A picturesque car-free village in the Netherlands is being overrun by tourists and 'nuisance perpetrators'
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Giethoorn is a picturesque, idyllic car-free village in the Netherlands that looks like its straight out of a storybook.
The village, about 75 miles away from Amsterdam, doesn't have any roads, which means tourists and its about 2,600 residents can only get around by bicycle, foot, or boat, according to National Geographic and World Atlas."Because water safety is at stake and because the municipality simply has a duty to act when someone breaks the rules," the residents wrote in the letter.
In May, the village started repairing the damaged bridges, RTV Oost reported, and all homeowners who owned bridges along the parts of the canals frequented by tourists were eligible for collision protection.Take a look at the one peaceful, but now overcrowded, canals:Source: National Geographic, World Atlas
Source: Condé Nast Traveler
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Source: RTC Oost
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