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 smaller, […]
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The windmills of Kinderdijk are the most famous Dutch landscape on Earth, 19 beautifully preserved 18th-century windmills lined up along the canals of the Alblasserwaard polder near Rotterdam, forming a UNESCO World heritage site that is the single strongest image of the Netherlands in the global imagination. More than just a photo opportunity, Kinderdijk is […]
Categories: Netherlands, Sights
