Accommodatie Eurovisie Songfestival 2020 - Rotterdam

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Hotels for 12, 14 and the final on 16 May 2020 around Ahoy Rotterdam

The Eurovision Song Contest has been an annual presentation and competition of songs since 24 May 1956 and is broadcast on television throughout Europe; since 1967 the festival has also been broadcast in countries outside Europe. You can also follow the festival on the internet. The festival owes its name to the Eurovision TV Distribution Network, part of the European Radio Union (EBU). Every active member of the EBU can participate in the song festival, which means that some countries that are just outside of Europe can participate. It concerns countries in North Africa, the Middle East and West Asia. Since 2015, Australia has also been participating in the festival despite the fact that it is not a member of the EBU.

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Rare Floral Still-life at Maurithuis - The Hague

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Mauritshuis Acquires Rare Floral Still-life by Roelant Savery. The Mauritshuis in the Hague has acquired a masterpiece by the 17th-century painter Roelant Savery (1576 – 1639) for €6.5 million, thanks to the generous support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Rembrandt Association and a private individual.

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Vermeer - famous Dutch painter from Delft

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Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer (1632 – December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime. He evidently was not wealthy, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death, perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings.

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Holland enhances position in China

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In october 2015, NBTC Holland Marketing will sign a strategic partnership with Alibaba, in the presence of Holland’s King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, Jack Ma, owner of Alibaba, and Pieter Elbers, CEO of KLM. The objective of the cooperation is to create more brand awareness on Alitrip for the destination Holland and to encourage Chinese tourists and business visitors to visit Holland.

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Claire Morgan The Sound of Silence - Noord Brabants Museum

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Claire Morgan - The Sound of Silence: 8 Oct 2016 t/m 8 Jan 2017.  This autumn, the Noordbrabants Museum will exhibit the intriguing work of a young artist from Northern Ireland, Claire Morgan. After successful exhibitions abroad, including in Britain, this will be her first solo museum exhibition in the Netherlands.

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Visit Holland - Economic impact business meetings

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Last year, well over 2.3 million multi-day business trips were undertaken within Holland by Dutch and foreign visitors. These trips yielded well over EUR 2.3 billion. The market for multi-day business trips generates over 55,000 jobs in Holland. NBTC Holland Marketing publishes the results of the Ecorys study into the economic impact of multi-day, national and international business meetings in Holland in the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre in Amsterdam on Thursday 3 December.

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Reflex Gallery is delighted to announce a major exhibition of the work of Donald Baechler

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Reflex Gallery is delighted to announce a major exhibition of the work of Donald Baechler this September 2016. This will be the first extensive exhibition in the Netherlands for the world-famous American artist.

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7% more visitors, 8% more overnight stays - Visit Holland

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NBTC Holland Marketing estimates that 14.9 million international tourists visited Holland in 2015. This is a 7% increase compared with 2014. Most of the visitors came from Germany, while China showed the largest growth in terms of percentage, i.e. 21%. NBTC expects an increase in numbers of visitors of approximately 3% in 2016. The total number of international visitors in 2016 is forecast to be as high as 15.3 million.

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500.000 tulips in bloom during the 2nd edition of Tulp Festival in Amsterdam

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500.000 tulips in bloom during the 2nd edition of Tulp Festival in Amsterdam 60 locations , 400 varieties, walking and bike routes.
For the second year in succession, Amsterdam will be decked in the most glorious colours, throughout April and May. During the Tulp Festival 2016 visitors can marvel at more than 500,000 brightly coloured tulips, of more than 400 different varieties, at 60 locations throughout the capital.

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Vueling to debut at Luton with flights to Barcelona and Amsterdam

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Vueling is about to land for the first time at London-Luton, where the airline will offer direct services to Barcelona and Amsterdam during the 2016 summer season.

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Netherlands Hotel Reviews by Real Guests

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Netherlands Hotel Reviews by Real Guests. Recent reviews for Hotels in the Netherlands. See the reviews FULL Screen?

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City guide Amsterdam + Metropole region, an accessible route of Amsterdam's highlights

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The guide has been developed by Accessible Travel Netherlands in cooperation with two other Amsterdam based companies; Field Factors and Starbikes Rental.

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Hotels close to more then 900 landmarks in Holland

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A long list of landmarks in the Netherlands. We have this list in alphabetical order to find the city of your choice. Aalden Golfclub de Gelpenberg Book hotels close to this landmark Aalsmeer Aalsmeer Flower Auction Book hotels close to this landmark Aalten Aalten Station Book hotels close to this landmark Abcoude Abcoude Station Book hotels close to this landmark Aduard Zuidhorn Station Book hotels close to this landmark Akkrum Akkrum Station Book hotels close to this landmark

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Rotterdam rises twenty places on the world ranking of convention cities

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Rotterdam has been acclaimed as the second-ranking convention city in the Netherlands for the sixth year running. The metropolis on the Maas is sharing second place with The Hague this year.

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Photos from the National Archives show the discovery of the world - The Hague

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Exhibition On the road – Traveling with the photographer - 16 September 2016 to 8 January 2017. The exhibition On the road – Traveling with the photographer in the National Archives of the Netherlands shows how travelling and photography have become inextricably bound to each other. 

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Amsterdam: a creative and diverse capital

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According to recent research carried out by the Martin Prosperity Institute, Amsterdam is one of the best developed cities in the world based on ‘the three T’s of economic development: Tolerance, Talent and Technology’.

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Photography Exhibition at De Hortus - Amsterdam

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International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam. This year the Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam will be host to the prestigious IGPOTY, an international garden, plant and flower photography exhibition, showing some of the world’s best images taken outdoors.

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Top 10 most popular attractions in the Netherlands

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Some people suggest that the list below gives the Top 10 most popular attractions in the Netherlands ! ! Can you agree with this or do you have a better list - based on your own travelexperiences- please comment here....

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First Outsider Art Museum in Holland

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Holland’s first Outsider Art Museum, with world-class works of art by national and international outsider artists will be housed in a new space in the Hermitage Amsterdam. The Dolhuys in Haarlem, health care organization Cordaan, and the Hermitage Amsterdam have joined in a unique partnership to put a substantial collection of outsider art on display for a large international audience.

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Faralda NDSM Crane Hotel in Amsterdam

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Tourists and business visitors to Amsterdam who enjoy creative accommodations can soon look forward to the Faralda NDSM Crane Hotel, located at the top of a former industrial crane in one of the city’s most creative neighbourhoods.

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