Den Helder
About Den Helder
Den Helder is an industrial port town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here, the Royal TESO ferryboat service operates the transportation link between Den Helder and the nearby Dutch Wadden island of Texel to the north.
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The capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder was in 1795 — basically a battle between the Dutch and the French, where the Dutch were on a boat on a body of water that froze over while they were anchored.
from 351: No Such Thing As Pop Charts for Bagpipers, 2020-12-11 at 00:25:23 · read transcript
Other times Den Helder came up
When she was Princess Juliana, she had a town that was named after her called Juliana Drop. I was actually named after the birthing process, wasn't it? This is a municipality in Den Helder. It's south of this Juliana Drop, south of the town of Den Helder, which is north of Sharpton. and west of Helen's Kroon. Okay. Is that in the Netherlands? I actually didn't look that bit up.
No Such Thing As A Glof Club, 2025-01-30 · listen
She was like, oh, my balls, my balls are. I was going to say that, that would probably help with your secret going, oh, lobbed right off. I was looking into other sort of bizarre moments in naval wartime history, and just sticking with the Dutch for a second, the capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder, this was in 1795. Basically, this was a battle between the Dutch and the French.
No Such Thing As Pop Charts for Bagpipers, 2020-12-11 · listen
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