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Cubic Houses (Kubus woningen)   Rotterdam

Cubic Houses (Kubus woningen), Rotterdam

 44 Reviews  Surprisingly these are inhabitable, a hostal here too, inside I guess all is pretty normal - very unusual from the outside though and worh a short trip to see them plus, there are some decent bars... 

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St. Pietersberg   Maastricht

St. Pietersberg, Maastricht

 21 Reviews  These caves are off the beaten path from the center of town but it is walkable. I wish the VVV site had mentioned that the tour was not in English at all. The site is in English and the information on... 

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Madurodam, Miniature City   The Hague

Madurodam, Miniature City, The Hague

 59 Reviews  We loved madurodam. If you like model railways or miniature objects, this place is paradise. The models are beautifully constructed and very accurate, and the grounds are landscaped with lawns and... 

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Eindhoven center & other areas   Eindhoven

Eindhoven center & other areas, Eindhoven

 13 Reviews  Theater, Music and other cultural performances been there May 1, 2011 for a show of 2 dutch entertainers Tel. reservations: (mon - fri 11.00 - 17.00 uur, sat 11.00 - 14.00 ) +31-40 - 2 11 11 22 From... 

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Grote Markt   Haarlem

Grote Markt, Haarlem

 43 Reviews  I didn't actually surveyed much of Haarlem area as I was in fact most of the time in Amsterdam even though my first 2 nights is in Haarlem. So I cannot offer much "things to do or see". For one,... 

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Dom church and tower   Utrecht

Dom church and tower, Utrecht

 64 Reviews  The Domtower is 112 meter high, and more than 600 years old. Between the tower and the church is a square. This is quite unusual, normally the tower is a part of the church. The tower was separated... 

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Historical Leiden   Leiden

Historical Leiden, Leiden

 94 Reviews  After you passed the Boerhave museum go right, at the end left and then first right again. Cross the bridge and you are in front of the Lakenhal. The Lakenhal (clothmakers' hall) was built in 1640 by... 

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Delft Blue ceramics   Delft

Delft Blue ceramics, Delft

 20 Reviews  It is true! When visiting Delft you may not leave without visiting a shop, a boutique, a school or a museum full of Delft Blue. Most tourists do visit the Stedelijk Museum at Prinsenhof ... But you... 

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Grote Kerk   Breda

Grote Kerk, Breda

 46 Reviews  Onze Lieve Vrouwe Kerk (Our Lady's Church), also known as Grote Kerk (the Big Church), can be seen all over the city centre with its bright tower. The first mentioning of a stone chuch here was 1269... 

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Market Square   Nijmegen

Market Square, Nijmegen

 29 Reviews  The triangular Grote Markt lies in the center of old Nijmegen. In the square there is a statue of Mariken van Nieumeghen, the chief character in the 15th century mystery play of that name. According... 

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Architecture   Tilburg

Architecture, Tilburg

 14 Reviews  This building a few years ago was the first large tower to be seen when approaching Tilburg, the red, brown tower of 'Interpolis'. However recently another big tower can be seen as well, 'Westpoint'... 

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Amusement   Valkenburg

Amusement, Valkenburg

 12 Reviews  Op top of the hill with the Wilhelmina Tower, you can make a ride with a toboggan/bobsled. You can get on top of the hill using the chairlift (Neerhem 44, http://www.kabelbaan.nl/) or take the stairs... 

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Binnendieze   Den Bosch

Binnendieze, Den Bosch

 17 Reviews  Den Bosch is circled by typical Dutch canals and the boat tours of the canals are operated in small boats powered by a small motor that take about 16 people. There is a choice of two trips - one takes... 

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Architecture   Bergen op Zoom

Architecture, Bergen op Zoom

 14 Reviews  The area of het Havenkwartier has beautiful architecture.You can walk around a little, there are a few pubs to drink something and there is a nice restaurant het Spuihuis where you can get a good... 

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Cheese market   Alkmaar

Cheese market, Alkmaar

 17 Reviews  Originally a chapel for the Holy Ghost, this 14th century building was converted to a weigh house in 1582. Today it houses the Kaasmuseum (Cheese Museum) and is the backdrop for the cheese market on... 

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Abbey & church Lange Jan   Middelburg

Abbey & church Lange Jan, Middelburg

 17 Reviews  The Lange Jan is a churchtower open to the public. After climbing the 207 steps you have a magnificient view over the city at an altitude of about 90 meters. The tower is part of the Abdij... 

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De grote Kerk (the big church)   Dordrecht

De grote Kerk (the big church), Dordrecht

 11 Reviews  About the Churchtower: The Gothic Big Church is the third biggest one in the Netherlands, and the tower is about 75 meters high (about 250 feet) and never finished. The dome-vault of the Big Church is... 

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St. Jan cathedral   's-Hertogenbosch

St. Jan cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch

 2 Reviews  Go in and tour a beautiful old church. Altho, in April it was colder on the inside than it was outside. It's a spectacular gothic style church. I understand this city and many of it's structures date... 

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Must visit in Zuid-Holland   Provincie Zuid-Holland

Must visit in Zuid-Holland, Provincie Zuid-Holland

 8 Reviews  Delft is a very pictoresque town with its main attractions the Delftware factory (Porceleyne Flesch) and the New Church where Dutch royals have been buried for centuries. But that is not all by far.... 

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Anne Frank House   Amsterdam

Anne Frank House, Amsterdam

 279 Reviews  We found the Anne Frank house to be quite a moving experience if you know the story of this poor girl and her family. The place does have a rather somber atmosphere as one should probably expect... 

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Euromast   Rotterdam

Euromast, Rotterdam

 50 Reviews  One of Rotterdams most famous attractions is the Euromast, also known as Space Tower in English. This is an observation tower of 185 meters and it offers an exeptional view of Rotterdam and its... 

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Vrijthof   Maastricht

Vrijthof, Maastricht

 21 Reviews  The Militaire Hoofdwacht or militairy guardhouse at the west side of the Vrijthof was built in 1738, replacing the old building from 1642. In former days this was the place where the keys of the gates... 

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Scheveningen / Kijkduin beach   The Hague

Scheveningen / Kijkduin beach, The Hague

 47 Reviews  Scheveningen is part of the Hague having golden sand, many pubs and restaurants, an aquarium (Sea Life) and a modern lighthouse. The water, no surprise, is not really good for swimming but it can... 

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van Abbemuseum   Eindhoven

van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

 4 Reviews  This museum is certainly worth a visit, an art object itself. On January 17th. the Van Abbe was officially opened by the Queen of the Netherlands. On the picture the Queen and our major Mr.... 

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Frans Hals Museum   Haarlem

Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

 16 Reviews  There is no museum in the Netherlands without landscapes. They were one of the major themes of the 17th c. paintings. Indeed the Dutch Golden century produced hundred thousands of landscapes of all... 

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Schagen – very typical Dutch bike trip

by vtveen

Staying in spring (late April) for a couple of days in Schagen, we decided to make a bike trip through the bulb fields in this part of the Netherlands. In the Top of North Holland (Kop van Noord-Holland) they are proud having the world’s largest area of blooming bulb fields. It is less well known as the so called Bollenstreek (nearby the Keukenhof), which means it is less touristy and much more authentic. We did this trip on April 22 and were very lucky with the weather: blue skies and almost no wind. We passed a couple of nice quaint villages like Schagerbrug and ‘t Zand (with its typical ‘vlotbrug’ / floated bridge), but most of the time we were biking through the flat Dutch countryside with vast fields of blooming colorful tulips and hyacinths. But we saw also grazing cows, sheep, ditches and canals, farmhouses and a lot of water birds.Callantsoog, with a church dating back to the...

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Den Bosch

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I have been making a sort of goodbye tour through Holland before I moved to Canada and one of the cities I visited was Den Bosch (Province of Noord-Brabant). And this beautiful town in the south of Holland really deserves a visit. The canals, the small streets and beautiful old houses are so picturesque. I can recommend visiting the Cathedral "St.-Jan". Besides that a boat tour of the "Binnen Dieze" is a lot of fun as it follows the river and goes partly underneath the city. Besides that there is lots and lots to more to see and do here. I've been to this city twice, but I wouldn't mind going here again! http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/1c048/70d70/

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AMSTERDAM

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Amsterdam was founded in 1275 at Amstel River by Dutch fishermen. In 17th century Amsterdam became an very important trading place.Today, many people with different life styles and culture live together in the city. Amsterdam offers all the facilities one might expect to find in a capital,plants, commercial offices, historic buildings, shops, universities, schools, theatres, hotels and pubs.

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The city of Groningen

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This is a beautiful city in the north of Holland and has a special meaning to me, there are so many memories I have of this city. It is such a beautiful place, quite unknown, but really well worth a visit!I was born in this part of Holland, but I moved to the east of Holland many years ago and now I live in Sweden. Although I don`t want to go back to live here, it is still a very special to place for me. Saying goodbye to this town was a strange thing to do, it is hard to realize I won`t come back here so often anymore. I want to share a bit of my visit to Groningen with you. Goto my Groningen page and I want to take you by the hand and walk with you through this town. I would like to show you around in this city and share some of my memories with you.http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/1c048/709b2/

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Nijmegen

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Next stop on my tour through the Netherlands is a town called Nijmegen (in the Province of Gelderland). It is an old town, located in the east of Holland but a bit more to the south than where I used to live.Nijmegen is a city built along the river Waal and has got about 150.000 inhabitants. Nijmegen is a very old city, it was founded some 2000 years ago by Emperor Traian of the Romans, as a camp to protect the border of the Roman Empire. Charles the Great (Charlemagne) also lived in the city for quite some time. Besides the few old buildings, which you can see on my Nijmegen page, there is not a lot left of the old Nijmegen. On 22nd of Februari 1944 the city was heavily bombarded by the allied in the assumption that they were attacking a German town. The city centre was completely demolished. The city is nice, but in my opinion not that special.But there is one event in Nijmegen that...

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Kinderdijk

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I have to tell you all about my visit to the Kinderdijk. More windmills together than you can ever imagine! The Kinderdijk is located 60 miles south of Amsterdam and very close to Rotterdam (the Province of Zuid-Holland). Here nineteen glorious windmills, all dating from 1740, compete for your attention. Kinderdijk is one of the best known sights of Holland. In 1997, the Kinderdijk mills were placed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.And the best way to get a good view of all these windmills is by taking a boat trip! And what a luck I had with the weather!! It was a beautiful spring day, blue sky, sun shining, and nice warm weather! I couldn't wish for anything better. It was off season, so there weren't many tourist, and I had a wonderful time. I always was under the impression that the Kinderdijk was one big tourist trap. A site only there for the foreign tourists. But I was so wrong!...

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Amsterdam

by sim1

Amsterdam! This city in the Province of Noord-Holland has a lot to offer. There is so much to see and do here! You really shouldn`t miss a visit to Amsterdam when you come to The Netherlands. But there is also much more to the Netherlands than only Amsterdam :-)) I've given up to try and give you a complete view of Amsterdam, because that would be impossible. Instead I have focused on a few points to give you some more information about that. On my Amsterdam page you can find tips and links about the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh museum, the Palace on the Dam, The house of Anne Frank (very impressive, an absolutely must see), and also street images of the city, like the canals and the street artists. And as I am constantly working on my pages, over time I will probably add more tips.http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/1c048/71211/

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Castle Doorwerth

by sim1

Castle Doorwerth is a castle in the eastern part of Holland (Province of Gelderland), not so far from the city of Arnhem. I visited the castle in September 2001.To enter the castle you have to go over a drawbridge to get inside the castles walls. We were the only ones on the inner court, it looked quite romantic with the autumn sun shining on the castle.The castle dates back to the 13th century.The castle looks nice on the outside, but I found the interior very disappointing, because there was only a little bit of furniture. The main part of the castle was made into a museum. Inside the castle there is a museum of local art and the Dutch Hunting Museum. I didn't like either of the exhibitions very much. The atmosphere of being in a castle was totally gone due to these exhibitions. What did impress me was the story about the castle during the second world war. When you enter the castle...

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Enkhuizen and the Zuiderzee Museum

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In Enkhuizen you can find "The Zuiderzee museum", which is an open air museum that shows life around 1900 in the fishing villages at the Zuiderzee.And it actually felt if I was there during that time. It was like I could see these three fisherman sitting in the harbour chatting with each other, telling stories to each other about their fishing expeditions. I could smell the pipe that the fishingman in the middle is smoking, but also feel the fresh seabreeze, the sound of the seagulls and the smell of fresh fish that was just brought in.This was the feeling I got at the Zuiderzee museum, but it also felt like this when I walked through Enkhuizen. This is a very old village, with a lively harbour. Everyone was relaxing and having a good time. There were a lot of boats going in and out of the harbour. The following day there was going to be a clipper race on the lake, so it must have been...

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Assen, province Drenthe

by ATLC

Assen is the kind of place that you don't visit but always pass by, somehow. But it does have a few nice features including an old town hall and the family outing to the Traffic Park which is great for young and old.Assen is the capital of the province Drenthe, known for its pre-historic gravemonuments called Hunebedden (Dolmen).Visit my Assen page at the link below.

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