North Holland Attractions

 
Provincial capital: Haarlem

(land area 266,702 hectares/658,754

The province of Noord-Holland lies in the western Netherlands on the North Sea coast, bounded on the east by the IJsselmeer, on the north by the Waddenzee and on the south by the province of Zuid-Holland. Like Zuid-Holland, Noord-Holland was a county from the earliest times, later becoming a province.

Until Noord-Holland was diked and poldered it was under constant threat of flooding, and as a result the Romans could advance no farther north than the line of the present-day North Sea Canal.

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The creation of this dike in the 1920s and 1930s turned the former inlet of Zuiderzee into an inland lake known as IJsselmeer.

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Barges and houseboats on the Amstel near opera in Amsterdam.Amsterdam
A garden in spring in Keukenhof.Keukenhof, Amsterdam
Detail of dome on Royal Palace in Amsterdam.Royal Palace, Amsterdam
A windmill on the river of Zaanse Schans.Zaandam - Zaanse Schans Open-air Museum, Zaanstad
A shopping area in Edam.Edam
View of the Muiderslot Castle and moat at Muiden.Muiderslot, Muiden
Oude Kerk tower in Amsterdam.Old Church, Amsterdam
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