Home History & Heritage Towns with names ending in ‘lo(o)’, ‘(h)em’ and ‘um’ History & Heritage Towns with names ending in ‘lo(o)’, ‘(h)em’ and ‘um’ 01/05/2016 photo: Bas Meelker Did you know that many Dutch towns and cities with names ending in ‘lo(o)’, ‘(h)em’ and ‘um’ often date back more than 1000 years? Towns and cities ending in ‘dam’ are often no older than the 13th century. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Amsterdam Archaeological gold mine in the heart of Amsterdam Flevoland Sunken treasures at the Batavialand Museum Friesland How to recognize married women in Hindeloopen