It’s a province in the Netherlands. It’s only \ few hundred km from legoland in Denmark - the dude should get out more - I bet he only goes to the central bit of Old Amsterdam.
A province in the Netherlands. Lots of sea there; translates “sea land”.
Wait until they figure it out that Harlem is named after the Amsterdam suburb, since New York was originally New Amsterdam.
Also Brooklyn is named after Breukelen. Vancouver was named after Van Coevorden. Tasmania was named after Abel Tasman.
It’s almost as if the Netherlands used to be relevant in world exploration
Never made the connection between Brooklyn and breukelen… Which is a lovely place btw.
Haarlem is not a suburb but it’s own city, it is actually the capital of the North-Holland province.
Sorry, I think it might have been something lost in translation, I was trying to say “settlement located close by and heavily influenced by another much bigger settlement”. I don’t know a better word for it.
I recall that from Istanbul (not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
This is closer in spelling: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealand 😂
That article literally says the other one is what New Zealand is named after.
