Spijk (Rijnwaarden)
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Spijk is a small town in the Dutch municipality of Rijnwaarden
Rijnwaarden
Rijnwaarden is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. The Rhine enters the Netherlands in this municipality.- Population centres :*Aerdt*Herwen*Lobith*Pannerden*Spijk*Tolkamer- External links :**...

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Spijk is situated at the border with Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Spijk is famous in The Netherlands because the Rhine crosses the border
Border
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 there as Boven-Rijn (Upper-Rhine).
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