The Netherlands (atau dalam bahasa Melayu lebih dikenali 'Belanda') telah tercatat sebagai penjajah bumi berdaulat Melaka (sebelum wujudnya Tanah Melayu). Dengan memperalatkan Kerajaan Johor, Belanda berjaya menakluk bumi Melaka
sebagai penjajah kedua dari tahun 
1641 sehingga 1824 (183 tahun!) yang mana Melaka sebelum ini dijajah dan ditadbir oleh penjajah Portugis. Kedudukan Melaka yang strategik pada ketika itu sebagai laluan perdagangan antarabangsa Timur dan Barat telah mendorong Belanda untuk menjajah Melaka dan dijadikan pusat kawalan perdagangan antarabangsa tersebut. Meskipun menjajah Melaka, Belanda kurang memberi perhatian untuk kemajuan dan pembangunan Melaka memandangkan pusat pentadbiran dan aktiviti ekonomi mereka lebih tertumpu di Betawi (kini dikenali dengan nama 'Jakarta').
sebagai penjajah kedua dari tahun 
1641 sehingga 1824 (183 tahun!) yang mana Melaka sebelum ini dijajah dan ditadbir oleh penjajah Portugis. Kedudukan Melaka yang strategik pada ketika itu sebagai laluan perdagangan antarabangsa Timur dan Barat telah mendorong Belanda untuk menjajah Melaka dan dijadikan pusat kawalan perdagangan antarabangsa tersebut. Meskipun menjajah Melaka, Belanda kurang memberi perhatian untuk kemajuan dan pembangunan Melaka memandangkan pusat pentadbiran dan aktiviti ekonomi mereka lebih tertumpu di Betawi (kini dikenali dengan nama 'Jakarta'). Alhamdulillah, kesempatan ke bumi penjajah ini pada Jun 2008 yang lepas merupakan lawatan kedua ambo ke negara asing selepas bumi Tanah Thai (Thailand). Meskipun tidak berkesempatan melihat jaluran dan jambangan bunga tulip (yang sinonim di bumi Belanda dan luas mata memandang bak kata kenalan ambo), ambo berpeluang melihat kincir-kincir angin baik tradisional atau moden yang tersergam tinggi di kebanyakan tempat yang ambo lalui dan juga melihat teknologi mengawal perairan di sana yang terkenal dengan jolokan 'Negara bawah paras laut' namun telah sekian lama tidak mengalami banjir (apatah lagi banjir kilat). Ambo tidak ingin mengulas panjang, cukupulah dengan artikel di bawah (dipetik dari Wikipedia dalam bahasa Inggeris) untuk dikongsikan tempat-tempat yang telah ambo lalui sepanjang berada di sana :
Waalwijk
Waalwijk is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. It is a member of the Langstraat. It has a population of around 50,000. The villages of Capelle, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Sprang (the former municipality of Sprang-Capelle) and Waspik together with the city of Waalwijk form the municipality of Waalwijk. The city has an old town center, which has recently been modernized. Waalwijk is a city in North Brabant that lies between Tilburg and 's-Hertogenbosch. Waalwijk used to be known for its shoe business.
(North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River (Maas) in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west. North Brabant is currently divided into 68 municipalities. Traditionally, almost every town was a separate municipality, but their number was reduced greatly in the 1990s by incorporating smaller towns into neighbouring cities or by other mergers. The municipalities in North Brabant includes Waalwijk. Employment is found in the agricultural, industrial and service sectors. The main agricultural products are wheat and sugar beet, while cows and pigs are held as livestock. The chief industries are automobile production, electronics (both mainly in Eindhoven), textile and shoes. In the twentieth century, tourism has become an important sector for North Brabant, the woods and its quiet atmosphere combined with the beauty of some of the cities having proved successful. Another big tourist attraction is theme park Efteling in Kaatsheuvel, the largest of the Benelux)
Waalwijk was granted city rights in 1303. Waalwijk is also known for an event in the city and surroundings: the "80 van de langstraat", held every September, in which a few thousand people make a 80-km walk through all towns that are part of the Langstraat region.
Some other events :
• Waalwijk Modestad (Waalwijk Fashion City): a weekend full of fashion;
• Nacht van het levenslied (Night of the "Dutch song"), where Dutch and local singers perform;
• Straattheaterfestival (street theatre festival): a weekend full of street performers and theatre acts
Maklumat lanjut ? sila lawati www.waalwijk.nl (bahasa Belanda)
Waalwijk is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. It is a member of the Langstraat. It has a population of around 50,000. The villages of Capelle, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Sprang (the former municipality of Sprang-Capelle) and Waspik together with the city of Waalwijk form the municipality of Waalwijk. The city has an old town center, which has recently been modernized. Waalwijk is a city in North Brabant that lies between Tilburg and 's-Hertogenbosch. Waalwijk used to be known for its shoe business.(North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River (Maas) in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west. North Brabant is currently divided into 68 municipalities. Traditionally, almost every town was a separate municipality, but their number was reduced greatly in the 1990s by incorporating smaller towns into neighbouring cities or by other mergers. The municipalities in North Brabant includes Waalwijk. Employment is found in the agricultural, industrial and service sectors. The main agricultural products are wheat and sugar beet, while cows and pigs are held as livestock. The chief industries are automobile production, electronics (both mainly in Eindhoven), textile and shoes. In the twentieth century, tourism has become an important sector for North Brabant, the woods and its quiet atmosphere combined with the beauty of some of the cities having proved successful. Another big tourist attraction is theme park Efteling in Kaatsheuvel, the largest of the Benelux)
Waalwijk was granted city rights in 1303. Waalwijk is also known for an event in the city and surroundings: the "80 van de langstraat", held every September, in which a few thousand people make a 80-km walk through all towns that are part of the Langstraat region.
Some other events :
• Waalwijk Modestad (Waalwijk Fashion City): a weekend full of fashion;
• Nacht van het levenslied (Night of the "Dutch song"), where Dutch and local singers perform;
• Straattheaterfestival (street theatre festival): a weekend full of street performers and theatre acts
Maklumat lanjut ? sila lawati www.waalwijk.nl (bahasa Belanda)
Blokker
Blokker is a village in the Netherlands, in the province of North
Holland and the region of West-Frisia. It consists of two parts: Westerblokker in the municipality of Hoorn, and Oosterblokker in Drechterland. Until 1979, Blokker was a separate municipality. The village is primarily known in The Netherlands because in 1964 The Beatles gave their two only concerts on Dutch soil there. There is a regular bus service to Hoorn NS (Railway station), this and Hoorn Kersenboogerd railway station are the closest stations.(North Holland (Dutch: Noord-Holland, West Frisian: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam. North Holland is a broad peninsula between the North Sea and the IJsselmeer. More than half of the province consists of reclaimed polder land situated below sea level. North Holland's major cities and towns are Amsterdam, Haarlem, Hilversum, Den Helder, Alkmaar, Zaandam and Hoorn. The island of Texel is also part of North Holland. North Holland has also invited Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius in the Netherland Antilles to become part of their state. No decision has been reached as of yet.)
Putten
Putten is a municipality and a town in Gelderland province in the middle of the Netherlands. Putten is surrounded by a great variety of landscapes. To the east of Putten lies the Veluwe, the biggest national park of the Netherlands. To the north, east and west, Putten is surrounded by farmlands, and further to the west the ring-lake around Flevoland can be found. Today agriculture is still important in Putten, but the main sector now is services. There are considerable amounts of shops, and tourism is important. Tourist are attracted by the varied landscape and the beach at the Ringlake. Every Wednesday there is a produce and food market that is the biggest in the North-West Veluwe area. Putten lies next to the A28 highway that connects Utrecht with the north. The train between Utrecht and Zwolle stops twice every hour, but coins or a Dutch debit card is needed to by a ticket in Putten.
(Gelderland (English also Guelders German: Geldern) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Wageningen, Ede, Zutphen, Doetinchem, Harderwijk, Epe, Wijchen and Tiel. The city Geldern, after which the province is called, is today part of Germany. Gelderland is geographically divided into three regions: the Veluwe in the north, the Betuwe in the southwest and the Achterhoek (literally meaning the "back corner") or Graafschap (which originally means earldom or county) in the east.)
Maklumat lanjut ? Sila lawati www.putten.nl (bahasa Belanda)
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 136,208 inhabitants (January 2008). The municipality of Apeldoorn, including suburbs like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000 inhabitants. The western half of the municipality lies on the Veluwe ridge, the eastern half lies in the IJssel valley.
The oldest known reference to Apeldoorn, then called Appoldro, dates from the 8th century. Apeldoorn was a relatively insignificant place until the major building projects of the 19th century and those of the period following World War II. The Roman Catholic Mariakerk is a national monument. Apeldoorn possesses large paper-mills, many offices (Centraal Beheer, an insurance company ; the Dutch Tax services; the "Kadaster", the governmentthat land registry service ; and some more), a newspaper company, some hospitals and nursing homes. With over 80,000 people working in the region, Apeldoorn is one of the most important employment centres in the Eastern Netherlands. Apeldoorn also has several important education institutes, such as the Saxion University of Applied Sciences (hotel and facility management) and the Netherlands Police Academy.
Apenheul is a zoo which hosts a number of different types of apes and monkeys, some of which are free to walk around the visitors and there is also an amusement park situated in Apeldoorn, called the Koningin Juliana Toren (Queen Juliana Tower). It is situated nearby the Apenheul and lies on the road to Hoog Soeren.
The local hospital is the Gelre Hospital, offering secondary health care to Apeldoorn and the surrounding towns. Apeldoorn railway station is the terminus for the Veluwse Stoomtrein Maatschappij, a preserved steam railway that runs to Dieren via Beekbergen. There are 3 railway stations in Apeldoorn, these are :
• Apeldoorn
• Apeldoorn De Maten
• Apeldoorn Osseveld
Bus services in the city are provided by Veolia Transportation.
Maklumat lanjut ? Sila lawati http://www.apeldoorn.nl/smartsite.dws?id=127356
(dalam bahasa Inggeris)
Zevenhuizen
Zevenhuizen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland . It is located about 12 km northeast of the city of Rotterdam. Zevenhuizen was a separate municipality until 1991, when it merged with Moerkapelle to form the new municipality of Moerhuizen (renamed in 1992 to Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle) with population 10,366.(South Holland (Dutch: Zuid-Holland ) is a province situated on the North Sea in the western part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is The Hague and its largest city is Rotterdam. South Holland is divided into 74 municipalities. In the Netherlands a municipality (gemeente) may consist of a single city or town or it may consist of a number of smaller towns and villages.)
Sumber :
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Brabant
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waalwijk
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blokker_(North_Holland)
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Holland
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putten
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelderland
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apeldoorn
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zevenhuizen_(Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle)
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