These naming habits can be found back in our towns and cities via streetnames that reflect the urbanization history, the location of specific trades, or support for a royal family.

In the 19th and 20th century the customs to name new streets after flowers, painters, composers, or in case of the Netherlands after Indonesian islands. This is colonialism petrified and turned into street signs. We do not only find this in Amsterdam, but in all Dutch cities and towns that expanded in the period 1880-1940.

Utrecht

The Hague


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