- Ruigoord
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caption = Ruigoord in the municipality of Amsterdam.Ruigoord (coord|52|25|N|4|45|E|type:city(100)) is a former island and a village in the Houtrakpolder in the IJ meer in the Dutch province of
North Holland . It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 8 km east ofHaarlem ."ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland", Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.]In the 1960s the village was evacuated by the municipality of Amsterdam, which intended to extend its harbour, but the plans fell through. In 1973 the village was
squat ted by a group of artists who planned to make a colony there. [http://www.etext.org/Politics/Autonome.Forum/Autonomous.Left/netherlands.squats.march-1996] . It exists to this day, but is legalized nowadays. Full moon parties are regularly organised in the church and every year there is a festival in August. [ [http://landjuweelfestival.nl/index.php Landjuweel 2008! ] ]ee also
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External links
* [http://www.ruigoord.nl/ Official site of Ruigoord]
* [http://www.ruigoord.tv/ Video about Ruigoord]
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