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Rotterdam, Delft and the Randstad

Rotterdam, Delft and the Randstad Travel Guide

The towns and cities Zuid-Holland (South Holland) cluster around Amsterdam like filings round the end of a magnet. Each has prospered and grown independently, and today their borders virtually overlap one another to such an extent that the region is now dubbed the Randstad (Border City), because locals consider it one mammoth megalopolis. A quarter of Holland's 16 million residents live within 80 km (50 mi) of the capital. More »

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