NoordwijkNoordwijk (population: 24,658) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 51.86 km² (of which 15.84 km² water). It is the location of the headquarters for the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), part of the European Space Agency (ESA).The municipality of Noordwijk consists the following towns, villages and townships: Noordwijk aan Zee, Noordwijk-Binnen. |
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"Ask her to wait a moment - I am almost done." - Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), while working, when informed that his wife is dying |
