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In the Boerma Instituut a
wonderful, atmospheric school bar can be found.
It is known as Café
De Mijnen or The Miners Cafe.
As everyone can see, we have decided not to deny our origins.
With a
great many, almost antique, mine memorabilia we have attempted to recreate an underground
mineschaft, complete with supports, coal, special spark-free
telephones, mining axes,
helmets and mine lamps.
Limburg is both a Dutch province and a European
region with a highly distinct character.Limburg is a province of considerable
cultural diversity.
The language spoken there comprises numerous
related dialects. Even the tiniest village has its own ensemble or brass band.
Limburg's cultural heritage abounds with local marksmanship festivals and
numerous folkloric events.
Nestled in the foothills of the Limburg Downs and
the Eifel region, Heerlen is a special place. Although it was founded by the
Romans, it has the appearance and the facilities of a city that grew up in
the twentieth century. Heerlen did not develop from a central core; it expanded
outwards from the mining communities that surrounded the various coal pits
dotted throughout the area. The mining industry spurred Heerlen's growth.
Within just a hundred years it had transformed itself from a small collection
of hamlets with about 6.000 inhabitants into a city of 90.000. This
unusual history and its situation in two stream valleys have turned Heerlen
into a city in which modern architecture and facilities are intertwined with
green landscape features.
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