Philippine, Netherlands

picture info	Philippine, Netherlands Philippine is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Terneuzen, and lies about 23 km southeast of Vlissingen. It is located close to the border with Belgium, 5 km southwest of the city of Terneuzen. It received city rights in 1506. Philippine has gained some renown for its mussel restaurants. On the village square there is a fountain in the shape of a mussel. Philippine was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with Sas van Gent.[1] In 2001, the town of Philippines Philippines had 1,970 inhabitants [...More...]
picture info	Netherlands The Netherlands Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland, [ˈneːdərlɑnt] (listen)), informally Holland,[11] is a country in Northwestern Europe with some overseas territories in the Caribbean. In Europe, it consists of 12 provinces that border Germany Germany to the east, Belgium Belgium to the south, and the North Sea North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea North Sea with those countries and the United Kingdom.[12] Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius Sint Eustatius and Saba—it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch and a secondary official language in the province of Friesland Friesland is West Frisian [...More...]
picture info	Special Special Special or the specials or variation, may refer to:.mw-parser-output .tocright float:right;clear:right;width:auto;background:none;padding:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em;margin-bottom:.5em .mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-left clear:left .mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-both clear:both .mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-none clear:none Contents1 Policing 2 Literature 3 Film and television 4 Music4.1 Albums 4.2 Songs5 Computing 6 Other uses 7 See alsoPolicing[edit] Specials, Ulster [...More...]
picture info	Greek Language Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά elliniká) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus Cyprus and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It has the longest documented history of any living Indo-European language, spanning more than 3000 years of written records.[3] Its writing system has been the [...More...]
picture info	Philip The Apostle Philip the Apostle Philip the Apostle (Greek: Φίλιππος, Coptic: ⲫⲓⲗⲓⲡⲡⲟⲥ, Philippos) was one of the Twelve Apostles Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who preached in Greece, Syria, and Phrygia. In the Roman Catholic Church, the feast day of Philip, along with that of James the Less, was traditionally observed on 1 May, the anniversary of the dedication of the church dedicated to them in Rome (now called the Church of the Twelve Apostles). The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates Philip's feast day on 14 November [...More...]
picture info	Sas Van Gent Sas van Gent Sas van Gent (51°14′N 3°48′E / 51.233°N 3.800°E / 51.233; 3.800) is a town in the Netherlands. It is located in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Terneuzen Terneuzen and lies about 30 km south of Vlissingen Vlissingen on the border with Belgium. The Ghent- Terneuzen Terneuzen Canal passes through Sas van Gent, and at that point there was a lock in the canal [...More...]
picture info	Mussel Pteriomorphia Pteriomorphia (marine mussels) Palaeoheterodonta Palaeoheterodonta (freshwater mussels) Heterodonta Heterodonta (zebra mussels) Mussel Mussel is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other edible clams, which are often more or less rounded or oval. The word "mussel" is most frequently used to mean the edible bivalves of the marine family Mytilidae, most of which live on exposed shores in the intertidal zone, attached by means of their strong byssal threads ("beard") to a firm substrate.[1] A few species (in the genus Bathymodiolus) have colonised hydrothermal vents associated with deep ocean ridges. In most marine mussels the shell is longer than it is wide, being wedge-shaped or asymmetrical [...More...]
picture info	City Rights In The Netherlands The Netherlands The Netherlands (/ˈnɛðərləndz/ ( listen); Dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdərˌlɑnt] ( listen)), also known informally as Holland, is a country in Western Europe Europe with a population of seventeen million [...More...]
picture info	Belgium Coordinates: 50°50′N 4°00′E / 50.833°N 4.000°E / 50.833; 4.000Kingdom of BelgiumKoninkrijk België (Dutch) Royaume de Belgique (French) Königreich Belgien (German)FlagCoat of armsMotto: "Eendracht maakt macht" (Dutch) "L'union fait la force" (French) "Einigkeit macht stark" (German) "Unity makes Strength"Anthem: "La Brabançonne" "The Brabantian"Location of Belgium (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) – in the European Union (green)Capital and largest city Brussels 50°51′N 4°21′E / 50.850°N 4.350°E / 50.850; 4.350Official languages Dutch French GermanEthnic groups see DemographicsReligion (2015[1])60.7% Christianity 32.0% No religion 5.2% Islam 2.1% Other religionsDemonym BelgianGovernment Federal parliamentary constitu [...More...]
picture info	Vlissingen Vlissingen Vlissingen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvlɪsɪŋə(n)] ( listen); Zeelandic: Vlissienge; historical name in English: Flushing) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen Vlissingen has been an important harbour for centuries. It was granted city rights in 1315. In the 17th century Vlissingen Vlissingen was a main harbour for ships of the Dutch East India Company Dutch East India Company (VOC) [...More...]
picture info	Zeeland Zeeland Zeeland (/ˈziːlənd/; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzeːlɑnt] ( listen), Zeelandic: Zeêland [ˈzɪə̯lɑnt], historical English exonym Zealand) is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands and peninsulas (hence its name, meaning "Sealand") and a strip bordering Belgium. Its capital is Middelburg. Its area is about 2,930 square kilometres (1,130 sq mi), of which almost 1,140 square kilometres (440 sq mi) is water, and it has a population of about 380,000. Large parts of Zeeland Zeeland are below sea level. The last great flooding of the area was in 1953. Tourism is an important economic activity. In the summer, its beaches make it a popular destination for tourists, especially German tourists. In some areas, the population can be two to four times higher during the high summer season [...More...]
picture info	Central European Summer Time Central European Summer Time European Summer Time (CEST), sometime referred also as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time Central European Time (UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year [...More...]
picture info	Daylight Saving Time Daylight saving time Daylight saving time (DST), also daylight savings time or daylight time (United States) and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks during summer months so that evening daylight lasts longer, while sacrificing normal sunrise times. Typically, regions that use daylight saving time adjust clocks forward one hour close to the start of spring and adjust them backward in the autumn.[1] In effect, DST causes a lost hour of sleep in the spring and an extra hour of sleep in the fall.[2][3] George Hudson proposed the idea of daylight saving in 1895.[4] The German Empire German Empire and Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary organized the first nationwide implementation starting on April 30, 1916. Many countries have used it at various times since then, particularly since the 1970s energy crisis [...More...]
picture info	Central European Time Central European Time Central European Time (CET), used in most parts of Europe Europe and a few North African North African countries, is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC UTC can be written as UTC+01:00 [...More...]