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THE NE THERLANDS  239

Exploring the Netherlands The Netherlands

Although the Netherlands’ seat of government is at See main map
The Hague, Amsterdam is the nominal capital, and it is Groningen
here that the main cultural attractions can be found.
The folkloric villages of Marken and Volendam are only a NETHERLANDS
short drive away, as are the towns of Alkmaar, famous for
its traditional cheese market, Haarlem, with its nearby AMSTERDAM Enschede
bulbfields, and Utrecht, with its medieval churches. The
The port of Rotterdam, the pottery center of Delft, and Hague Rotterdam GERMANY
the university town of Leiden lie to the south and west.
Eindhoven
Sights at a Glance Antwerp Cologne
1 Amsterdam pp240–51 7 Leiden BELGIUM
2 Marken and Volendam 8 The Hague 0 km 90
3 Alkmaar 9 Delft 0 miles 90
4 Haarlem 0 Rotterdam
5 Paleis Het Loo
6 Utrecht

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Terschelling

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e A31 Leeuwarden
d Groningen
d Harlingen
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Texel
W A7
A7
Typical Dutch rural scene, with children wearing Heerenveen
Den Helder
traditional dress A32
Key
Meppel
Highway N9 IJsselmeer A50
Major road N242 Emmeloord
Enkhuizen
Railroad A6 N50
International border N302
Alkmaar Hoorn Kampen
Markermeer Zwolle
Newcastle Lelystad
Marken and
N247 Volendam N302 A28
A6
Haarlem AMSTERDAM
0 km 20 Harderwijk
0 miles 20 Schiphol NETHERLANDS
A4 Paleis Het Loo
N201 Hilversum
Amersfoort A1
Enschede
NOR TH Leiden A50
SEA The Hague A44 N11 Utrecht Duisburg
(Den Haag) A12
A12
A12 Arnhem
Hoek van Holland Delft Gouda
Le k
A2
Vlaardingen Rotterdam Le k A15 Tiel A52
Hull, A27 Leerdam Nijmegen
Harwich A15 Waal
Dordrecht A50
Antwerp Eindhoven Eindhoven
For hotels and restaurants see p260 and p261 For keys to symbols see back flap
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