Beverwijk
Sign in to saveBeverwijk () is an industrial port city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town is located about northwest of Amsterdam in the Randstad metropolitan area, north of the North Sea Canal very close to the North Sea coast. A railway tunnel and two motorway tunnels cross the canal between Beverwijk and the nearby city of Haarlem on the south side of the canal.
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Beverwijk is an industrial port city in the Netherlands located in North Holland, near Amsterdam and the North Sea coast within the Randstad metropolitan area. The city serves as an important transportation hub, connected to the nearby city of Haarlem across the North Sea Canal by a railway tunnel and two motorway tunnels.
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- Beverwijk as seen from the North Sea Canal
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Beverwijk () is an industrial port city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town is located about northwest of Amsterdam in the Randstad metropolitan area, north of the North Sea Canal very close to the North Sea coast. A railway tunnel and two motorway tunnels cross the canal between Beverwijk and the nearby city of Haarlem on the south side of the canal.
Around 1640, a town called Beverwyck was founded in the Dutch colony of New Netherland. That town would become the city of Albany, the state capital of New York.