Willemsoord, Den Helder
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Willemsoord is a large former naval base of the Royal Netherlands Navy in Den Helder. It is now connected to the city center of Den Helder, and focuses on entertainment and tourism.
Monumental buildings at Willemsoord
The dams and the Nieuwe Werk of 1792
Design for housing on the Nieuwe Werk
The Nieuwediep with the Battery and the Nieuwe Werk in 1810.
Rede van Texel
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The Rede van Texel, formerly Reede van Texel, was a roadstead off the Dutch island of Texel. It was of considerable importance to Dutch long-distance shipping between roughly 1500 and 1800. The Rede v
Willemsoord, Den Helder
…centuries, it became increasingly difficult for big ships to regularly sail to the Dutch cities on the Zuiderzee. Many ships therefore anchored in the Roadstead of Texel, where a lot of transloading was done by small ships that anchored safely in the Nieuwediep. The Nieuwediep was a stretch of deep water close to the…
Nederlandse schepen op de rede van Texel, a 1671 painting by Ludolf Bakhuizen