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Kampen

Overijssel, Netherlands

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English Kampen Travel Guide & History | Why It Stopped Collecting Taxes

Kampen, in the Netherlands, is a town made for wandering: the things to see on a visit include medieval city gates, church towers and a riverfront shaped by centuries of trade. In 1448 its citizens built a wooden bridge across the IJssel in just five months, and that's only the start of its Hanseatic history.

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