Clinton News-Record, 1984-05-09, Page 83You can win a Holland vacation
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This year, two Klompen Feest
visitors will win a special prize, two
airline tickets to Holland aboard KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines.
The draw, sponsored by KLM and the
Clinton Klompen Feest committee will
take place on May 19.
The Netherlands National Tourist
Office promotes Holland as a friendly
country that makes tourists feel at
home immediately. It's a country of
flowers and museums, a country where
a visitor can have a very good time
indeed.
Visitors can enjoy the atmosphere of
canals "'during the soft summer
evenings and the vast polder landscape,
unspoiled by centuries. Holland is a
country of flourishing industry and
ancient merchant's homes. of
windmills and of wooden shoes.
Holland is filled with varied charms
and the country is small enough so you
can enjoy many of them. You can drive
across the country from east to west in
less than two hours, or go from the
northernmost to southernmost tip in
less than three.
Why visit Holland?
People visit Holland for its art and to
see the works of the great Dutch
masters, like Rembrandt, Frans Hals
and Van Gogh.
Holland also has artisans, like the
silversmiths of Schoonhoven and the
simosommillar
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painters of the world famous Delft -Blue
pottery.
People visit Holland to see its
romantic, Renaissance charm. Holland.
has about 300 castles, it has harbors
with medieval fortifications and
mellow step -gabled architecture, like
the town halls in Veere and Gouda.
Holland is also famous for its- food
and drink. Dutch people like good food.
They serve up hearty sandwiches,
frothy beer, strong coffee, salted •
herrings, rich chocolates and famous
five -course Continental dinners. But
cheese remains the favorite. Auctions,
like the one at Alkmaar, sell thousands
of cheeses each week.
In recent years, the Netherlands has
become an important tourist attraction.
Amsterdam, in the course of the past
two decades, has joined Paris and
Rome as an important European
tourist centre and in the past ytears
appears to be an even more interesting
attraction.
Tourists' interests have expanded
beyond the historical monuments to
beaches, lakes, bulb fields,, Zuiderzee
and Delta works, museums and ancient
towns and villages.
Vistors to Clinton's Klompen Feest
can win a trip for two to Holland by
purchasing draw tickets at the weekend
celebration.Be sure to get your tickets ,
before the May 19 draw.
Our Best Wishes
to the Fourth Annua
Cr ton
Klompen Feest
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