RIOJA-3 was a submarine telecommunications cable system linking the Belgium and the Netherlands across the southern

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Se ...

. It had landing points in: # Oostduinkerke-Bad,

Flanders Flanders ( or ; ) is the Dutch language, Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, la ...

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

Egmond aan Zee Egmond aan Zee () is a village on the North Sea coast in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, North Holland, Bergen, about 9 km west of Alkmaar. Egmond aan Zee was a separate municipali ...

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

It was withdrawn from service on 13 October 2006http://atlantic-cable.com/Cables/CableTimeLine/index1951.htm, Atlantic Cable Cable Timeline, 1951-2000.

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Submarine communications cables in the North Sea Belgium–Netherlands relations Bergen, North Holland Koksijde 2006 disestablishments in Belgium 2006 disestablishments in the Netherlands {{telecomm-stub