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Boat travels down a canal in Amersterdam, The Netherlands

11 Amazing Paintings in the Netherlands

Colorful mulitcolord illuminated gallery tunnel rainbow passage under NAI building, Netherlands Architecture Institute near Museum Park, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

6 Buildings You'll Want to Visit in the Netherlands

Map of the Netherlands

Is "Holland" the Same Place as "the Netherlands"?

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Illustration for Demystified "Spontaneous human combustion".

Is Spontaneous Human Combustion Real?

Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro

Why Is Christmas in December?

Panoramic view at sunrise of moai, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile

6 Lost Civilizations

Bog body. Head of Tollund Man. Died at about age 30-40, Dated to about 280 BCE early Iron Age. Found Bjaeldskovdal bog Denmark in 1950 near Elling Woman. Most well preserved bog body to date. Human remains mummified in natural peat bogs. mummy, embalm

9 Noteworthy Bog Bodies (And What They Tell Us)

Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden

7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World

Jackson (Wyoming, United States). Jackson Lake (also called Jackson Hole), southern end of the Teton Range (the Grand Tetons), Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA

7 Wonders of America

Christmas tree, holiday, pine

How Did the Tradition of Christmas Trees Start?

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Eindhoven Delft Haarlem Arnhem Hilversum Breda ’s-Hertogenbosch Enschede Amstelveen Dordrecht