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Madurodam

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Thursday, 6th July 2006

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This is the small city of Madurodam in the Netherlands. They have an airport, canals, stadiums, boats, gardens, windmills and bridges with… giant people on them? And there’s some giant cars too! Waaaait a minute…

Madurodam is actually a truly small city – in fact it’s a 1:25 scale model of a Dutch city, which features traditional Dutch buildings, famous landmarks from around the country, and the world’s largest miniature railway! (I know. Just don’t even go there.)

More history and ground level shots of this great sight at Wikipedia and the official site.

Thanks to Mickey Mau.

Countries: Netherlands

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