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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4614690, member: 2844&quot;]A silly comparison really. I can understand Edinburgh being called the Athens of the north, as an important seat of learning. But to compare a charming yet humble village to what was once a world empire, filled to the brim with treasures from all over the Europe and Asia?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Best place to spot Chinese. Yet the tourists still like it, they don&#039;t mind having to wait for five minutes to pass a bridge.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone ever visits Giethoorn, the houses are private homes, not an open air museum.</p><p>The same goes for the homes and windmills of Kinderdijk, and homes in other interesting places in the Netherlands. Those people like their privacy just as much as we all do. (I am so glad I live in a boring house.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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