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unusual facts about Weesp–Leiden railway


Weesp–Leiden railway

Amsterdam De Vlugtlaan was closed in 2000, after the opening of the Hemboog: a chord at Amsterdam Sloterdijk which connects Schiphol and the city of Zaandam.


Ed Kea

Born in Weesp, Netherlands but raised in Collingwood, Ontario (his family moved to Canada when he was four), Kea started his National Hockey League career with the Atlanta Flames.

Isaack van Ruisdael

Very few works are known today by Isaack van Ruisdael, but he is known for landscapes in the same style as his son, and there is a view of Egmond and a view of Muiderpoort in Weesp in the RKD.

Weesp

There were large facilities of Solvay Pharmaceuticals, until February 2010 when Abbott Laboratories of North Chicago, IL, USA acquired Solvay Pharmaceuticals.

In front of the railway station is a small bus station with services to neighbouring towns and villages such as Muiden, Muiderberg, and Nigtevecht, and to Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station.

The most comprehensive was the Defence Line of Amsterdam (Stelling van Amsterdam), a circular inundation zone around Amsterdam, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


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