• Sinterklaas is assisted by Zwarte Piet ("Black Pete"), a helper dressed in Moorish attire and in a black painted face. Zwarte Piet first appeared in print...
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    there is a tram tunnel with two underground tram stations (Spui and Grote Markt) in The Hague city centre; it is shared by tramline 6 and RR-lines 2, 3...
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    2, 3, 4 and 6 and incorporates two underground stations: Spui and Grote Markt. The tunnel is the western section of a grade-separated section of the tram...
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    adapted the German name to quasi-English Christkindlmarket, swapping German Markt and market. Christmas markets date to the Late Middle Ages in the German-speaking...
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    near Kampen at 2 metres (6 ft) below sea level. Important rivers : IJssel, Zwarte Water, Overijsselse Vecht, Dinkel, Regge and Reest . Major channels : Twentekanaal...
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    tales that changed into tales of Christian Sinterklaas traveling the sky. Zwarte Piet (Dutch for Black Pete) is his assistant. Roman van Walewein [nl] is...
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    landscape between the four rivers surrounding the city, IJssel, Vecht, Aa and Zwarte Water. The hill was the only piece of land that would remain dry during...
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    an Americanized pronunciation and spelling of Christkindl Christkindl Markt, a traditional holiday market in Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Eastern...
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    Stadhuis) of Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium, is situated on that city's Grote Markt (main square), between Leiestraat and Rijselsestraat. The facade in late-Gothic...
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    way to and from Zandvoort on their way to the fish market on the Grote Markt, Haarlem. In more recent times the location is a pancake restaurant with...
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    Bourse - Grand-Place (French) or Beurs - Grote Markt (Dutch) is a premetro (underground tram) station in central Brussels, Belgium, located under the...
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    Blues Publications. 1979. p. 16. Karelse Van der Meer; Harm Tilman; De Zwarte Hond; Raimond Wouda (2005). Dutch Realist. NAi Publishers. p. 187. ISBN 978-90-5662-405-7...
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    between the Rue des Halles/Hallenstraat and the Rue de la Vierge Noire/Zwarte Lievevrouwstraat, replaced unhygienic open-air markets, though they were...
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    Brussels-North and Brussels-South stations, via Bourse - Grand-Place/Beurs - Grote Markt. The route left the city to the south through Saint-Gilles along the Rue...
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    Brussel) is a Christmas tree erected annually on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (main square) of Brussels, Belgium. It has traditionally been a real tree...
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    Netherlands is a "systemic problem". He also said to have changed his mind about Zwarte Piet. On 25 June, Mark Rutte, together with Deputy Prime Minister Kajsa...
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    and Bourget in the direction of Troon/Trône. Bus 13 UZ-VUB Étangs Noirs / Zwarte Vijvers 31min. 10'-12' 05:25-00:41 Bus 14 Heysel / Heizel Gare du Nord /...
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  • Halen Markt 50°56′55″N 5°06′53″E / 50.94862°N 5.11466°E / 50.94862; 5.11466 (Relictid 21764 -) 21764 Info double House (nl) Yes Halen Markt 9 50°56′53″N...
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    (Carrere, 1983) Benny Neyman: "Een dag in Parijs" – taken from the album Het Zwarte Goud (CNR, 1984) Tina Selini: "I know about you", "All of my life", "Just...
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    Sterre der Zee' on website sterre-der-zee.nl. Ubachs/Evers (2005), p. 600: 'Zwarte Christus'. Ubachs/Evers (2005), p. 98: 'Broederschap van het H. Kruis'....
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