 14 Apr 2012
- views: 6806
- author: ElementzVids
Persconferentie 31 aug 2012 Almere City FC FC Oss
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- Duration: 9:33
- Updated: 09 Nov 2012
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Almere: Dood 43-jarige Mondher Bennour
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:47
- Updated: 03 Dec 2012
Bodybuilder, sportschoolhouder, ondernemer: een man die vol in het leven stond wordt voor zijn huis vermoord.
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Bodybuilder, sportschoolhouder, ondernemer: een man die vol in het leven stond wordt voor zijn huis vermoord.
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 14235
- author: OpsporingVerzocht
Lipdub Groenhorst Almere
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:22
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Lipdub Groenhorst Almere
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Holland Triathlon 2012 @ Almere Lokaal
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 12:55
- Updated: 25 Oct 2012
Meer informatie? www.almerelokaal.nl Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter: www.twitter.com
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- published: 09 Sep 2012
- views: 1446
- author: almerelokaal
Almere: Gewelddadige gewapende overval op een gezin aan de Loefzijde
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:20
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
De daders dreigen zelfs de vingers van de dochters af te knippen.
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De daders dreigen zelfs de vingers van de dochters af te knippen.
- published: 09 Jan 2013
- views: 5963
- author: OpsporingVerzocht
timaya shake your bum by petit AfricanMoves@moves almere
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:40
- Updated: 25 Jan 2013
check me on FACEBOOK @ petit fotografie
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- published: 10 Oct 2012
- views: 10474
- author: Petit AfricanMoves
BRANDWEER AMBULANCE POLITIE: spoeden zich naar een ongeval met mogelijk letsel Almere Hogering
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:43
- Updated: 20 Dec 2012
HV-Almere.nl Artikel: www.hv-almere.nl
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Open Podium Almere kerstconcert DEEL 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 136:48
- Updated: 25 Jan 2013
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Blikseminslag Almere 12-07-2012 + slomo
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:46
- Updated: 06 Jan 2013
Bliksem inslag op de Toren van WTC Almere 12-07-2012 Met slomo erachter Lightning strike on the WTC Tower of Almere 07/12/2012 With slomo behind
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Bliksem inslag op de Toren van WTC Almere 12-07-2012 Met slomo erachter Lightning strike on the WTC Tower of Almere 07/12/2012 With slomo behind
- published: 12 Jul 2012
- views: 15700
- author: MrBuzzel7
Heavy Clio R3 rally crash - Almere Rallysprint 2009 - Welles/Bleijenberg
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:33
- Updated: 23 Jan 2013
Renault Clio R3 driven by Welles and Bleijenberg takes down light pole at the Almere Rallysprint 2009. It was only 400 meters after the start of the stage.
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Renault Clio R3 driven by Welles and Bleijenberg takes down light pole at the Almere Rallysprint 2009. It was only 400 meters after the start of the stage.
- published: 23 Aug 2010
- views: 404945
- author: rallymediaoneshot
LG Almere Rallysprint 2009
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- Duration: 4:21
- Updated: 21 Jan 2013
Video by Rallymedia.nl of the LG Almere Rallysprint 2009. (Netherlands) This is the short version, buy the DVD with the full version at www.Rallymedia.nl
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Video by Rallymedia.nl of the LG Almere Rallysprint 2009. (Netherlands) This is the short version, buy the DVD with the full version at www.Rallymedia.nl
- published: 05 Apr 2009
- views: 129321
- author: rallymedia
Open Podium Almere -Archipel Jainda Buiter en Colourblind
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- Duration: 4:21
- Updated: 25 Jan 2013
Open Podium Almere - Archipel Jainda Buiter en Colourblind
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Open Podium Almere - Archipel Jainda Buiter en Colourblind
- published: 25 Jan 2013
- views: 50
- author: OpenPodiumAlmere
photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon
25 Jan 2013
Republicans wanted nothing more than to summon Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Capitol Hill and grill her about the tragic fiasco in Benghazi. Sadly for them, they got their wish. Clinton’s smooth and confident performance at Wednesday’s Senate and House committee hearings was fun to watch. When her would-be inquisitors asked serious questions, she gave serious answers. But when Sen ... Fat chance ... Benghazi ... Perhaps not ... ....(size: 4.8Kb)
photo: White House / Pete Souza
24 Jan 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In the world of politics and imagination, theater usually trumps theology while history is most often vanquished by histrionics. President Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony for a second term reflects this truth, specifically as he uses two historic bibles-one belonging to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and another used only by Abraham Lincoln ... "With malice toward none; with charity for all."....(size: 7.3Kb)
photo: AP / Lee Jin-man
24 Jan 2013
North Korea threatened to conduct a nuclear weapons test “targeted” at the U.S. after the Obama administration pushed through new United Nations sanctions against the totalitarian state for last month’s rocket launch. “In a new phase of the anti-U.S ... The UN Security Council imposed additional restrictions on North Korea on Jan ... The U.S ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm
24 Jan 2013
Ben Emmerson QC addresses reporters in London (Photo. TBIJ). A UN investigation into the legality and casualties of drone strikes has been formally launched, with a leading human rights lawyer revealing the team that will carry out the inquiry. The announcement came as the latest reported US drone strike in Yemen was said to have mistakenly killed two children ... In total some 25 strikes are expected to be examined in detail ... He added....(size: 7.1Kb)
photo: AP / Patric Schneider
23 Jan 2013
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Three people were wounded, one critically, on Tuesday when gunfire erupted during an altercation between two people on a community college campus near Houston, police said, the latest in a series of shootings on U.S. college and school campuses. Two people "of interest" in the Lone Star College shooting were detained for questioning, including one with a student identification, according to authorities....(size: 3.7Kb)
New Straits/Business Times
24 Jan 2013
THE HAGUE ... "We're very happy for this match to take place," SC Buitenboy's club secretary Rob Mueller said ... The friendly match will be played at the 3,000-capacity stadium of Second Division club Almere City, with SC Buitenboys to field a mixed junior and senior team, including Nieuwenhuizen's 15-year-old son Mykel ... AFP. ....(size: 1.8Kb)
noodls
24 Jan 2013
(Source. Koninklijke Ahold NV) Store assortment up to 20,000 items from 9,000 ... Albert Heijn offers a range of options for its customers to do their shopping ... New products ... fish, meat, vegetarian and cheese ... In preparation for its online assortment expansion, Albert Heijn opened a new Home Shopping Center in the Dutch city of Almere in fall 2012, to serve as the nationwide distribution center for all online orders from today ... (noodl....(size: 2.9Kb)
Business Wire
23 Jan 2013
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NCCW, one of the largest application service providers in the Netherlands, relies on its wide area network (WAN) to deliver hosted services to thousands of customer locations, as well as replicate data between its data center in Almere and a disaster recovery (DR) site in Haarlem using NetApp® SnapMirror® offsite replication ... Large data transfers that used to take minutes now took only seconds ... ....(size: 9.2Kb)
noodls
23 Jan 2013
(Source. West Ham United Football Club plc). iPHONE APPPODCAST. Information ... • Sam Allardyce's side are bidding for a first win in five, having drawn two and lost two of their last four clashes in all competitions ... Last time out. Saturday 19 January 2012 ... • Ron Cater, Almeric Hall and Ken Bainbridge all made their Hammers' bows in a 6-0 FA Cup third-round first-leg victory over Arsenal at the Boleyn Ground on 5 January 1946....(size: 13.7Kb)
Chicago Tribune
16 Jan 2013
ALMERE and Osdorp are two of the working-class suburbs that ring Amsterdam, modern planned towns of blocky flats and town houses interspersed with parks and football fields ... After a match against a youth football club in Almere in early December, several teenaged players from a visiting Osdorp team pummelled and brutally kicked a volunteer linesman after an unexplained dispute....(size: 4.3Kb)
BBC News
10 Jan 2013
Anglers are scratching their heads after a pike was found dead with a zander - a fish of similar size - jammed in its mouth in the Netherlands. Rene Spaargaren, from Almere near Amsterdam, noticed the dead fish locked together in water near his home and dragged them out with a boat hook. "It was clear that the pike had bitten off more than it could chew - or swallow, rather," he told BBC News ... 'Not a python' ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
noodls
07 Jan 2013
(Source. AFC Ajax NV) Danny Hoesen celebrates his 22nd birthday in ten days. The centre forward, who is from Limburg, will likely look back on one of the most eventful years of his life. His move from Fortuna Sittard to Ajax brought him to the UEFA Champions League last year. What will 2013 bring for the centre forward? ... It was a slightly different game than against, for instance, FC Emmen, AGOVV or Almere City in the Jupiler League....(size: 4.3Kb)
Journal Online
04 Jan 2013
IMC
31 Dec 2012
Sus declaraciones se producen después de que una docena de kit limpiador ugg de Greenpeace hayan instalado una "delegación temporal" moncler baby for sale la organización ecologista en el conocido hotel "ilegal" de El Algarrobico, en Almería. Lo abercrombie madrid hollister y abercrombie & fitch nunca falta es la alegría y el afán de vivir ... . ugg. . ....(size: 3.4Kb)
PR Newswire
27 Dec 2012
Google. ALMERE, The Netherlands, December 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --. On Tuesday December 18th Victron Energy launched the new Victron Remote Management (VRM) website. This website is a free service provided by Victron Energy to remotely monitor Victron equipment all over the world. One of the new features of this website is that it now works on iPhone, Android and iPads. Responsive and new design ... Alarms ... Prepared for the future....(size: 4.4Kb)
The Observer
23 Dec 2012
It is a bitterly cold evening in Almere, a sprawling city about 15 miles to the east of Amsterdam ... Almere, where the first house was built in 1976, is one of the fastest-growing cities in Europe, which helps to explain why Buitenboys has become so popular ... A popular, football-mad father of three, Nieuwenhuizen lived in Almere with his wife, Xandra, and their two youngest sons, Mykel, 15, and Alain, who recently turned 18....(size: 26.9Kb)
noodls
21 Dec 2012
(Source. ASM International NV) ALMERE, The Netherlands - December 20, 2012 - ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ. ASMI and Euronext Exchange in Amsterdam ... It is expected that the effect of this action will become visible in the results of the first quarter in 2013 ... ASM International N.V., headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands, and its subsidiaries design and manufacture equipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices ... (noodl....(size: 3.5Kb)
noodls
19 Dec 2012
For other uses, see Almere (disambiguation).
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| Coordinates: 52°22′N 5°13′E / 52.367°N 5.217°E / 52.367; 5.217Coordinates: 52°22′N 5°13′E / 52.367°N 5.217°E / 52.367; 5.217 | |||
| Country |  Netherlands |
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| Province |  Flevoland |
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| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Annemarie Jorritsma (VVD) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 248.77 km2 (96.05 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 130.47 km2 (50.37 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 118.29 km2 (45.67 sq mi) | ||
| Population (May 2011) | |||
| • Total | 191,495 | ||
| • Density | 1,369/km2 (3,550/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Website | www.almere.nl | ||
Almere (Dutch pronunciation: [ɑɫ.ˈmɪː.rə] ( listen)) is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises the districts Almere Stad, Almere Haven, Almere Buiten, Almere Hout, Almere Poort (under construction) and Almere Pampus (design phase).
Almere is the youngest city in the Netherlands: the first house was finished in 1976, and Almere became a municipality in 1984. It is the largest municipality in Flevoland with 191,495 citizens (9 May 2011),[1] and the 7th largest in the Netherlands.[2] In October 2007, the city council of Almere made agreements with the government to expand the city to 350,000 inhabitants by 2030.[3]
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History[link]
The original plans for the IJsselmeerpolders saw the land being used for agriculture. However, after World War II housing was needed for the rapidly growing population of Amsterdam and two towns were planned in the polders Oostelijk Flevoland and Zuidelijk Flevoland. The town in Oostelijk Flevoland became Lelystad. The town in Zuidelijk Flevoland was still called Zuidweststad (English: South West City) on the first sketches, but in the 1970s it became called Almere, named after the early medieval name of the Zuiderzee. The first house in Almere was finished in 1976. At that time the town was still controlled by the Openbaar Lichaam Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders (Z.IJ.P.), with a Landdrost. In 1984 Almere became an official municipality. Originally, Almere was envisioned as a town with multiple centres. This idea was later abandoned in favor of allowing neighbourhoods like Tussen de Vaarten to be built. There is also a difference between the way houses are built in the oldest and the newest parts of the city. The housing plan in Almere in the 1970s was basic functionality and a levelling of social status. However, starting in the 1990s more exclusive homes with striking designs were built (e.g., in the Regenboogbuurt).
Governance[link]
Local executive[link]
Former minister Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink (VVD) has been the mayor of Almere since 16 August 2003. On 20 May 2010 the new council was inaugurated. The populist Party for Freedom had won the most seats in the local elections, which was both national and international news due to the controversial statements of its leader Geert Wilders. Even though the largest party they didn't take part in the local administration.
- Adri Duivesteijn (PvdA)
- Ineke Smidt (PvdA)
- Arno Visser (VVD)
- Ben Scholten (VVD)
- René Peeters (D66)
- Berdien Steunenberg (CDA/CU)
List of mayors:
- 1984 - 1986 Han Lammers (PvdA)
- 1986 - 1993 Cees de Cloe (PvdA)
- 1993 - 1994 Cees Roozemond (PvdA, supervisor)
- 1994 - 1998 Ralph Pans (PvdA)
- 1998 - 2003 Hans Ouwerkerk (PvdA)
- 2003 - 2003 Jaap van der Doef (PvdA, supervisor)
- 2003–present Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink (VVD)
City council[link]
The first local council was installed on 2 January 1984 in the presence of the then minister of the Interior Koos Rietkerk. The council elections took place on 21 September 1983. Prior to 1984 Almere had an Adviesraad, which was chosen every 2 years (1978–1980, 1980–1982, 1982–1984). This Adviesraad was made up of different political parties similar to a local council. On 11 March 1977 the first adviescommissie was elected. It consisted of 5 people that were chosen on personal title. Since 1998, the council of Almere has a total of 39 members.
| Party | 1984 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | |
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| PVV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | |
| PvdA | 10 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8 | |
| VVD | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | |
| Leefbaar Almere | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | 3 | |
| SP | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | |
| GroenLinks | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| CDA | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Almere Partij | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | |
| ChristenUnie | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| D66 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Trots op Nederland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Verenigde Senioren Partij | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Stadspartij Almere | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| CP/CD | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Stap '84 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 23 | 27 | 33 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 |
International relations[link]
Twin towns — Sister cities[link]
Almere maintains international relations with the following twin cities:[4][5]
Aalborg, Denmark
České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Dmitrov, Russia- Yaroslavl, Russia[citation needed]
Haapsalu, Estonia[citation needed]
Kumasi, Ghana
Port Sudan, Sudan(1986)
Lancaster, United Kingdom- Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Rendsburg, Germany
Växjö, Sweden
Tainan City, Taiwan (2009)
Geography[link]
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Almere is located in the polder of Southern Flevoland (Dutch: Zuidelijk Flevoland). It is the most western municipality of the province Flevoland. It borders with Lake Marken in the west and north, Lelystad in the northeast, Zeewolde in the east, and Lake Gooi in the south.
Almere consists of six districts (Dutch: stadsdelen), three of which are under construction.[6]
| Name | Year[7] | Location |
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| Almere Haven | 1976 |  |
| Almere Stad | 1980 |  |
| Almere Buiten | 1984 |  |
| Almere Hout | 1991 |  |
| Almere Poort | 2000 |  |
| Almere Pampus | - |  |
Demography[link]
| Almere Haven | Almere Stad | Almere Buiten | Almere Hout | Almere Poort | Almere Pampus | Almere in total | |
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| 1970 | 52 | ||||||
| 1975 | 47 | ||||||
| 1980 | 6596 | 6632 | |||||
| 1985 | 21410 | 17240 | 1559 | 40297 | |||
| 1990 | 22355 | 37024 | 11499 | 71087 | |||
| 1995 | 22376 | 58816 | 22740 | 564 | 104496 | ||
| 2000 | 22237 | 83934 | 35290 | 1336 | 142797 | ||
| 2005 | 22590 | 103560 | 47358 | 1366 | 175008 | ||
| 2007 | 22507 | 105261 | 51751 | 1345 | 134 | 180998 |
Transport[link]
The traffic infrastructure in Almere is recognisable because of its separate infrastructure for cycles (which have separate cycle paths), cars and buses (In Almere the buses drive on a separate bus lane). Almere is connected to the motorways the A6 and the A27.
Railway[link]
In 1987 Almere was connected to the national railway system (see NS) in 1988 with the fully completed Flevolijn which connected Weesp to Lelystad Centrum. Almere currently has five railway stations:
- Almere Muziekwijk (opened in 1987)
- Almere Centrum (opened in 1987)
- Almere Parkwijk (opened in 1996)
- Almere Buiten (opened in 1987)
- Almere Oostvaarders (opened in 2004).
A sixth station for Almere Poort will open in 2012.
For now a temporary station at Almere Strand is usually set up for certain events, such as Libelle Zomerweek, It will close once Almere Poort opens.
Public buses[link]
In Almere there are 10 bus lines which service the urban area:
- 1 Almere Buiten Stripheldenbuurt-Almere Haven De Marken
- 2 CS Almere-Almere Poort TK Station
- 3 Almere de Vaart-Almere Haven Centrun
- 4 CS Almere-Almere Poort Columbuskwartier
- 5 Almere Oostvaarders-Almere Muziekwijk
- 6 Noorderplassen-CS Almere-Almere Parkwijk
- 7 CS Almere-Almere Sallandsekant
- 10 Almere Buiten-Almere Stad Gooisekant
Most buses run about every 7 minutes. The bus company that runs the buses is called Connexxion and the name of the local bus system is called Maxx Almere owned by Connexxion. In the buses one can use the national transportation chipcard (smart card), subscriptions or one can buy bus tickets of Maxx Almere.
Besides the local bus lines there are regional bus lines to Bussum, Hilversum, Zeewolde, Harderwijk, Amsterdam Amstel and Amsterdam Bijlmer
In addition to the regional bus lines, there are also spitsbussen (buses that only run during rush hours) to Amsterdam and Schiphol.
In April 2012 a new bus line to Utrecht was put in place. connecting Almere directly with the University-area of Utrecht called De Uithof (like done in the past by former bus line 155).
Notable Natives[link]
- Ali B (16 October 1981) Rapper, Show Host Presenter, Music label
- Danny Holla (31 December 1987), Soccer Player
- Hedwiges Maduro (14 February 1985), Soccer Player
- Yfke Sturm (19 November 1981), International topmodel
- Danny Masseling A.K.A. DJ Angerfist
- Jörgen Raymann TV host
- Quinty Trustfull TV host
References[link]
Notes[link]
- ^ (Dutch) Gemeente Almere. Retrieved on 2011-05-09.
- ^ (Dutch) Lijst van grooste gemeenten in Nederland. Retrieved on 2010-12-31.
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