Uploads from Mic V., tagged netherlands, with geodata

Texel, Noord-Holland - Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:14:14 -0700

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Texel is a municipality and an island in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the biggest and most populated of the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea, and also the westernmost of this archipelago, which extends to Denmark. The next island in the archipelago, to the north of Texel, is Vlieland.

The name Texel is Frisian, but because of historical sound-changes in Dutch, where all -x- sounds have been replaced with -s- sounds (compare for instance English Fox, Frisian Fokse, German Fuchs with Dutch Vos), the name is typically pronounced Tessel in Dutch.

In the early Middle Ages and before, Texel and Wieringen may have been much bigger and met each other as opposite banks of the Marsdiep, which was then a river with banks of permanent land: see here.

Notable battles involving Texel:

1653 Battle of Scheveningen - During the First Anglo-Dutch War.
1673 Battle of Texel - During the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
1797 Battle of Camperdown - During the Napoleonic wars.
1914 Battle off Texel - During the First World War
1945 Georgian Uprising of Texel - During the Second World War

Texel is also famous in military history as the only place that a navy was defeated on horseback. Occupying Holland in January 1795, the French continental army learned that the mighty Dutch navy had been frozen into the ice around Texel Island, so Commandant Louis Joseph Lahure and 128 men simply rode up to it and demanded surrender. No shots were fired.

During the American Revolution, Texel was used as a haven port for the reeling USS Bonhomme Richard after it had defeated the British ship HMS Serapis off the coast of Flamborough Head in Britain in September 1779. That ship was captained by John Paul Jones. This event further complicated Anglo-Dutch relations.

On the night of 31 August 1940, the sea to the northwest of Texel was the scene of the sinking of two British destroyers and the severe damage of a third by German mines in what became known as the Texel Disaster.

The tourism industry forms a substantial part of the economy in Texel. Approximately 70% of activities on Texel are in some way related to tourism. Popular forms of tourism on Texel include cycling, walking, swimming and horse riding.

Tilehurst, Berkshire - UK

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:30:17 -0700

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Flower delivery by a dutch lorry.

Bram de Mooy - Flower export

Dieppe, Seine-Maritime - France

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:55:14 -0700

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Prins 4 dredging the entrance of the harbour.

Sandyford, Co. Dublin - Ireland

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:52:39 -0800

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1988-1990 Volkswagen Jetta coupé with temporary dutch export plates.

Dalkey, Co. Dublin - Ireland

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:50:55 -0700

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Apollo ship in Dublin Bay - most probably the Velserdijk.

Oost-Vlieland, Friesland - Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:12:30 -0700

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Oost-Vlieland is a small, and the only, village on the island of Vlieland in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has about 1150 citizens. It is situated on the east end of the island as its name indicates: Oost means "east" in Dutch.

Oost-Vlieland is first mentioned in the sources in 1245. First mainly inhabited by poor farmers and fishermen, the settlement became wealthier in the 17th century when the Vlie estuary was used as moorage by the expanding Dutch trade fleets. There used to be a second village on Vlieland, West-Vlieland, but this was destroyed by a flood in 1736.

De Cocksdorp, Noord-Holland - Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:13:26 -0700

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De Cocksdorp is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Texel, and lies about 25 km north of Den Helder.

In 2001, the town of De Cocksdorp had 481 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.21 km², and contained 195 residences. The statistical area "De Cocksdorp", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 550.

Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - Ireland

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:14:17 -0800

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Anglia Seaways - DFDS Seaways.

RO/RO vessel built in 2000 at the Guang Zhou ship yard in China. It is currently under a Dutch flag.
Route: from Heysham to Dublin, having previously served our Vlaardingen - Felixstowe route.

Vessel specifications:
* Class: LR - 100 A1 Roll on Roll off Cargo Ship
* Call Sign: PCFJ
* IMO: 918 66 49
* LOA: 142.50 metres
* Beam: 23.20 metres
* Draft (max): 5.40 metres
* DWT: 5,928 metric tonnes
* GT: 13,073 tonnes
* NT: 3,921 tonnes
* Speed: 18.6 knots
* Main Engines: 2 x Sulzer 8ZAL40S, 5475 kW / 7300 HP
* Aux. Engines: 2 x Sulzer 4SC6S20D, 780 kW / 1040 HP
* Bow Thrusters: 2 x 1100 kW / 1430 HP
* Propellers: 2 x
* Rudders: 2 (Beckertype)
* Lane Metres: 1680 lane metres
* Lane Width: 3.00 metres
* Reefer Points: 50 points
* Number of Decks: 3 decks
* Trailer Capacity: 120 trailers (13.60m)
* Passengers: 12 persons
* Berths: 12 berths
* Number of Crew: 20 persons (max)
* Classification: Lloyds

Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - Ireland

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:12:42 -0800

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Aire des Deux Caps, Pas-de-Calais - France

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:09:20 -0700

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Scania - "C. Huybregts Logistics"
Company based in Tilburg (Netherlands).

Tilehurst, Berkshire - UK

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:29:51 -0700

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Flower delivery by a dutch lorry.

Bram de Mooy - Flower export

Amsterdam, Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:15:19 -0700

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Wall-tiles in hotel bathroom

Amsterdam, Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:14:38 -0700

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From my hotel room: Noorderstraat

Schiphol Airport, Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:15:47 -0700

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KLM Boeing 737-900 Nachtegaal / Nightingale PH-BXR (Year built: 2001)
My ride back to London...

Amsterdam, Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:13:56 -0700

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From my hotel room: Noorderstraat

The Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:18:39 -0700

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Got stuck on the A27 between Amsterdam and Breda for 45 minutes... This lift-bridge on the road was the reason for it!

The Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (Mic V.) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:18:06 -0700

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Cool name for a store...