4/5 Doe Je V. 6 years ago on Google • 2131 reviews
A
local
small
mall
with
a
Coop
supermarket
and
a
few
other
shops
including
a
flower
shop.
Nothing
much
but
a
nice
spot
-
with
free
parking
-
after
a
visit
to
this
beautiful
old
village
(since
early
17th
century)
along
the
New
Dike
in
the
province
Noord
Brabant.
Feel
like
Napoleon
Bonaparte
who
paid
a
visit
here
in
1811.
The
Brabant
village
of
Nieuwendijk
was
founded
in
the
seventeenth
century
along
the
dike
of
the
same
name,
which
was
completed
in
1646.
This
dike
made
it
possible
to
reclaim
a
polder
area
-
the
Nieuwland
van
Altena
-
which
was
reclaimed
from
the
open
Biesbosch
water.
Three
locks
were
installed
in
the
flood
defense,
which
were
located
close
to
each
other
and
discharged
the
water
supplied
by
wind
turbines
from
the
polder
areas.
The
first
residents
of
Nieuwendijk,
such
as
millers
and
other
water
board
employees,
settled
near
the
locks.
They
were
soon
joined
by
several
farmers,
who
started
living
on
and
along
the
dike
and
acquired
agricultural
and
pasture
land
in
the
new
polder.
The
first
small
workers'
houses
also
appeared
in
the
small
hamlet
for
the
men
who
found
work
with
the
farmers
and
in
the
reed
buntings
and
osiers
of
the
lonely,
rugged
and
almost
inaccessible
Biesboschwaterland.
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