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airis · Post by **airis** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 12:14 am

Lidl just opened a shop here in Rovaniemi. And they are building another one. They bought a new (10 years old) commercial building and demolished it. Probably they want to build identical shops everywhere in Europe.

Eurocracker · Post by **Eurocracker** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 12:31 am

!Pretfles! wrote:Aldi is also very present in Belgium
in Mechelen, my city (85.000 inhabitants) we have 5
and 3 Lidl

I can't believe it... - curious indeed

Eurocracker

Ganymede · Post by **Ganymede** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:09 am

If you go to www.aldi.com, click the Dutch flag, and click on Waar vindt u ons (where can you find us) you will see there are currently 389 Aldi stores in The Netherlands.

Oh, and they're looking for more stores and ground to build stores

PS Leiden is a very nice town, on 1 January 2003 it had 117.732 inhabitants, but it is the center of a larger conglomerate, which counts up to 390.000 people.

It has a large numer of reputable museums and in the Middle Ages it was one of the greatest - and wealthiest - manufactures of cloth.

It has the oldest university in The Netherlands, founded in 1575 by William of Orange, the leader in the Dutch war of Independence (1568-1648). It was a reward for the people of Leiden's resistance to a siege by the Spanish - and a result of the fact that Leuven university was in the Southern Netherlands which were still catholic, but more importantly still loyal to the Spanish. (Of course, even in the 'protestant' independent Netherlands a majority of people remained catholic...)

Famous alumni include Her Majesty the Queen, her son the Prince of Orange and myself...
I even studied in the same faculty as him - history - only he was a few years ahead of me. I can't say we ever met, I never lived in Leiden and whereas he was nicknamed Prins Pils, I've always been the studious type.

On this jolly note I'd like to end my lecture for this week. Read chapters 9 to 14 in your textbooks for next week.

Eurocracker · Post by **Eurocracker** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:30 am

Thank you very much for these detailed informations - now I feel as I visited Leiden already many times ...

What did I say... ? I feel as I've lived there for a long time...

Eurocracker

mollie3 · Post by **mollie3** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:47 am

Wow ganymede i just learned more about my own city

I'm not a student, but i think it's nice to shop in the Aldi and te Lidl. just because it's cheap.
You could also look at http://www.leiden.nl where you could find more about Leiden, it's only in dutch

at least i think, i don't look so much on that site...

Ganymede · Post by **Ganymede** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:07 pm

Eurocracker wrote:Thank you very much for these detailed informations - now I feel as I visited Leiden already many times ... What did I say... ? I feel as I've lived there for a long time...

Eurocracker

You are very welcome. If ever you need any useless information, you'll who to ask...

nodisch18 · Post by **nodisch18** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:22 pm

Ganymede wrote:You are very welcome. If ever you need any useless information, you'll who to ask...

I like useless information!

(btw if you are interested in uselessknowledge try this website:
www.uselessknowledge.com )

Ganymede · Post by **Ganymede** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:41 pm

nodisch18 wrote:
Ganymede wrote:You are very welcome. If ever you need any useless information, you'll who to ask...
I like useless information!

(btw if you are interested in uselessknowledge try this website:
www.uselessknowledge.com )

In that case...

This poem just popped in my head, I can't remember who it's from.

Some men break your heart in two
Some men fawn and flatter
Some men never look at you
And that clears up the matter

This is the best bit of trivia for this date on that site, it might also interest wouter1:
1868 - The world's first traffic lights, built near London's Parliament Square, began operation.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:53 pm

nodisch18 wrote:
Ganymede wrote:You are very welcome. If ever you need any useless information, you'll who to ask...
I like useless information!

I think this character is common among all eurobilltrackers!

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:55 pm

airis wrote:Lidl just opened a shop here in Rovaniemi. And they are building another one. They bought a new (10 years old) commercial building and demolished it. Probably they want to build identical shops everywhere in Europe.

That's strange. if somewhere in Europe is open land where to build, it's Lapland.

nodisch18 · Post by **nodisch18** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:55 pm

Aaron wrote:
nodisch18 wrote:
Ganymede wrote:You are very welcome. If ever you need any useless information, you'll who to ask...
I like useless information!
I think this character is common among all eurobilltrackers!

Why...!!??!! it is really useful to spent so much time on the internet trying to locate where your bills go or have been!

BossaNova · Post by **BossaNova** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 7:19 pm

..agree.. then you know where to go to get them back! and the EBT data proves that you're the real owner of the bill..

bn

Asiamaniac · Post by **Asiamaniac** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 3:48 pm

I also remember that the german police arrested, some months ago, a gang that made almost perfect fake 50euro notes, the only thing that wasn't that perfect was the "50" that change from violet to brown.. in their case there was only one colour..

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It is nice to hear that. Sometimes our partners do not have their goods transported by a forwarder but they come themselves and pay cash. For this reason we have an infrared-light which is very helpful. It has also detected such a 50-Euro-note which only had the brown colour. What luck the partner had another note which was okay.

Good to know that these people are under arrest now. They will serve some years in prison.

Asiamaniac · Post by **Asiamaniac** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 3:53 pm

Ups, we talk about discounters now. Yes, LIDL is expanding rapidly and they sell good stuff. But I have a reason why I do not buy there anymore: There was a report in a magazine that they produce the unemployees with the highest unemployal transfers. They hire and fire in a way which is quite unusual in Germany. Moreover, they expect their people, at least in the higher rankings, to work up to six (full) days a week. Others resign volunteerly as they are getting burned out. Other discounters grow without squeezing their staff in such a way.

Johnyboy · Post by **Johnyboy** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:15 pm

Asiamaniac wrote:Ups, we talk about discounters now. Yes, LIDL is expanding rapidly and they sell good stuff. But I have a reason why I do not buy there anymore: There was a report in a magazine that they produce the unemployees with the highest unemployal transfers. They hire and fire in a way which is quite unusual in Germany. Moreover, they expect their people, at least in the higher rankings, to work up to six (full) days a week. Others resign volunteerly as they are getting burned out. Other discounters grow without squeezing their staff in such a way.

Tonight on Dutch television a program about the Aldi.
This rumour as desribed above seems to be true.
Let's check it out tonight...

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