The fires were everywhere, destroying everything in its path as the bombs continued to fall overhead. When it was over, there was nothing left except empty craters and a people looking to rebuild. Unlike many other Dutch cities, Rotterdam was completely destroyed during the WWII. But it turned the end of the war into a [...]
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The Saturday City: Utrecht
May 3, 2008 – 7:04 am
Utrecht is a city about 40 minutes south of Amsterdam. A fairly large city (population 250,000) with a university whose proximity to Amsterdam makes it a big residential and commercial area, Utrecht was where a friend of mine lived. Having never seen it (and despite his protests that there wasn’t anything to see), I was [...]