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Comments:	Madurodam is a miniature city located in Scheveningen, The Hague, in the Netherlands. It is a model of a Dutch town on a 1:25 scale, composed of typical Dutch buildings and landmarks, as are found at various locations in the country. This major Dutch tourist attraction was built in 1952 and has been visited by tens of millions of visitors since then. The miniature city was named after George Maduro, a law student from Curaçao who fought the Nazi occupation forces as a member of the Dutch resistance and died at Dachau concentration camp in 1945. In 1946 Maduro was posthumously granted the honor of Knight 4th-class of the Military Order of William, the highest and oldest honor in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, because he had distinguished himself in the Battle of the Netherlands against German troops. His parents donated the money to start the Madurodam project.<br> On July 2, 1952, the then teenaged princess Beatrix was appointed mayor of Madurodam, after which she was given a tour of her town. When Beatrix became queen of the Netherlands, she relinquished this function. Today, the mayor of Madurodam is elected by a youth municipal council consisting of 25 pupils from schools in the region.<br> This attraction was the inspiration for Storybook Land.<p> As of October 2019 there are 3 machines The machines cost 1 Euro and presses a 5 Euro cent You need to buy a ticket to the park in order to get to the machines, which are all located next to the gift shop. <p> Machine 1: <br> 1) Pair Of Clogs <br> 2) Boy with Finger in Dyke <br> 3) Medal <p> Machine 6: All have 'Madurodam' on them. <br> 1) 'George Maduro', bust, <br> 2) 'Holland', Tulips, <br> 3) 'Holland', buildings. <p> Machine 7: All have 'Madurodam' on them. <br> 1) 'Holland', Tulips, <br> 2) 'Holland', buildings, <br> 3) 'New Amsterdam', Crest. :<p> Retired 2: 1) Madurodam landscape, 2) Pair of Clogs, 3) Medal <br> Retired 3: 1) City flag etc, 2) Clogs, 3) City area. <br> Retired 4: 1) Windmill, 2) 'Madurodam', area, 3) 'Madurodam', building, 4) 'Madurodam', Mill with smoke stack. <p> Retired from Machine 2: 1, George Maduro, 2) Tulips. <p> Nov 2015 - Details updated. I.T. Hope. Oct 2019 - Updated with new machines
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Madurodam

Machine Locations > Netherlands

George Maduroplein 1
The Hague, Netherlands, 2584 RZ

Phone: +31 70 416 2400

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Madurodam is a miniature city located in Scheveningen, The Hague, in the Netherlands. It is a model of a Dutch town on a 1:25 scale, composed of typical Dutch buildings and landmarks, as are found at various locations in the country. This major Dutch tourist attraction was built in 1952 and has been visited by tens of millions of visitors since then. The miniature city was named after George Maduro, a law student from Curaçao who fought the Nazi occupation forces as a member of the Dutch resistance and died at Dachau concentration camp in 1945. In 1946 Maduro was posthumously granted the honor of Knight 4th-class of the Military Order of William, the highest and oldest honor in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, because he had distinguished himself in the Battle of the Netherlands against German troops. His parents donated the money to start the Madurodam project.
On July 2, 1952, the then teenaged princess Beatrix was appointed mayor of Madurodam, after which she was given a tour of her town. When Beatrix became queen of the Netherlands, she relinquished this function. Today, the mayor of Madurodam is elected by a youth municipal council consisting of 25 pupils from schools in the region.
This attraction was the inspiration for Storybook Land.

As of October 2019 there are 3 machines The machines cost 1 Euro and presses a 5 Euro cent You need to buy a ticket to the park in order to get to the machines, which are all located next to the gift shop.

Machine 1:
1) Pair Of Clogs
2) Boy with Finger in Dyke
3) Medal

Machine 6: All have 'Madurodam' on them.
1) 'George Maduro', bust,
2) 'Holland', Tulips,
3) 'Holland', buildings.

Machine 7: All have 'Madurodam' on them.
1) 'Holland', Tulips,
2) 'Holland', buildings,
3) 'New Amsterdam', Crest. :

Retired 2: 1) Madurodam landscape, 2) Pair of Clogs, 3) Medal
Retired 3: 1) City flag etc, 2) Clogs, 3) City area.
Retired 4: 1) Windmill, 2) 'Madurodam', area, 3) 'Madurodam', building, 4) 'Madurodam', Mill with smoke stack.

Retired from Machine 2: 1, George Maduro, 2) Tulips.

Nov 2015 - Details updated. I.T. Hope. Oct 2019 - Updated with new machines

Machine 1

Machine 6

Machine 7

Retired 2

Retired 4