Netherlands(South Holland) - Leiden

Leiden in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. Leiden is located on the Old Rhine, at a distance of some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from The Hague to its south and some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Amsterdam to its north. The recreational area of the Kaag Lakes (Kagerplassen) lies just to the northeast of Leiden.
Portraits of famous professors can be seen in the Senate Room of the Academy Building - Leiden University.

Netherlands(South Holland) - Schiedam

Schiedam is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It is part of the Rotterdam metropolitan area. The city is located west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen, and south of Delft. In the south it is connected with the village of Pernis by the Beneluxtunnel.

The city is known for its historical center with canals, and for having the tallest windmills in the world.

Windmill De Eendracht - built 1887, owner Molensticking Westerkwartier.

Netherlands(South Holland) - Rotterdam

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a damconstructed in 1270 on the Rotte River, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre. Its strategic location at the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta on the North Sea and at the heart of a massive rail, road, air and inland waterway distribution system extending throughout Europe is the reason that Rotterdam is often called the "Gateway to Europe".

Located in the province of South Holland, Rotterdam is in the west of Netherlands and the south of the Randstad.

View from Rotterdam.

 

Museum of chess, picture painted Eveline van Rooy

Greetings from Rotterdam

Netherlands(south Holland) - Papendrecht

Papendrecht  is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, at the crossing of the River Beneden Merwede and the Noord River. Although Papendrecht is first mentioned in documents dating back to 1105, it remained a small settlement until the 1950s. In the 1960s its development accelerated and almost its entire area is now urbanized. It is, however, known for its 180-year-old linden tree by the river.
Greeting from Papendrecht.

Here is it. Sunny,nicely,warm, cozy.

Photo Roel Burgler 1986. 

Netherland(South Holland) - Kinderdijk

Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, belonging to the municipality of Molenwaard, in the province South Holland, about 15 km east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is situated in a polder in the Alblasserwaard at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best-known Dutch tourist sites. They have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.
View of windmills at kinderdijk. UNESCO

Netherlands(South Holland) - Den Haag

The Hague is the seat of government in theNetherlands, and the capital city of the province of South Holland. The Hague is the Netherlands' largest city on the North Sea in the southwest of the South Holland province and forms the centre of  conurbation calledHaaglanden. Westland and Wateringen lie to the south, Delft and the Rotterdam conurbation (called Stadsregio Rotterdam or Rijnmond) to the southeast,Nootdorp, Pijnacker, Rijswijk and Voorburg to the east, Zoetermeer and Voorschoten to the northeast and Wassenaar and Leidschendam-Voorburg and theLeiden conurbation to the north.
The Peace Palace (Dutch: Vredespaleis) is a building in The Hague, the Netherlands. It is often called the seat of international law because it houses theInternational Court of Justice (which is the principal judicial body of the United Nations), the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague Academy of International Law, and the extensive Peace Palace Library. In addition to hosting these institutions, the Palace is also a regular venue for special events in international policy and law. The Palace officially opened on 28 August 1913, and was originally built to provide a symbolic home for the Permanent Court of Arbitration,

The Castalia, built in 1998, was the city's first building taller than 100 meters at 20 storeys and 104 meters (341 ft). Graves actually used the core of an older building--the Transitorium, built in 1967. This building, designed by Lucas & Niemeijer, was 73 meters tall. Graves' renovation and new two-tower design recalls the steeply pitched roofs of the traditional Dutch house. The red brick and domestic paned windows are part of the post-modern allusion.
The Pelli-designed Zurich tower(on left), a 20-floor landmark office building in The Hague, Netherlands, built in 1999.

First steam tractor Allchin 3251, built for 3865 hour, weight 38 kg, pressure 1,5 Bar, tested except fo 15 bar. Originaly design from Northampton, England.

The Binnenhof (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɪnə(n)ɦɔf]; English: Inner Court) is a complex of buildings in the city centre of The Hague, next to the Hofvijver lake. It houses the meeting place of both houses of the States General of the Netherlands, as well as the Ministry of General Affairs and the office of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. Built primarily in the 13th century, the Gothic castle originally functioned as residence of the counts of Holland and became the political centre of the Dutch Republic in 1584. It is counted among the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites. The Binnenhof is the oldest House of Parliament in the world still in use.