The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen harbour

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen harbour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore.

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen harbour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore.

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore.

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore.

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore.

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore.

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen harbour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore.

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore.

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore, his helpers are the black Peters (zwarte pieten).

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen harbour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore, The Good Bishop visits children and brings presents for the good children and a spank for bad.

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore, The Good Bishop is especially for children he brings presents for the good children and a spank for bad.

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen harbour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid.

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The good bishop's steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, enters the habour of Scheveningen, Sinterklaas and his helpers come on shore, they will be officially received by Mayor of The Hague and the Spanish Ambassador to the Netherlands H.E. J. Vallaure de Acha.

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The good bishop's steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, enters the habour of Scheveningen, where Sinterklaas and his helpers come on shore, Princes Maxima attended also the event she has tree children.

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore.

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore, his helpers are the black Peters (zwarte pieten).

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore, his helpers are the black Peters (zwarte pieten).

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore, his helpers are the black Peters (zwarte pieten).

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore, his helpers are the black Peters (zwarte pieten).

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore, his helpers are the black Peters (zwarte pieten).

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore, The Good Bishop is especially for children he bring presents for the good children and a spank for bad.

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore, his helpers are the black Peters (zwarte pieten).

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The Good Bishop Sinterklaas arrives at Scheveningen habour with the steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, where he and his helpers come on shore, his helpers are the black Peters (zwarte pieten).

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The good bishop's steamboat, the S.S. Madrid, enters the harbour of Scheveningen, Sinterklaas and his helpers come on shore, they will be officially received by Mayor of The Hague and the Spanish Ambassador to the Netherlands H.E. J. Vallaure de Acha

Sinterklaas (also called Sint Nicolaas) is a traditional Winter holiday figure in Dutch-speaking Europe (Netherlands and Flanders) He is the good bishop and comes with a steamboat from Spain his residence, and is also well known in South Africa, Aruba,Suriname, Netherlands Antilles. Every year he is celebrated in The Netherlands, one day before Saint Nicholas died (5 December) and on (6 December) in Belgium. His servant is Black Peter. Sinterklaas is the basis of the mythical holiday figure of Santa Claus in the United States. Sinterklaas has nothing to do with Christmas. Christmas will also be celebrated in the Netherlands. So Santa Claus is not the same as Sinterklaas (in the Netherlands).