Volendam

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Volendam is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is part of the municipality of Edam-Volendam.

In 2017, it had about 22,000 inhabitants.

Volendam is a very musical place, many groups and singers come from this town, like BZN, The Cats, Nick & Simon, and Jan Smit. The kind of music they perform has a name of itself, called the Palingsound (paling means eel).