Kootwijk, Netherlands, November 3, 2024. Abandoned radio Kootwijk building. Former Radio station in The Netherlands. Building Radio Kootwijk. The architectural and concrete building of the transmitter Radio Kootwijk near Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. former broadcast tower in the netherlands named Radio Kootwijk where short and longwave broadcasting were done to Indonesia. Radio Kootwijk is a former transmitter park on the Veluwe, west of the town of Apeldoorn, which in the first half of the 20th century formed an important communication link between the Netherlands and its former colonies, especially the Dutch East Indies. It was built from 1918 onwards. Houses were also built for employees, which together formed the village of the same name. The architect, Julius Luthmann, based the design mainly on Telefunken's GroÃfunkstation near Nauen, to which he made a number of visits.
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