noumenon@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL the city of Amsterdam is actually built on millions of wooden piles instead of solid groundmessage-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down10
arrow-up1104arrow-down1message-squareTIL the city of Amsterdam is actually built on millions of wooden piles instead of solid groundnoumenon@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarebdeclerc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoBrussels is even named for being built on top off a swamp (a ‘broek’) covered in leather tarps (‘zelen’) = Broek-zele = Bruxelles = Brussels.
Brussels is even named for being built on top off a swamp (a ‘broek’) covered in leather tarps (‘zelen’) = Broek-zele = Bruxelles = Brussels.