Purmerend
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Purmerend is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The city is surrounded by polders, such as the Purmer, Beemster and the Wormer. Purmerend's popul
Purmerend city centre
Medieval drawing of the fortified castle Slot Purmersteijn
Tramplein.
Former city hall. Now a museum.
Beemster
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Beemster is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The Beemster is the first polder in the Netherlands reclaimed from a lake, the water extracted by windmills betw
Purmerend
…is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The city is surrounded by polders, such as the Purmer, Beemster and the Wormer. Purmerend's population grew relatively slowly until the 1960s, when it increased from around 10,000 to over 80,000 by 2020. This expansion…
Middenbeemster town centre
Carel Fabritius, ca.1645
Inlet sluice near Zuiddijk 14 - Beemster
Beemster gardener's house, now in the Dutch Open Air Museum