What it was like seeing the Giants in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden ahead of returning to Liverpool
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What’s special about the museum is that it encapsulates Leeuwarden in one building, the modern architecture of the museum includes a giant extended roof raised 25 metres from the ground on steel and wooden columns and an all glass facade. But inside, the museum houses Leeuwarden’s past.
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