5 Things You May Not Know About Amsterdam Updated: January 25, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Many cities have a reputation and Amsterdam is no different. The myths around Amsterdam are more intriguing than most, with many people feeling they have a good idea of what the city is all about. With the […]
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Best Day Trips From Amsterdam | The Netherlands Updated: July 3, 2020 | By Claire | More 1. Rotterdam For those with a passion for architecture, there is no better day trip from Amsterdam than a trip to Rotterdam. After the city was flattened during World War II, they have worked to rebuild it into […]
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The first ice hotel in Netherlands – enjoy sleeping in 6°C Updated: January 4, 2020 | By Claire | More It could be an ordinary hotel room like any other one in an inconspicuous town of Zwolle in the northeast of the Netherlands. Here, just like elsewhere, you can find a bed, minibar, bathrobes and […]
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Muiden Castle – the most visited castle in the Netherlands Updated: July 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Muiden Castle (Muiderslot) is the most visited castle in the Netherlands. It is located near the capital city of Amsterdam. The first castle on this place was built around the year of 1280 by Count Floris […]
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Helmond Castle – well preserved medieval castle in the Netherlands Updated: June 26, 2020 | By Claire | More Helmond Castle is well preserved medieval castle in the town of Helmond, in the Netherlands. Helmond Castle lies about 15 km east from the city of Eindhoven. Helmond Castle is everything you expect from a visit […]
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Oudegracht – one of the most famous and most beautiful canals in the Netherlands Updated: May 11, 2020 | By Claire | More Oudegracht (The Old Canal) is a historic canal that flows through the center of the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands. It is one of the most famous and most beautiful canals […]
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Port of Rotterdam – the biggest port in Europe | Netherlands Updated: August 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Rotterdam is situated on the coast of the North Sea, it is the second largest city and second most important city in Netherlands (after Amsterdam). Here you can find the Port of Rotterdam which is […]
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The Wadden Sea (Waddenzee) is one of the world’s most extraordinary and productive coastal ecosystems — a UNESCO World Heritage tidal flat system stretching 500 kilometres along the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, where 10–12 million migratory birds stop each year to refuel on one of the planet’s greatest avian migration highways. This […]
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Delft is one of the most delightful small cities in the Netherlands — a perfectly preserved Dutch Golden Age town of tree-lined canals, humpbacked bridges, and gabled merchant houses that is synonymous with three things: Johannes Vermeer, Delft Blue pottery, and being the final resting place of the Dutch royal family. Often described as a […]
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Maastricht is one of the Netherlands’ most distinctive cities — a vibrant university town whose medieval heart of cobbled streets, Roman ruins, and Gothic churches has more in common with Flanders or Wallonia than with the canal-ringed cities of Holland. Sitting at the southernmost tip of the Netherlands, wedged between Belgium and Germany, Maastricht’s cosmopolitan, […]
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