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Giethoorn is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Steenwijkerland, about 5 km southwest of Steenwijk. Giethoorn used to be a carfree town known in the Netherlands as "Venice of the North" or "Venice of the Netherlands". It became locally famous, especially after 1958, when the Dutch film maker Bert Haanstra made his famous comedy "Fanfare" there...

Starkenberger is the brand name of the beer at the brewery castle Starkenberger in Tarrenz (Tyrol). History The Brewery at Castle Mountain Stark was founded in 1810 by Anna Strele after Tyrol was occupied by the French. In 1910 the brewery has a beer output of 10,000 hectoliters, in 1972 they were increased to 35,000 hectoliters. In the recent past, the brewery changed several times their owners. Starkenberger is located at Castle and was opened in 2005...

Defqon.1 Festival is an annual music festival held in the Netherlands and Australia. It was founded in 2003 by festival organizer Q-dance. The festival plays mostly hardstyle and related genres such as hardcore techno, jumpstyle and hard trance. Many prominent hardstyle and dubstyle artists perform there annually. As of 2010, the audience has grown to 40,000 (for the Dutch event), with tickets selling out after 39 minutes...

Such photos are very rare because you are not allowed to take pictures in such places. Here we have working girls of the Red Light Districts of Brussels and Amsterdam. 15 minutes that you spend with a girl would cost you about 50 Euros. A red-light district is a neighborhood or a part of a neighborhood where businesses connected to the sex industry (sex shops, strip clubs, adult theaters etc.) exist...

The Librije is a unique 16th century public library in the St. Walburga’s Church in Zutphen. The Church itself dates from the 11th century. The building and the interior of the library have remained almost unchanged throughout the ages. The greater part of the original collection of books is still in situ. Some books have been chained to the reading desks since the time of foundation. In medieval times the Chapter of the St. Walburga’s Church consisted of 12 canons...

The Finnish Defence Forces (Finnish: puolustusvoimat, Swedish: försvarsmakten) are responsible for the defence of Finland. It is a cadre army of 15,000, of which 8,900 are professional soldiers (officers), extended with conscripts and reservists such that the standard readiness strength is 34,700 people in uniform (27,300 Army, 3,000 Navy, and 4,400 Air Force). A universal male conscription is in place, under which all men above 18 years of age serve for 165, 255 or 347 days...