Ransdorp
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Ransdorp in the municipality of Amsterdam. |
Ransdorp (Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 7 km east of the city centre.
) is a village in theRansdorp is a part of the stadsdeel (borough) Amsterdam-Noord. The village has about 245 inhabitants.[1]
Ransdorp was a separate municipality until 1921. The village covered the villages of Ransdorp, Durgerdam, Holysloot, and Schellingwoude.[2]
Ransdorp was visited by the American reality television show The Amazing Race 12 (2007). Contestants had to complete Fierljeppen before completing the "leg" at a local yacht club in Durgerdam.
[edit] References
- ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Kerncijfers postcodegebieden 2004 [1]: postcode 1028BK to BS.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [2]