Radio Kootwijk: nature area and former transmitting station.
‘De Kathedraal’ (cathedral), the ‘Mastodont’ (mastodon) or simply ‘Gebouw A’ (building A) are just a few of the unique nicknames given to the former Radio Kootwijk transmitting station. This monumental building is where the wireless broadcast connections with the Dutch Indies first reached the airwaves in 1928. Following the legendary words spoken by Queen Wilhelmina: ‘Hello, Bandoeng’, the Dutch were able to speak to Indonesia directly.
Radio Kootwijk was a radio transmission station used for radio broadcastings to the Dutch colonies. It was opened in July 1923. After the Germans occupied The Netherlands they took control over Radio Kootwijk. Transmissions just went on, but the Germans used it for their own propaganda. Radio Kootwijk was also used as a stand-by transmission station for the Kriegsmarine in case of problems with the German Norddeich Radio (in such cases they used a receiving station at Muiderberg near Amsterdam).
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Radio Kootwijk
Radioweg 1
7348 BG Radio Kootwijk
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