Vaals is a town in the extreme southeastern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, which is in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.
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12 Facts About Vaals
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The area surrounding Vaals rose over Maastricht and the Meuse river was redirected there.
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In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, and his wife Josephine de Beauharnais visited Vaals and stayed in Bloemendal Castle, one of the outhouses of the Von Clermont family.
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Unofficially, Vaals was adopted into the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815, by Governor Sack.
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Vaals had to orient itself more towards Holland and had to correspond in Dutch from then on.
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Vaals turned from a wealthy industrial town into a leisure and holiday destination for the citizens of Aachen, slightly resembling Monte Carlo because of its casinos.
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Germans visited Vaals on a daily basis, a trade exchange still taking place today.
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Many inhabitants of Vaals found jobs in Aachen and smuggle routes across the border prospered.
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The smugglers of Vaals were called "The Owls of Vaals", referring to their nightly endeavours.
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The dialect of Vaals is a part of the Middle German Dialects and is the form of Dutch most deviant from Standard Dutch.
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