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Red Light District   Amsterdam

Red Light District, Amsterdam

 32 Reviews  In the Red Light Districts of Amsterdam you will find, on any given day, hundreds of girls offering sex for money. Nowhere else on earth are the women so straightforwardly on display, sitting... 

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City sights   Rotterdam

City sights, Rotterdam

 31 Reviews  Whenever in Rotterdam my eyes are drawn to the other side of the river Meuse. I cannot help it and always get mixed feelings ... Why? I donot really know. Maybe because I've seen the change of this... 

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Vrijthof   Maastricht

Vrijthof, Maastricht

 8 Reviews  The Vrijthof is the city's main focus for both locals and tourists. The eastern side is a row of terraced cafes which face the twin churches of St Jan (with its distinctive red tower) and St Servaas.... 

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General tourist information   The Hague

General tourist information, The Hague

 19 Reviews  See the Castalia, better known as the "Two Brests Of Lady Hague", the Atrium and the Hoftoren, photographed here from centre of The Hague. I just had to wait for the traffic light, and got struck by... 

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Tourist info   Eindhoven

Tourist info, Eindhoven

 3 Reviews  The local Tourist office. For the best tourist information go to Tourist Info. At the local Tourist Office you can get a free Eindhoven guide in the English language. The office is located near the... 

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Coffee Shops   Haarlem

Coffee Shops, Haarlem

 19 Reviews  Paddos instead of weed. During my recent stay in Holland I learned that the trend nowadays is for "paddos", Dutch word for "paddestoel" or mushroom. Hallucinogenic mushrooms are now a must. The Dutch... 

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Canals   Utrecht

Canals, Utrecht

 6 Reviews  Yet again Oude Gracht, and for good reason. It's got a great selection of restaurants. THE most peaceful place (for me) in the world on a hot summers day. Go for a trip on the water on the canal boat... 

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Scenic Leiden   Leiden

Scenic Leiden, Leiden

 21 Reviews  In the innercity of Leiden you can find 35 almshouses. Most of these almshouses have 12 small houses built by the rich for the poor. The rich (often after they died, by testament) ordered this small... 

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General tourist information   Delft

General tourist information, Delft

 9 Reviews  Useful Delft hyperlinks: The Local Tourist Office (VVV) Hippolytusbuurt 4 2601 CV Delft e-mail : info@tipdelft.nl. Tel: +31-15-2154051 City council website Delft tourism 

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Grote Kerk   Breda

Grote Kerk, Breda

 4 Reviews  You will not miss the Big Church (Grote kerk), also known as Onze-lieve-vrowe-kerk. It is the main Brabant Gothic building in the Netherlands and its beautiful single tower reaches 97 m. This building... 

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Events   Tilburg

Events, Tilburg

 6 Reviews  Some major events that happen every year. No exact dates available. Meimarkt: in May. This day the whole centre is turned into a big fleamarket. Tilburg Hap Stap Festival: end of May. The... 

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Binnendieze   's-Hertogenbosch

Binnendieze, 's-Hertogenbosch

 1 Review  The major highlight of our visit here was the tour of the river canal under Den Bosch. There there is much to see and the ambience while walking about or sitting at the cafe or pub is something I hope... 

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Coffeeshops / Drugs   Amsterdam

Coffeeshops / Drugs, Amsterdam

 63 Reviews  its all over the place.dont go inthe first one avoid bulldog as they are for tourits look at the ones with plenty locals in stoned they are the best. i found the greenhouse to be the one, bubblegum is... 

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General tourist information   Rotterdam

General tourist information, Rotterdam

 21 Reviews  I'd never considered Rottterdam as a tourist city on my previous visits - just a place to change trains (and of course having the Centraal station surrounded by a building site didn't help). But now... 

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115.

Parks   Maastricht

Parks, Maastricht

 8 Reviews  Maastricht Citypark is located on the western bank of the Maas. It is located alongside the old citywalls, the Jeker and the kazematten. Throughout history, the park has had several forms. In the 18... 

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Binnenhof   The Hague

Binnenhof, The Hague

 15 Reviews  Het Kabinet der Koningin [The Queen's Office support to the Queen in the performance of her constitutional duties and acts as a link between the Queen and her ministers. Its functions are laid down in... 

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117.

Carnaval   Eindhoven

Carnaval, Eindhoven

 1 Review  This picture was taken at Cafetaria de Hoek some years ago during Carnaval which is held every year 6 weeks before easter. We celebrate carnaval for a period of 5 days saturday till wednesday and on... 

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118.

Grote Markt   Haarlem

Grote Markt, Haarlem

 7 Reviews  Rent à bike and Tour around Haarlem. THE city offers so much small streets, parcs and the beach. By bike you have easy access to all. We rented the bikes at a most amazing store. It's à sort toystore... 

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Old architecture   Utrecht

Old architecture, Utrecht

 6 Reviews  Utrecht has streets full of quite trendy little shops - definitely worth having a wander if you are looking for something special... but postcards are somewhat hard to find! I asked an assistant for... 

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Leiden University   Leiden

Leiden University, Leiden

 3 Reviews  Minerva is a student organization's whose headquarters is right behind the Hotel Nieuw Minerva, where I stayed. If you stay at this hotel - especially when the weather's warm and the windows are open... 

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Delft Blue Pottery   Delft

Delft Blue Pottery, Delft

 5 Reviews  Walking through picturesque Delft and its lovely small streets along the canals you may find some really beautiful views. So have a city-walk which can be booked at different tourist shops, where you... 

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Ginneken / Bouvigne castle   Breda

Ginneken / Bouvigne castle, Breda

 3 Reviews  I work in Breda and this castle is my neighbour, isn't that great! It is called castle Bouvigne and it dates from around 1425 Directions to the castle: by train: to central station Breda, after that... 

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Nederlands Textielmuseum   Tilburg

Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tilburg

 1 Review  Tilburg Textile Museum. Visiting the University was nice but then a visit to a lovely Textile Museum was my favorite. I love crafting ... as many of you know. So I find it very interesting to see how... 

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Canals / Houseboats   Amsterdam

Canals / Houseboats, Amsterdam

 110 Reviews  This being my third time in Amsterdam, it was a total surprise to me to see the difference that a season makes. Before I had been in summer and spring, now it was winter and from the photos you can... 

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Architecture, modern   Rotterdam

Architecture, modern, Rotterdam

 14 Reviews  The biggest public library in the Netherlands is located on Binnenroute.The building has six floors and is truly eye-catching. Take the escalator up and look out over the city through the massive... 

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Great people

by DanielF

There are many stereotypes circulating about Dutch people. Some of them are nice, others not so nice. Like all the stereotypes, they may have have a historical basis, they do not take into account the huge changes that our society has undergone in the last decades. Of course, as in any other place, stereotypes and generalisations are usually misleading when dealing with individuals. From my personal experience, most of the Dutch people I have met are friendly, welcoming, multilingual, cultivated and party-minded... My friends.

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Breda Jazz Festival

by Nathalie_B

Every year, usually in the month of May, the city of Breda hosts International Jazz Festival. Bands from all over the world are coming to play on many podiums that are mostly placed in the city center. Most of the performances are free, unless you're interested in attending some special concerts. The 2007 festival is going to take place between 17 and 20 of May, DON'T MISS IT! Great experience and good music, you'll be able to listen to all the possible styles of jazz!

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Guilders into Euro since 2002

by SLLiew

Since full implementation in 2002, the Dutch guilder is out and the Euros is in.It seems a shame but Holland is a progressive looking nation and fast to adapt in the changing European arena.Fortunately, I kept some old guilders with me being an amateur coin collector. May be they will appreciate in value one day.

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Windmills

by SLLiew

This is the iconic symbol of Holland - the Windmills.Sad to hear that windmills are getting fewer and fewer. It is a renewable energy source of harnessing the wind into corn milling, water drainang and all types of purposes of industrial work. So it was apt to get a good picture of the perhaps the last few working windmills of Holland.

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Cheese making process in life

by SLLiew

After visiting a cheese outlet, witnessing how cheese is made, somehow cheese becomes less appetizing.Cheese is a great way to store milk in the days before refrigeration and pastuerization of fresh milk. 1 kilogram of milk makes 100 gram of cheese.Starting with the curdling of milk, separating the solid from liquid, soaking in brine and left to matures. Different kinds of process make different cheese like Gouda, Edam and Swiss Cheese.Now I know better where cheese comes from. Holland.

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Milk Cows in the pastures

by SLLiew

While in a tour bus driving across Holland, saw this farm of dairy black and white Friesian (Holstein) cows. Reminded of the famous "Dutch Lady" condensed milk and milk powder which was popular in many households in Malaysia. So a sight to behold and reminisce.

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Send a postcard

by tompt

If you want to send a postcard to your loved ones at home, or just your VT friends, you have to buy postcards and stamps first.Sometimes shops sell stamps with the postcards, but not always the stamps for overseas mail. In that case you have to get them at a postoffice. And be warned! we dutch we want your money, so stamps are often sold in booklets only. For postcards or letters to addresses in Netherlands you need a 0.39 stamp (sold per 10), in europe stamps are 0.69 and outside europe it costs 0.85 Euro (sold per 5).You write your cards, put a stamp on it. Then you find a postbox. They are red and have two openings. The left one says:overige postcodes. It is for all mail outside the area. The right one has numbers. For instance: postcodes van 2200-2800. Adresses in the Netherlands will have 4 digits and two letters in the postal code (in front of the city). We have 2435WX. So our...

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Windmills

by tini58de

Aren't they THE symbol of the Netherlands? Windmills? You will find them all over the country, especially in Noord Holland and around Kinderdijk and many of them are still very well kept and can be visited!For more information and pictures please do have a look at my Windmill travellogue!

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Canals

by tini58de

Since the Netherlands are such a flat country - very often even with "elevations" below sea level, there are so many canals that are just as important as streets! In Amsterdam you can take boat tours through the "grachten", same in Alkmaar and I guess in many more other villages!For more information do have a look at the Canal travelloge below!

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Cheese

by tini58de

Dutch cheese is known throughout the world: there is Gouda, Leerdam - oh well, you will find so many names on the map that you are already familiar with............During the summer there is the famous Alkmaar Cheese Market, which we really enjoyed a lot, although it seemed to be merely a tourist thing!Still it is absolutely worthwhile visiting!

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