List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands

Map of the Netherlands.

This list of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands[1] includes places in the Netherlands that have standing links to local communities in other countries. The places include towns, villages, cities, districts, counties with twin links.

Alkmaar

  • Bath, England, United Kingdom (1945)
  • Tata, Hungary (1985)

Almelo

Almere

Amersfoort

Amstelveen

Amsterdam

Arnhem

  • Airdrie, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Croydon, England, United Kingdom
  • Gera, Germany (13.4.1987)

Assen

Bellingwedde

The municipality of Bellingwedde is twinned with:

Bergen op Zoom

Borne

Breda

Delft

Delft is twinned with:[9]

Deventer

Doetinchem

Dordrecht

Eindhoven

Enschede

Epe

Goirle

Gouda

Groningen

Haaren

The former municipality of Esch is, together with the French municipality of Cissé and the Luxembourgish municipality of Troisvierges, a founding member of the Charter of European Rural Communities. This network, which enlarges according to the enlargement of the European Union, was founded in 1989.

Haarlem

Harderwijk

Heerenveen

Heerhugowaard

Heiloo

Hellevoetsluis

Helmond

Hengelo

's-Hertogenbosch
  • Trier, Germany (7.6.1968)

Heusden

Hoofddorp

Hoogeveen

Kampen

Klundert

Leens (De Marne)

Leeuwarden

Leiden

Leidschendam-Voorburg

Maasdam

Meerssen

Meerssen is a founding member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of 23 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.[13][14]

Nieuwegein

Nijkerk

Nijmegen

Nijverdal

Ommen

Opsterland

Purmerend

Roermond

Rotterdam

Partner Cities:

Schiedam

Sneek

Soest

Stampersgat

Stadskanaal

The Hague

Tholen

Tilburg

Utrecht

Veendam

Veenendaal

Veldhoven

Venlo

Vlaardingen

Vlissingen

Waalwijk

Zoetermeer

Zutphen

Zwolle

References

  1. ↑ "Stedenbanden". www.stedenbanden.nl (in dutch). Archived from the original on 22 February 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Sister Cities". Beijing Municipal Government. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Sister Cities of Istanbul". Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  4. 1 2 Erdem, Selim Efe (1 July 2009). "İstanbul'a 49 kardeş" (in Turkish). Radikal. Retrieved 22 July 2009. 49 sister cities in 2003
  5. ↑ "Poznań Official Website – Twin Towns". (in Polish) © 1998–2008 Urząd Miasta Poznania. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  6. 1 2 (Dutch) Partnerschappen, Gemeente Bellingwedde. Retrieved on 2013-06-13.
  7. ↑ (German) Nachbarn und Freunde, SonntagsReport, 2009. Retrieved on 2013-06-13.
  8. ↑ (Polish) Gminy partnerskie, Gmina Nowogród Bobrzański. Retrieved on 2013-06-13.
  9. ↑ (source: Delft municipality guide 2005)
  10. ↑ "List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District" (PDF). © 2009 Twins2010.com. Retrieved 28 October 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
  11. ↑ "Twin Towns – Graz Online – English Version". www.graz.at. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  12. ↑ "Kaliningrad – Partner Cities". 2000–2006 Kaliningrad City Hall. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
  13. ↑ "Douzelage.org: Home". www.douzelage.org. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Douzelage.org: Member Towns". www.douzelage.org. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  15. ↑ "Stedenband Opsterland-Ra'anana" [City Connection Opsterland-Ra'anana]. Stedenbanden.nl. Vanaf 1960 onderhoudt de gemeente Opsterland contacten met de gemeente Ra'anana. Deze contacten zijn in 1963 officieel vastgelegd in een 'vriendschapsverdrag'. In maart 2000 is een delegatie naar Ra'anana gereisd om te praten over een meer themagerichte invulling van het verdrag.
  16. ↑ "Lile Facts & Figures". Mairie-Lille.fr. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  17. ↑ Turin City Hall – International Affairs (English) Retrieved on 26 January 2008.
  18. ↑ "Gdańsk Official Website: 'Miasta partnerskie'" (in Polish and English). © 2009 Urząd Miejski w Gdańsku. Retrieved 11 July 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
  19. ↑ Granma – En La Habana vicealcalde de la ciudad de Rotterdam -La delegación visitante hará la entrega oficial de una donación de implementos deportivos, en momentos en que se celebra el aniversario 25 de las relaciones entre ambas urbes
  20. ↑ "Saint Petersburg in figures – International and Interregional Ties". Saint Petersburg City Government. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
  21. ↑ "Baltimore City Mayor's Office of International and Immigrant Affairs – Sister Cities Program". Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
  22. ↑ "Dresden – Partner Cities". © 2008 Landeshauptstadt Dresden. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  23. ↑ "Sister Cities of Istanbul". Retrieved 8 September 2007.
  24. ↑ Erdem, Selim Efe (3 November 2003). "İstanbul'a 49 kardeş" (in Turkish). Radikal. Retrieved 22 July 2009. 49 sister cities in 2003
  25. ↑ "Christmas around the world". Hull in print. Kingston upon Hull City Council. 2003. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
  26. ↑ Partners – Oslo kommune
  27. ↑ "Sister cities of Budapest" (in Hungarian). Official Website of Budapest. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  28. ↑ "Bratislava City – Twin Towns". © 2003–2008 Bratislava-City.sk. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
  29. ↑ "Durban Official Website: Sister Cities Home Page". © 2009 eThekwini Municipal Communications Department. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
  30. ↑ www.praha-mesto.cz. "Partner cities". Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  31. ↑ "::Bethlehem Municipality::". www.bethlehem-city.org. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
  32. ↑ "Brno – Partnerská města" (in Czech). © 2006–2009 City of Brno. Retrieved 17 July 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
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