Ransdorp is a village in the
province
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of
North Holland
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,
Netherlands
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, part of the
municipality
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of
Amsterdam
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. It lies about 7 km northeast of the
city centre
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, in the
Landelijk Noord district. Ransdorp is a part of the borough (
Dutch: ''stadsdeel'')
Amsterdam-Noord
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and has about 245 inhabitants.
[Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Kerncijfers postcodegebieden 2004'' : postcode 1028BK to BS.]
In 1840, the village had 292 inhabitants, living in 44 houses. Ransdorp was a separate municipality until 1921, when it merged with Amsterdam so that the
Government of Amsterdam
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a m ...
could ensure that the village's infrastructure was well-maintained. The municipality also covered the villages of
Durgerdam,
Holysloot and
Schellingwoude
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. The village has an exceptional number of buildings labelled as
Rijksmonumenten; its church is the best known. The village's main sources of revenue are
dairy farming
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and
tourism
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. Ransdorp is served by public bus lines operated by the
Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf (GVB).
Ransdorp was visited by the American
reality television
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show ''
The Amazing Race 12
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'' in 2007. Contestants had to perform a traditional
fierljeppen river vault before completing the "leg" at a local yacht club in
Durgerdam. The show returned to the village five years later on ''
The Amazing Race 21'' to perform a "Switchback" of fierljeppen task again before ending the leg near the church of Ransdorp. In 2016, the village was featured on the Chinese reality show ''
Race the World'' as the site of a geese herding task. In 2020, the village appeared on the Israeli reality show ''
HaMerotz LaMillion 8'' as the site of a fierljeppen task.
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Former municipalities of North Holland
Neighbourhoods of Amsterdam
Amsterdam-Noord