Stedenbanden.nl Together with its citizens the 430 Dutch municipalities maintain around 400 links with foreign municipalities. Since 2001 the website www.stedenbanden.nl is focusing on these links. In this site on town-twinnings, links and contacts between municipalities all the foreign and Dutch municipalities and their local initiatives in the field of development cooperation are being presented. There are several options to search for twinnings: By clicking the maps of the world and the Netherlands above, enter the name of a municipality and/or select a region from this list, or select one of the options listed below: Enter a town or  -Select a region-M AfricaM Central AfricaM East Africa North AfricaM Southern AfricaM West AfricaM AsiaM Central and West AsiaM East AsiaM South AsiaM South East AsiaM Middle EastM EuropeM Western Europe M Central and Eastern Europe M Latin AmericaM BrazilM CaribbeanM Central America and MexicoM South America (Rest of)M North AmericaM CanadaM United StatesM Australia and PolynesiaM Search via the map of the Nederlands Click on a province and select a municipality. Search via a map of the world Click on a region and select a country. Free search by theme, name of municipality or country.