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The Giant Jackdaws of Madurodam

Posted on April 18th, 2008 in Netherlands, Offbeat

Today we visited Madurodam, the smallest city in the Netherlands. The popular tourist attraction near the Hague is a model of a Dutch town at a 1:25 scale, composed of typical Dutch buildings and landmarks. There were a lot of Jackdaws walking around the tiny streets and buildings. This was actually quite funny to watch and with a little imagination they were like giant birds straight out of a bad monster movie.

Jackdaw at Madurodam

Jackdaw at Madurodam

Jackdaw at Madurodam

Jackdaw at Madurodam

Jackdaw at Madurodam

Jackdaw at Madurodam

Jackdaw at Madurodam

 

This entry was posted on Friday, April 18th, 2008 at 3:48 pm CST and is filed under Netherlands, Offbeat. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

 
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Apr 24, 2008
1:13 pm
#1 ma wrote:

so funny it could be a movie called “Jackzillas”

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