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Cheese shop in the Town of Edam, Netherlands
Edam is a city in the northwest Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Combined with Volendam, Edam forms the municipality of Edam-Volendam. Approximately 7,380 people live in Edam. The entire municipality of Edam-Volendam has 28,492 inhabitants. The name Edam originates from a dam on the little river E or IJe where the first settlement was located and which was therefore called IJedam. Edam is famous as the original source of the cheese with the same name.
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Location: Edam, Netherlands
Photo credit: © Dimitry Bobroff / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: balls, bridge, canal, cart, cheese, dam, dutch, edam, holland, ije, ijedam, netherlands, river, shop, statues, town, volendam