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Daytrip outside Amsterdam: Volendam / Edam / Marken / Monnickendam   Amsterdam

Daytrip outside Amsterdam: Volendam / Edam / Marken / Monnickendam, Amsterdam

 31 Reviews  If you are looking to spend a day outside Amsterdam to see Dutch landscape and traditional villages, probably the best choice is to take a trip to villages Edam, Volendam and Marken. All of them are... 

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Sonneveld house   Rotterdam

Sonneveld house, Rotterdam

 24 Reviews  Note the lights in the ceiling. The original Gispen furniture. The central heating which has not changed shape till the present day. The only difference now would be that the curtains would be to the... 

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Surrounding area   Maastricht

Surrounding area, Maastricht

 41 Reviews  Postwar Maastricht develloped itself in a fast way; new suburbs were created in a srtict tempo. As in the early 60's the suburbs Belfort and Daalhof came into being, local authorities decided that the... 

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City landmarks   The Hague

City landmarks, The Hague

 40 Reviews  The original town hall was built in 1564 Next to the 15th century Grote Kerk (Great Church). This is a relatively small building reflecting the humble beginnings of Den Haag. Will the new town hall... 

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Coffeeshops   Eindhoven

Coffeeshops, Eindhoven

 1 Review  Lots of coffeeshops in Eindhoven, in every district as well in the center. In our district Gestel close to my home isIndian Dylan On the Stratumseind 95, there is a pub called "De Bakkerij", in the... 

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Hofjes   Haarlem

Hofjes, Haarlem

 8 Reviews  There are several hofje (what we would call 'almshouses' in the UK) in Haarlem (as in other Dutch towns/cities). Basically, they were created to provide housing for the elderly from the 1600s onwards... 

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Surrounding area   Utrecht

Surrounding area, Utrecht

 15 Reviews  In and around the city Utrecht, there are 8 stone forts (small fortresses) to be found, which symbolize some of the history of the city in the Netherlands. 5 of these forts can be found in the city,... 

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Castle   Breda

Castle, Breda

 8 Reviews  Our guide a real "Bredanaar" (person who lived all his live in Breda) here in the picture, told us that this is the original castle door, in the old days it has two stairs beside each other, because... 

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Surrounding area   Tilburg

Surrounding area, Tilburg

 15 Reviews  Not far from Tilburg (between Kaatsheuvel and Drunen) there is a very beautiful and exceptional area. It's part of a national park (2400 hectares). In summer and during the weekends many people go out... 

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Rokkeveen   Zoetermeer

Rokkeveen, Zoetermeer

 14 Reviews  Rokkeveen was built from 1981 by a new generation of planologists. The suburb is planned in geometrical pieces around the water tower (which I did not photograph although I drove past it). Each... 

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Daytrip outside Amsterdam: Zaanse Schans   Amsterdam

Daytrip outside Amsterdam: Zaanse Schans, Amsterdam

 18 Reviews  A day trip to Zaanse Schans is a must for the following reasons - View the windmills, Relax in the country, Inexpensive way to spend the day. Check out my travelogues and also the site below on how... 

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Kinderdijk (around Rotterdam)   Rotterdam

Kinderdijk (around Rotterdam), Rotterdam

 8 Reviews  Whenever you will get the chance, you could pay a visit to Kinderdijk/Childsdike. Here you may watch the best of many windmills together in Holland. The same windwills Neil Diamond sang about ... The... 

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St. Pietersberg   Maastricht

St. Pietersberg, Maastricht

 7 Reviews  Grotten St. Pietersberg-Noordelijk gangenstelsel Address Luikerweg 71, 6212 NH Maastricht Entrance fees Adults € 3.25 Children (-12) €2.25 These are the caves of the St. Pietersberg just outside... 

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Scheveningen\Kijkduin   The Hague

Scheveningen\Kijkduin, The Hague

 17 Reviews  One can walk to Scheveningen, bout a half an hour walk. One then passes through the Scheveningse Bosjes, a parc like area. There also runs a tram and if you aren t into walking you can take tram 10,... 

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Pihilips Factory   Eindhoven

Pihilips Factory, Eindhoven

 1 Review  The Philips Incandescent Lamp Factory of 1891 In the oldest Philips factory building an impression is given of how incandescent lamps were made over a hundred years ago. It is probably the only... 

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Zandvoort   Haarlem

Zandvoort, Haarlem

 5 Reviews  Not really off the beaten path, since millions of people go to Zandvoort every year. Zandvoort is one of the most important seaside resorts. It is famous for it's long beach (9 km), it's casino and... 

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Old architecture   Utrecht

Old architecture, Utrecht

 5 Reviews  This castle is build in the late 19th century, it replaced a old former castle. In the grounds used to be a village, but it has been rebuild, and the village, called Haarzuilen is a nice little one.... 

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Museums   Breda

Museums, Breda

 5 Reviews  Stanislaw Maczek was a Polish general who liberated Breda in 1944. He was made an honorary citizen of the city. When he died in 1994 at 102 years of age, he was flown to Breda to be buried at the... 

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Train station   Zoetermeer

Train station, Zoetermeer

 5 Reviews  there's the superb entry to the pedestrian bridge again. Halfway there is the train station running along the motorway A12 between The Hague and Utrecht (passing Gouda which is another of my special... 

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Canals / Amstel River / Harbour   Amsterdam

Canals / Amstel River / Harbour, Amsterdam

 52 Reviews  Cross the 'IJ' behind the central station with the 'ijplein'-ferry. When you get off, walk along the waterside to the east (right) untill you arrive at the orange building called 'wilhelminadok' to... 

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Delfshaven -   Rotterdam

Delfshaven -, Rotterdam

 4 Reviews  In the 3rd floor you can see the houses and shops of workers and simple self-employed persons. All you see are replicas in every detail. On the attic you enter the....of the shadowy figures and... 

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Culture and arts   The Hague

Culture and arts, The Hague

 42 Reviews  The palace Lange Voorhout nowadays houses the Escher Museum. There is much to see.. from famous work like Ascending and Decending, Babel's tower and Day and Night to the announcement card he made for... 

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Parks   Eindhoven

Parks, Eindhoven

 2 Reviews  Look closely in the parks!! Day or night, you'll often see ducks and rabits having fun!! :) I have never seen so many rabits..they just run all ver the place.. I just thought it was cool. Specially... 

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Grote Markt   Haarlem

Grote Markt, Haarlem

 5 Reviews   Who it is, standing here all by himself, Erasmus maybe? Dunno, too long ago! But maybe one day I will know again! Well, the mystery is solved!! Thanks to Sandravdp! who told me that this is Mr.... 

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Canals   Utrecht

Canals, Utrecht

 3 Reviews  Just a tip, there are a few operators who can give you a great time if you try one of those "party boats" you got to be with at least a few people, but then in summer you will have a great time on... 

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Griendtsveen – an unique peat village

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Griendtsveen, together with the neighbouring village of Helenaveen, is one of the two peat villages in ‘De Peel’. The village was founded in 1885 by a company (Family Van de Griendt) which owned large parts of this peat bog in the southern part of the Netherlands. They built a peat factory (nowadays a Bed & Breakfast), a church, workmen-houses, canteen, shops and a café. The family itself had an impressive mansion, with a moat and a beautiful garden. When we visited Griendtsveen it looked like time has stand still is this part of the country and the whole scenery was so quiet and peaceful. We had a cappuccino on the terrace of Café ‘De Morgenstond’, with a view of the canal and one of the old drawbridges and the neo-gothic church from 1895. Afterwards we strolled along the narrow roads and the canals and it felt if we were walking in a kind of movie. We saw the so called...

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Oploo – water and windmill

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Oploo is one of the few villages with both a water- and windmill. These both mills are standing very close to each other with only a distance of 56 metres (which is supposed to be the shortest in Europe).The watermill, named ‘D’n Ollliemeulen’ is the oldest and was already used in the 18th century; first for milling oil and later it became a flourmill. The people of Oploo decided to build also a windmill, because there wasn’t always water enough in the stream of the ‘Vloet’. The windmill is called ‘De Korenbloem’ and is a wooden mill; a kind of mills typical for this part of the Netherlands.Oploo is a small village in the province of Noord-Brabant and part of the municipality of Sint Anthonis. Once you arrive in Oploo it is impossible to miss the windmill, because its sails, with a height of more than 26 metres, rise above the houses. InformationBoth mills can be visited on Saturday...

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Muiden Castle

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Muiden is a small town east of Amsterdam that is located at the mouth of the Vecht River. Its biggest attraction is Muiden Castle, the most visited castle in the Netherlands, although its period rooms can only be visited on guided tours.Muiden Castle was originally constructed in 1205 by the Bishop of Utrecht, and was rebuilt by Count Floris V of Holland in 1280. In 1292, Count Floris V was captured and held prisoner in his own castle. During a rescue attempt, the count was killed. Because the count had no successor, the Bishop of Utrecht, Willem van Mechlen took control of the castle. He then set about tearing it down. The castle was rebuilt on its original foundation in 1370 by the Duke of Albrecht, Count of Holland. The old brick fortress is square in shape and features corner towers and a moat. The castle sat abandoned for many years leading to crumbling and decay. Renovations were...

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Volendam Harbor

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Since its founding, the fishing industry has been an important part of the life and economy of Volendam. Volendam Harbor is located on the Gouwzee, a small landlocked sea. The Gouwzee in turn is connected to the ocean through the IJsselmeer, which gave the fishing fleet access the rich herring grounds of the North Sea. During its heyday, several types of traditional fishing vessels put out to sea from Volendam Harbor to catch herring, a major Dutch food staple. Most of the fishing vessels were wooden, flat-bottomed, sail-powered boats that could easily navigate the shallow inshore waters, as well as the shallow inland canals. The two most popular types were the herring buss and the bomschuiten. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, however, many of these traditional boats gave way to engine-powered steel boats. Nevertheless, there are still many old wooden boats...

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Volendam

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Volendam is a small village of 22,000 inhabitants located about 12 miles (18 kilometers) northeast of Amsterdam. It used to be primarily a fishing village, but nowadays the tourism industry has become the most important aspect of the town's economy. So now, in the summer many of the inhabitants dress in traditional costumes, which include tight bodices, winged lace caps, and striped aprons for the women; and baggy black pants with silver buttons, and short black jackets over striped shirts for the men. Unfortunately, all this has led to the town and harbor area being overrun with tourists and an abundance of souvenir shops.Volendam was founded after 1357 when the nearby town of Edam built a short canal to the Zuiderzee. Access to the Zuiderzee made Edam's harbor on the IJsselmeer obsolete, and it was filled in as part of a land-reclamation project. A town was built on the reclaimed land...

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Bronkhorst, smallest CITY of my country

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When visiting Bronkhorst almost nobody will say this village is a real city with 'city rights'. In a matter of fact this settlement became these rights already in the year of 1482. The little church at the square even dates from 1344 !!But the 'city' did never increase and has almost the same size as in the middle ages. A lot of buildings are from these period and walking around on the cobble stoned streets we always feel if we are walking back in time.Bronkhorst is situated on the eastern bank the river IJssel, between the towns of Zutphen and Doesburg. The most original way to come to Bronkhorst is by using the small ferry (pedestrians, bikes and cars) over the river from Brummen.Just stroll along the narrow streets, take a look in one of the galleries, visit the Dickens Museum, do some shopping, walk to the old Jewish Cemetery or have a coffee or tea on one of the side walk...

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Castle ‘Huis Bergh’ – inside and outside

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Just outside the town of ‘s Heerenberg, close to the border with Germany, we found on one of our bike trips through the Netherlands Castle ‘Huis Bergh’. This castle is supposed to be one of the biggest and most important castles in my country. Its history goes back to the 13th century; the most important parts of the castle, still existing today, date from the 14th, 15th and 17th century. The castle has been destroyed a couple of times, but each time it has been restored; for the last time in the year of 1941. In that time the castle belonged to mister J.H. van Heek, a very rich industrialist.InsideThe castle is famous for its art collection (mainly early Italian paintings, a lot of historical portraits ), weapon room, an exhibition of the Bergh mint and much more, among them. We could visit the castle on our own and there were room stewards to explain the many treasures we saw. For...

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Dutch images by Anton Pieck

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Anton Pieck is a 20th century master of Dutch landscape and daily life. His images are much loved because they are so sweet to see and capture Dutch life in it's smallest detail so well.You'll find loads of images via Google.There's a small museum about Anton Pieck in the small fortified village Hattem.The address is: Achterstraat 46-48, Hattem.

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Woudrichem, authentic fortress with a ‘blemish'

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Woudrichem is one of the official eleven Dutch fortress towns and its name ‘Walrichsheim' was already found in the year of 866. It became known as Woudrichem as from 1290, and could already be considered a town at that time, having a sheriff, aldermen and a council. It became city rights in 1356. Nowadays Woudrichem – the original fortress – is a quaint little town with cobble stoned roads and lots of historical houses and buildings, still surrounded by the medieval ramparts. It was just a pleasure to walk around along the beautiful old houses and over the ramparts with great views of the Waal and Maas rivers with ships coming and going. Woudrichem has a flour mill “Nooit Gedagt”, standing on the ramparts and still operating. This mill was built in the nineties of the last century and replaced the original mill from 1662, which was destroyed during World War II. Another important...

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'Nederland' - ultimate destination for foreigners

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This little settlement should be the ultimate destination for foreigners visiting my country. Nothing 'cooler' than saying, you have visited 'Nederland'. 'Nederland' is situated about 5 km's from Blokzijl, the nearest town. Nowadays there are just a couple of farms and houses, surrounded by typical flat Dutch scenery of meadows, water, waving reed and it is very close to the National Park 'de Weerribben'. In the older days 'Nederland' was much bigger and even had an own school. On the moment you will not find the original place-name sign, because it has been stolen very often. Due to this the council decided not to replace it any longer. But there is a 'surrogate' sign, so you still can proof you have been to 'Nederland'.The easiest way to visit Nederland is by car, but far more interesting is to make a bike tour.Directions: www.viamichelin.com

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Q:  A couple of years since I've been back. Nothing stays the same. So, is the old strippenkaart system finally over? I can read... 

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