The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Dinant (Collégiale Notre-Dame de Dinant) is a thirteenth century Gothic church in Dinant, Belgium. It stands dramatically against the backdrop of a vertical limestone cliff on the banks of the River Meuse. …
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Maeslant Barrier is an enormous storm surge protector on the waterway leading to Rotterdam port. It protects the region from disastrous floods. Bouwkombinatie Maeslantkering, a construction consortium, built the barrier between 1991 and 1997. The cost was €450 million. …
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Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest Nazi extermination camp. Between 1940-45, they annihilated at least 1.1 mn people here. It was their largest death factory. Jews were a staggering majority of the victims, about 1 mn people. Auschwitz became synonymous with the Holocaust. …
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Van Gogh Museum accommodates the largest collection of Van Gogh paintings in the world. The museum welcomed 1.86 million visitors in 2025. Of this, around 1.5 million were international visitors. Dutch citizens accounted for 350,000 visits. The museum regulates ticket sales due to capacity limits. …
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