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10 unusual facts about Alkmaar


Alkmaar, Suriname

Named after the town of Alkmaar in the Dutch province of North Holland, Alkmaar has regional significance as a government post and a medical centre.

Bergermeer gas storage

The Bergermeer gas storage is a planned underground natural gas storage in the Alkmaar region north of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Erik Mohs

:1st, European Championship, Track, Madison, U23, Alkmaar

François Pervis

Pervis also finished second in the Sprint Omnium at the European Track Championships in Alkmaar

Green politics

In June 1970 in the Netherlands a group called Kabouters won 5 of the 45 seats on the Amsterdam Gemeenteraad (City Council), as well as two seats each on councils in The Hague and Leeuwarden and one seat apiece in Arnhem, Alkmaar and Leiden.

Lady of all Nations

Peerdeman was born on 13 August 1905 in the city of Alkmaar, in the Netherlands.

Ludolph Hendrik van Oyen

Hendrik Ludolph van Oyen began his military career at the cadet school in Alkmaar from 1906, then, until 1911, at the Royal Military Academy in Breda.

Petrus Vuyst

Vuyst was born in Batavia as the son of Hendrik Vuyst of Alkmaar (1656-1705) and Maria de Nijs.

TAQA

In addition, in 2006 TAQA acquired BP Nederland Energie B.V. Through this acquisition, TAQA get onshore and off-shore production assets, including the Piek Gas Installatie facility in Alkmaar, the project of the largest offshore LNG Regas facilities utilizing the depleted field P15/P18 just off the port of Rotterdam, and partnership in the Bergermeer gas storage project.

TAT-10

The D-segment was a special festoon leg that carried 3 x 565 Mbit/s from Norden, repeatered at land at West-Terschelling to Bergen near Alkmaar.


Claes Jacobsz van der Heck

According to Houbraken who mentions that he was listed on the last page of the Schilder-boeck, his works hung in the Alkmaar city hall when he was writing, and he mentions landscape views of Egmond Abbey, a Judgment of Solomon, portraits, and other historical allegories.

Dutch municipal elections, 2014

Likewise, the municipalities of Alkmaar, Schermer and Graft-De Rijp, as well as the municipalities of Bergambacht, Nederlek, Ouderkerk, Schoonhoven and Vlist will merge as of 1 January 2015 and will have their elections in November this year.

Krommenie

From here there are 4 trains an hour to Amsterdam in one direction and Uitgeest - Alkmaar in the other, with a journey time of 25 minutes.

Master of Alkmaar

This artist, in 1518, was compensated for a painting of Saint Bavo in Haarlem, and his name can be found in records of the Egmond Abbey and of the church of Saint Lawrence in Alkmaar, over a period covering the years 1515 to 1529.

Schreck Ensemble

Utrecht; the Grote Kerk, Groningen; Dodorama, Rotterdam; the Ruïne Kerk, Bergen, North Holland; Theater Frascati, Amsterdam; Music Centre Frits Philips, Eindhoven; Theatre Kikker, Utrecht; Theatre Provadja, Alkmaar; the Music Centre, IJsbreker, Amsterdam; the Stedelijk Museum for Modern Art.

Siege of Haarlem

Some Dutch cities celebrate their victory over the Spanish with a yearly celebration of independence, such as Leiden since 2-3 October 1574 and Alkmaar since 18 October 1573.