#Netherlands
- Alkmaar — A city and municipality in the northwestern Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. It is world-famous for its traditional cheese market (Kaasmarkt), dating back to the 17th century, as well as for its top-tier football club, AZ Alkmaar, representing an important cultural,historical, and tourist hub of the region.
- Amersfoort — A medium-sized city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of Utrecht, representing a major structural railway and economic hub for the Dutch transport network. The locality is internationally renowned for its perfectly preserved medieval historic center, architectural monuments, concentric canals, and well-maintained fortified gates.
- Amsterdam — The official capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland at the confluence of the Amstel River with the IJ bay. The city is globally recognized as a major financial, cultural, and historical center, famous for its complex structural network of 17th-century concentric canals, its unique architecture with narrow facades, world-class museums, and its profoundly tolerant spirit.
- Apeldoorn — A major city and municipality located in the center of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is internationally recognized for its vast parks, outstanding natural landscape (the Veluwe region), and for hosting Het Loo Palace, a former historic royal residence transformed into a national museum.
- Arkel — A historical locality situated in the province of South Holland, Netherlands, famous for being the administrative and eponymous center of the glorious medieval noble family 'Van Arkel'. This toponym represents an important structural landmark in the study of Dutch feudal dynasties and territorial conflicts during the 13th-15th centuries in the historical Low Countries region.
- Arnhem — A city and municipality in the eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Gelderland, situated on the banks of the Nederrijn river. The city is famous in world history for the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944 (part of Operation Market Garden during World War II).