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Bergen Bergen is considered to be the artist-town of The Netherlands. Located just a few kilometers from Alkmaar, famous for its cheese market, Bergen is a very green village. Trees outnumber houses in every street, the woods and the dunes are always nearby, just as the typical Dutch polders (former lakes turned into farmland). No wonder Bergen inspired many poets, painters and other artists alike and still does so. If you care for art: every october Bergen has its 'Ten days of art' (Kunsttiendaagse). These days some hundred local artists open their doors for the public and explain their work. If you love classical music: every august The International Holland Music Sessions bring the most promising young classical musicians to Bergen for masterclasses. Three weeks in a row there are two or more concerts a day om different locations. Be sure to go to one of them in the Ruïnekerk, a small church some five centuries old in the very center of Bergen.
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