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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

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

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

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

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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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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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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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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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

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

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

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

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

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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

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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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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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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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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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beautiful gardens

by margaretvn

A visit to the Ada Hofman Botanical Pool Gardens in Gramsbergen is certainly worthwhile. It is "off the beaten track" but if you like gardens this is a beautiful spot and an oasis of peace. She has created 30 differet garend with 50 garden pools in them but they all form one big garden. She has made one of the biggest collections of plants, bushes and trees in The Netherlands. In the gardens she has also put animals such as frogs, little lizards, and salamanders. Her green frog population is the largest in the country. There are of course lots of butterflies and a Kingfisher is regularly seen in the garden. I have to admit to having a "thing" about frogs and love catching them on photos. I had said to Koos a few days before we went on holiday that I dreamed about taking a photo of a frog on a waterlily. Koos said that it would be difficult to get. BUT in these lovely gardens I got photo...

Hiking in Holland

by Pijlmans

The Netherlands appear to be a small and overcrowded country, however there still is quite a lot of nature to explore!On my Netherlands page you will find descriptions and links to websites with information about long and short hikes in the Netherlands.Although these sites are mostly in Dutch, you can easily find information about marked walking routes, for which you only need to know the starting-point.

National Monument Day

by ATLC

The theme this year is: Monuments of the 20th centuryDuring the year most of these monuments are not open to the public but on 8 and 9september 2007 , they will be.On the photo is my personal monument. For over 10 years I have been dreaming of owning this yellow apartment flat in Rotterdam and what I would do with it. I'd live on the top 2 floors and turn the round bit into a restaurant for private dinners and parties. All the other apartments would be galleries or ateliers for creative people and musicians, I think. It borders on the Museumpark and I simply love it!

Spend some time in Gouda

by JREllison

Gouda is a small Dutch city (about 70,000) 25 minutes by train or auto from Rotterdam. The center of the city is a pedestrian friendly zone with very few automobiles. Everybody has at least heard of Gouda cheese, well this is where it comes from. But here you can get the real thing! Aged to your personal likes. I perfer young Gouda. The city center is the market place, Saturday was market day when we were there.

Take a ferry

by Martin_S.

the Netherlands is a country filled with water and much of the land used to be underwater...there are canals, lakes and ponds everywhere.. most of the time there are bridges or dykes over and around the water, but here in Schoonhoven we came across a ferry, so decided to travel a different way.

Blokzijl - old harbour city

by vtveen

In the older days Blokzijl was a harbour situated along the so called 'Zuiderzee'. There was a lot of trade with the town of Amsterdam and you can recognise the 'Amsterdam school' in the style of the houses. Around the harbour and in a couple of narrow streets you will find some very beautiful examples of houses from the 17th century.Nowadays Blokzijl is very busy in the summer season with lots of motorboats, yachts and sailing boats. Specially in and around the lock it is always a hustle and bustle. But in other seasons it is a very quiet and nice little town with a small museum, some galleries and a couple of shops and nice restaurants. Just relaxing to stroll around.Directions: www.viamichelin.com

Neer - Friedesse Water Mill

by vtveen

I found this water mill in a little village, called Neer, in the province of Limburg. Just followed the signs after a cup of coffee on the terrace of ‘Boothuis De Troost’, which has a wonderful view over the river Maas.The water mill is situated along the Neerbeek, a small stream which ends in the Maas. This mill is restored in 2002 after being out of use for more than 50 years. The mill has been built in the year of 1717 and the mill house has the same age. The water mill is now (again) a grain mill and is open for visitors during summertime (May till September) on Sunday afternoons from 1.00 till 5.00 pm.Neer offers more for an interesting day: a monumental church and a brewery (De Lindeboom)with a ‘Beershop’, which is open Wednesday till Friday 2.00 – 6.00 pm and Saturday 10.00 am – 2.00 pm.The church square is starting point for two sign posted walking routes around Neer.Neer is...

Oostvaarderplassen

by margaretvn

This National Park is wonderful, it developed quite by chance really. until a few decades ago the 5600 hectare park was under water. In 1968 the polder was drained and earmarked for development. The area is the lowest and so the wettest area of the province Flevoland. While decisions were being made about its future nature took its chance and started to develop the largest wetland area in The Netherlands with a flora and fauna diversity of national and international importantance. The park lies between the cities of Lelystad and Almere and has little as possible human interference. It is managed by Stadsbosbeheer. It has a wet area where visiting Greylag Geese keep the area from being overgrown, and a dry area where hundreds of hoofed animals such as wild cow, deer and ponies graze. The open areas are broken up with shrubland and trees with its own wildlife. The park was given the...

Leerdam - glass city

by vtveen

Leerdam, just a small city along the river Linge, had its first (German) glass blowers in the year of 1765. Nowadays it is THE glass city of the Netherlands and full of activities with or around glass.We started our visit in the 'Glas Centrum', situated in an old timber mill along the river. Sitting on a gallery we watched the glass blowers at work. It is really fascinating to see how a liquid bubble of glass is transformed in a master piece of glass; there are always two glass blowers working together. In the centre is also a shop, which sells vases and other glass objects.The 'Crystal Shop' is the shop of the 'Royal Crystal Leerdam Factory' with examples of glass services and other objects. The shop is located next to the huge glass factory. A little bit further along the river is the National Glass Museum. Last but not least you will find several glass galleries in the city of...

Putte, my homevillage

by regien

Putte is a small village in the Netherlands near the Belgium border. I love this place because it's not crowded and there is a big forest and heath, so lots of space for a really long walk in the tranquillity of nature.

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