Bedum
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Bedum is the site of three supermarkets, several pubs, and a leaning church tower, dubbed "the leaning tower of Bedum". Footballer Arjen Robben was born in Bedum (23 January 1984).
Bedum has a railway station - Bedum railway station.
The leaning tower
Bedum's 36-metre tower of the St Walfridus church has been calculated as now leaning at a greater angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. If both towers were the same height, Bedum's would have a greater displacement by 6 cm.[1]
Former population centres
Notable people
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- Arjen Robben, professional footballer[2]
Gallery
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Bridge over Boterdiep
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Air watchtower in Bedum
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Topographic map of Bedum, June 2015
References
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- ↑ Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower, Reuters, 28 August 2009
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External links
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