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Outside Amsterdam: Edam Cheese Market
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  • By Boca24 on May 17, 2004
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  • Edam Cheese being carried in - Amsterdam
    Edam Cheese being carried in
    by Boca24
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    This was kinda a tourist trap but I was glad I went. This is a working cheese market in Edam, where everyone dresses up in traditional Dutch clothes and they walk around in their wooden shoes selling cheese. The Cheese comes in by little boats and carried to be weighed and sold. It didn't cost anything to stand their and watch and listen to the band. I thought it was worth the trip up to Edam. Generally you can take a tour that would include edam.

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    Outside Amsterdam: Watching working windmills
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  • Updated By CliffClaven on September 24, 2004
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  • Outside Amsterdam - Amsterdam
    by CliffClaven
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    If you've got windmills on your mind, Zaanse Schans just outside Amsterdam is the place for you. It's a tiny village with half a dozen windmills picturesquely lined up along a canal. It's totally dedicated to tourism these days, with windmills kept working solely to please the camera-touting visitors. Although it's open all year round, old Cliffie wouldn't recommend a visit in the depth of winter: cracked ice along the canals, sleeting rain stinging the face. Mind you, you'll probably get a nice shot of the windmills with no grinning tourists to spoil the picture.


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    Outside Amsterdam: Waterland Route
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  • Updated By gasca on October 20, 2005
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  • me in the seashore with the markermeer at the back - Amsterdam
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    A bike route that shows different Netherlands landscapes and villages. Probably the most beautiful part is riding along the seashore north/south (depending on which direction you make the tour) with the wind blowing on your face. You'll go over the beauty of Broek in Waterland, Zuiderwoude, Uitdam, Ransdrop and Durgerdam. The people here usually don't speak English but the old men I met were really funny!

    I got lost twice and ended up asking to old men who asked were I was from. When I said 'Spain' answered with a big smile and pointed the right direction.

    You can get a detailed map of the trip in Mac Bikes renting shop (Centraal Station right side, or behind the chess players near Leidseplein square) for 1 € (yes, you are right, in Netherlands you have to pay for everything even for pissing on). Be careful when following the signs on the route map: sometimes it is not very accurate and it's better to follow your orientation (if it's better than mine). You have to cross a narrow river and pay a few cents for it.

    See more pictures in travelogue.

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    Outside Amsterdam: Windmills
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  • By jo104 on March 3, 2005
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  • pic retaken as 1st a big reed blocked my face! - Amsterdam
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    Visit a windmill, some are open to the public and you can see how they work which is very interesting. The family used to sleep on the ground floor.
    I visited one near Alkmaar

    Entry is usually few Euro’s

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  • Website: http://www.zaansemolen.nl/05_summary/00_homepage/uk_index.htm

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    Outside Amsterdam: Day trip to Zandvoort
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  • Updated By davequ on December 27, 2004
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  • ♫♫ Bye da sea.... by duh Zee.. ♫ - Amsterdam
    ♫♫ Bye da sea....
    by duh Zee.. ♫
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    Take a day and a quick train trip from A'Dam Centraal through Haarlem & Overveen to the beach at Zandvoort.

    If you are lucky and the weather is as beautiful as it was for me, you will enjoy it very much.

    On the train back you can:
    wish you had a house in Overveen;
    then stop in Haarlem for an excellent steak dinner at Wilma and Albert's & a side trip to Willie Wortel's.

    An excellent day trip to escape Amsterdam for a change of pace.

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  • Website: http://www.zandvoort.com/

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    Outside Amsterdam: Zaanse Schans
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  • Updated By martin_nl on August 4, 2003
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  • Windmills on the dike along the Zaan - Amsterdam
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    An easy day trip from Amsterdam is Zaanse Schans. This village is about a 20 minutes drive from Amsterdam. You can see windmills and wooden houses here. You can also go inside a windmill. There are shops and museums in many of the wooden houses. You can buy typical Dutch things like stroopwafels, Haagse Hopjes and Boterbabbelaars, but also wooden toys and old 'antique' stuff. A great experience!!

    Also visit my Zaanse Schans page.

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  • Website: http://www.zaanseschans.nl/

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    Outside Amsterdam: Muiden Castle
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  • Updated By isolina_it on July 21, 2003
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    A few km from A`dam is Muiden. Nice typical village with the river and boats all along. On its edge you find this castle now, after many years, open to the public.
    April up to and including October:
    Monday to Friday from 10:00 - 17:00
    Saturday, Sunday and Holidays from 13.00 - 17.00
    The Castle can only be visited under guidance. The conducted tours start several times an hour. A tour will take appr. 50 minutes. The last tour starts at 16:00
    Getting there:
    By car: coming from direction Amsterdam or Amersfoort on highway A1 just follow the blue-white signs indicating Muiden - Muiderslot.
    By public transportation:
    (1) You can take the NZH Bus Line 136 leaving from Amstel Station at Amsterdam. Departure weekdays and Saturday every hour at 10 minutes past the hour. At Sunday each hour at 31 minutes past the hour.
    Or (2) you can take the train to Weesp station and from there take the NZH Bus Line 153. Departure weekdays and Saturday every half hour at 8 minutes to and 22 minutes past the hour

  • Website: http://www.muiderslot.demon.nl/english/introduction/

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    Outside Amsterdam: From Monnickedam to Volendam
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  • By isolina_it on May 27, 2003
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  • Outside Amsterdam - Amsterdam
    by isolina_it
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    If you just want to spend a nice day trip outside, have a visit in the typical nearby villages. We took the regional bus from Central Station, and reached Monnichedam. This is a very nice little village, typical houses, boats on the canal and silent quiet narrow streets. I recommend it as it does not seem to be touristic at all, so what is better to have a drink in a characteristic pub?
    After two hours in Monnickedam we took the bus to Marken. I was told about this village being tiny and nice and it was, houses are typical and much more coloured (it looks too much almost fake surrounding, to be true...), but there are more tourists than Monnickedam. Just an advice: dont try to buy bus tickets to the way back here as the post office is closed and souvenir shops dont sell them!). It is very nice from Marken to sit and have a view of the small harbour. From here we took the boat to Volendam (4 Eur, nice 30 min. trip) (see my travelogue). I love Volendam, along the pier you find a lot of souvenir shops (cheaper than A`dam), but the village is kept very realistically typical (unlike Marken) and you find nice little canals, and a market too.


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    Outside Amsterdam: Bulb Area
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  • Updated By Yosemite_44 on September 1, 2002
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    by Yosemite_44
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    Not too far from Amsterdam and accessible by train, is the famous bulb area. Hundreds of colorful flowerfields can be found in this area during spring time. You can though this area by bike or car or you can go to the Keukenhof, a large park where all kinds of flowers are grown. Keep in mind that the Keukenhof is only opened in spring! (until mid May)

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  • Website: ://www.keukenhof.nl

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    Outside Amsterdam: Go to Haarlem
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  • Updated By martin_nl on August 4, 2003
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  • Haarlem - Amsterdam
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    When you are in Amsterdam you should really pay a visit to the beautiful city of Haarlem. This 750 yeras old city is only 15 minutes by train from Amsterdam. Interesting things to see are the Netherland's oldest Museum, the Teyler's Museum. The windmill Adriaen, the Big Market Square with a huge church and the Amsterdam Gate, which is the only remaining gate left from the citywalls that used to surround the city of Haarlem. If you want to know what else to see when visiting Haarlem, please take a look at my Haarlem page, or contact me.

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