Veendam
Veendam is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.
A Holland America Line cruise ship, the MS Veendam, is named after the city.
The municipality includes Westerdiepsterdallen, the smallest town in the Netherlands.Geography
The population centres in the municipality are:
- Bareveld
- Borgercompagnie
- Kibbelgaarn
- Korte Akkers
- Numero Dertien
- Ommelanderwijk
- Tripscompagnie
- Veendam
- Wildervank
- Wildervanksterdallen
- Zuidwending
International relations
Veendam has two sister cities:Sports
Cycling
Veendam was the start place of stage 4b at the 2012 Energiewacht Tour and the finish place of stage 2 at the 2013 Energiewacht Tour.Sport clubs
- SC Veendam, former soccer club
- Flash Veendam, volleyball club
- NNZC Veendam, gliding club
Notable residents
- Hendrik de Cock a Dutch minister responsible for the 1834 Dutch Reformed Church split
- Anthony Winkler Prins a Dutch writer, chief editor of the Winkler Prins encyclopedia.
- Herman Mees was a Dutch artist, portrait painter, watercolorist and academic
- Herman Johannes Lam a Dutch botanist
- Addeke Hendrik Boerma the first Executive Director of the World Food Programme 1962-1967
- Gerda Geertens a Dutch composer
Sport
- Bert Romp a Dutch equestrian, gold medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Janette Bouman a Dutch-born Kazakhstani dressage rider
- Rick Slor a retired professional footballer with 509 club caps
- Anneke Venema a retired rower, silver medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Linda Moes a former breaststroke swimmer, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Peter Windt a Dutch former field hockey player
- Renate Groenewold a Dutch former long track speed skater, silver medallist at both the 2002 and the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Henk Grol a Dutch judoka, bronze medallist at both the 2008 and the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Jeroen Zoet a Dutch professional football goalkeeper with over 250 club caps
Topography
