Madurodam is a miniature park, a miniature city in Scheveningen, The Hague, in the Netherlands. It is a model of a Dutch city on a scale of 1:25, consists of typical Dutch buildings and structures, the originals of which are located in various parts of the Netherlands. The staff of 35 people is engaged in the construction and care of the models. Work on some exhibits took up to 4 years. Models are made mainly of plastic; real plants, mainly small-leaved trees and shrubs, are used for the green spaces of the mini-city, which are maintained at a height of up to 60 cm by intensive shearing.

Madurodam was built in 1952 and since then it has been visited by tens of millions of tourists.

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