C'mon Aussie C'mon

HELP, where are my Aussie Fans??

You know, I can see in the statistics in which countries my weblog has been red, the Netherlands is at the moment the Champion (no not with Soccer) and of course that's not strange because we are here now but the statistics shows that last blog I only had three fans from Australia looking at it and one of them must have been Ian as he helped me finding a good English word for the "Trekpaarden" which according to Ian is; "Draught Horses".

I've got family and facebook friends in Australia so just three readers is not enough. Hey Australia, because I'm not writing about Australia now doesn't mean the blog is not interesting anymore as there are more nice countries to show and learn from and one of them is The Netherlands!! (also called; Holland)

The beautiful ancient cities with old buildings show the rich and very old history of Holland and so, to get back my Aussie readers I now show you some pictures of Haarlem which is the Capital City of the province North Holland;

May be this gives you more an idea about The Netherlands, we are in Vorden which is between Arnhem and the German Border.

OK lets go to Haarlem;

Picture this; the oldest mentioning of Haarlem dates from the 10th century, can you imagine!!

Here you can see left of the Dolphins (which are drawn on a boat were people live on) that round building; The Prison, named; "De Koepel".... 

Beer brewing was a very important industry in Haarlem. Until the 16th century the water for the beer was taken from the canals in the city. These were, through the Spaarne and the IJ, connected to seawater. However, the water in the canals was getting more and more polluted, and no longer suitable for brewing beer.

Windmill "De Adriaan"

Beautiful alleys....

Nieuwe Kerk (New Church)....

De Grote St. Bavokerk (The large St. Bavochurch)

on the bottom of the Church are little shops situated...

The City Hall on the Grote Markt. It was built in the 14th century replacing the Count's castle, after it partially burnt down. The remainders were given to the city.

Just some beautiful facades.... 

If you want to know everything of Haarlem;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haarlem

I can tell you, every foreigner knows and goes to Amsterdam when they come to Holland, Haarlem is certainly worth a visit too!

Next to come;

Den Haag (also called 's Gravenhage, The Hague in English) Capital City of Zuid Holland but also the city where the Government is settled and the "office" of our King.

See you then, also the Aussies!!

Cheers!