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5 unusual facts about Bloemendaal


Bloomingdale District

The name is derivative the description given to the area by Dutch settlers to New Netherland, likely from Bloemendaal, a town in the eponymous tulip region.

Euro Hockey League 2012–13

The tournament was won by the host team for the semi-finals and final, HC Bloemendaal, who won their second title defeating KHC Dragons 2-0 in the final.

Korps Commandotroepen

The unit was disbanded in October 1945, but its members continued fighting in the Dutch East Indies, while others formed the Stormschool (1945–1950), located in Bloemendaal.

Oskar Deecke

This team became German Indoor-Hockey champions and won the European Club Champions Cup in 2007 in Bloemendaal, Netherlands.

Piet J. Kroonenberg

Kroonenberg has been active in Scouting since 1935 and attended the 5th World Scout Jamboree in Vogelenzang, Bloemendaal, the Netherlands, in 1937.


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Johan Benders

Johan Benders (January 7, 1907 in Bloemendaal – April 6, 1943 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch teacher at the Amsterdams Lyceum, who encouraged his students to manufacture false identification papers and food ration cards for Jews in order to help them escape persecution by the occupying Nazi Germany.

Santpoort-Zuid

En route to Amsterdam Central, the train stops at Bloemendaal, Haarlem, Haarlem-Spaarnwoude (for IKEA), and Amsterdam Sloterdijk (change for Schiphol Airport).


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