USA

Places called Holland
A coast-to-coast drive on the American backroads In the months October and November 1996, Dutch journalists Anne Wesseling and Abram Donkers travelled through the United States, searching for Dutch influences on the American society. They found 28 places called Holland.


Holland, Michigan
September, 1846. A group of Dutch emigrants, led by Dr. Albertus C. Van Raalte, left Rotterdam aboard the ship Southerner. The voyage took seven weeks and included a major storm early in the journey, eventually they reached Michigan.

Zeeland
The City of Zeeland, Michigan. Incorporated in 1907 and named after the Province of Zeeland in the Netherlands, Zeeland is located approximately 25 miles west of Grand Rapids. More about history of Zeeland is found here.

Van Buren
Historic downtown Main Street Van Buren in Arkansas is a five-block area that has been restored to look as it once did in the late 1800's. County data and maps from the U.S. Census Bureau, explore Arkansas, the Natural State.


BigRed, Holland State Park, Michigan
The original village of Harlem was established in 1658 by Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant and named Nieuw Harlem after the Dutch city of Harlem. - Historical and Archeological resources (Stuyvesant), Henry Hudson's voyage (America's Dutch heritage) and The Dutch Paper Chase, (from Long Island History).

Flushing
In October, 1645, Governor William Kieft granted a patent to establish the town of Vlissingen, today known as Flushing. The Flushing patent granted for the first time, the right 'to have and enjoy liberty of conscience, according to the custom and manner of Holland.' A portion of a 1651 Dutch map of New Netherlands, showing Manahattan Island and Greenpoint. The "Groote River" was known by four different names, listed on the map, and later became the Hudson River.

Harlingen
The City of Harlingen is located in the geographic and population center of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Harlingen is a rapidly growing city of over 52,300 and forms part of Cameron County, one of Texas' fastest growing metropolitan statistical areas.

Zwolle
The North Toledo Bend State Park is located on the shores of beautiful Toledo Bend reservoir near Zwolle, La and one of the largest manmade lakes United States.

Nederland
Nederland, Colorado. Nederland, Texas. Founded just before turn of the century by immigrants from Holland. Early efforts at rice farming and dairying played important role, but growth began in earnest with the discovery of Spindletop oil field.

Bergen
Settled by the Dutch, Bergen was created in 1683 as one of the four original counties in New Jersey. Its early borders reached into what are now Passaic and Hudson counties.

Middleburg
Most Virginia counties are named for English or Virginia personalities or places. However, we have found some Dutch connections. After the turn of the century, Middleburg, Virginia began welcoming a new wave of visitors that descended on the town for foxhunting and steeplechasing. Lancaster County and the scenic Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

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Holland
To truly experience all that Holland has to offer, venture well beyond the confines of Amsterdam to the outlying cities, towns and villages. The official page of the Netherlands Board of Tourism.
The weather in the Netherlands, an active Doppler radar.


Zeeland
Sea around land in the province of Zeeland, (this site is in Dutch), also facts and figures from the Zeeland Chamber of Commerce.


Buren
Historic archives about Buren, a Dutch site.
A small amount of info about the Buren region, history about the region , and a link to the Martin van Buren page, the 8th President of the United States, also explaining what O.K. really means.


Haarlem
The city of Haarlem, in the Netherlands. Cute, cozy yet real, handy to the airport, and just 20 minutes by train from downtown Amsterdam, Haarlem is a fine home base, giving you small-town, overnight warmth with easy access to wild and crazy Amsterdam. Points of interest include the church of Saint Bavo, the town hall, which dates back to the 13th century; the Frans Hals Museum, home of an important collection of 17th-century Dutch paintings; and the Teylers Museum (1778).


Bergen and Vlissingen
The village by the sea, Bergen, the Netherlands (in English).
The city of Vlissingen (Flushing) in the Netherlands. - Flushing is a historic port on the West side of the Isle of Walcheren in the Province of Zeeland (The Netherlands). Nowadays, usually many ships can be seen on its anchorage.

Harlingen
About 70 B.C. the first people lived in the Harlingen area, near to 1234 Harlingen receives the city charter.
Harlingen, because of the connection to the sea, was very important for trading during the Golden Age. The industries that made Harlingen prominent where, shipyards, breweries, salt- seething, pottery and grain- and saw mills.

Zwolle
Unknown, unloved. This certainly applies to the Hanseatic City of Zwolle. But once you have visited Zwolle, you are completely sold to this old city. Zwolle is a city brimming with activity. Especially the medieval city centre is a tourist draw.

Dutch museums
The Museumserver is a platform for Dutch museums on the Internet. More than 250 Dutch museum sites are included in the Museumserver, providing you a fabulous show of art, culture, history and science from the Netherlands.

Heemstede
The village of Heemstede , nearby Haarlem features lots of green, and was establised in 1345, the Dutch name link to the US, is Hempstead in New York.