Ruigoord

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Ruigoord in the municipality of Amsterdam.

Ruigoord (52°25′N, 4°45′E) is a former island and a village in the Houtrakpolder in the IJ meer in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 8 km east of Haarlem.[1]

In the 1960s the village was evacuated by the municipality of Amsterdam, which intended to extend its harbour, but the plans fell through. In 1973 the village was squatted by a group of artists who planned to make a colony there.[2]. It exists to this day. Full moon parties are regularly organised in the church and every year there is the Landjuweel festival in August.[3]

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  1. ^ ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.
  2. ^ http://www.etext.org/Politics/Autonome.Forum/Autonomous.Left/netherlands.squats.march-1996
  3. ^ Landjuweel 2008!

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