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Veldheer
Tulip Garden - this 30-acre tulip field, with about 4 million
tulips, attracts lots of tourists in May.
Tulip Time - Holland's tulip festival usually the second week of May, celebrating the city's Dutch heritage.
Deklomp Wooden Shoe and Delftware Factory - right next to Veldheers, it is the only place outside the Netherlands where earthenware is hand painted in Dutch style using Delft glaze. You can watch craftmen make wooden shoes at the shoe factory.
Wooden Shoe Factory - shoemakers make wooden shoes using 100-year-old machines and hand carving. There is also a gift shop with wooden toys an homemade fudge.
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Dutch
Village - recreation of a 19th century Dutch village with an
operating, antique street carnival. The village has canals,
windmills and tulips. There's wooden shoe carving, folk dances,
rides and a merry-go-round.
Windmill Island - this 36 acre mini-theme park has "De Zwaan", a 230-year old working windmill - the only authentic old Dutch windmill allowed to leave the Netherlands. There is also a 100 year old carousel, a miniature Dutch village, a drawbridge and tulip gardens.
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Using your Michigan map find the following:
Latitude of Holland___________
Longitude of Holland__________
How far from the State Capitol is it?_______________
How far from your home town is it?_________________
What county is Holland in?________________________
What direction(s) would you need to travel from Holland to get to the State Capitol?__________________
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http://www.holland-chamber.org/ - Holland Chamber of Commerce
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