Netherlands
Alkmaar & North Holland
Guild cheese porters, historic Waag weigh-house & towering coastal dunes
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Destination guides in Netherlands
18 guides in Netherlands — cities, landmarks and regions — with honest verdicts, where to eat and the practical details.
Food & drink
Taste of the Netherlands
From raw-milk Gouda wheels and salted herring to warm caramel stroopwafels, bitterballen and jenever — explore the culinary traditions of the Dutch lowlands. 14 specialties, 5 categories.
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Gouda & South Holland
Gouda & Boerenkaas
Unpasteurised farmhouse raw-milk cheese aged on wooden shelves for up to three years, developing crunchy calcium lactate crystals and rich butterscotch notes.
Related guides: Gouda & Kinderdijk, Rotterdam
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Edam · North Holland
Edam cheese
Mild, nutty semi-hard cow's-milk cheese molded into distinctive red-waxed spheres, traded along the canals of historic Edam since the 14th century.
Related guides: Zaanse Schans, Edam & Volendam, Alkmaar & North Holland
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Experiences in Netherlands
Small rituals, meals and moments to collect across Netherlands.
Iconic
Amsterdam · Prinsengracht & Herengracht
Cruise Amsterdam's Golden Age canal ring
Glide along tree-shaded 17th-century waterways framed by gabled merchant mansions and humpback stone bridges.
Nature
Keukenhof & Bollenstreek · Lisse bulb strip
Cycle through the spring tulip fields of the Bollenstreek
Pedal flat polder lanes bordered by vibrant, scented ribbons of blooming tulips, hyacinths and daffodils.
Architecture
Rotterdam · Erasmus Bridge & Cube Houses
Explore Rotterdam's cutting-edge modern architecture
Walk between Piet Blom's tilted Cube Houses, the cavernous Markthal and the iconic Erasmus Bridge.
Iconic
Gouda & Kinderdijk · Alblasserwaard polders
Walk among the historic drainage windmills of Kinderdijk
Stroll along reed-lined polder dykes between nineteen rotating 18th-century mills built to master the waters.
Culture
Amsterdam · Museumkwartier
Admire Dutch Golden Age masters at the Rijksmuseum
Stand before Rembrandt's monumental Night Watch and Vermeer's intimate Milkmaid in the Gallery of Honour.
Culture
The Hague & Scheveningen · Mauritshuis
View Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring in The Hague
Gaze into the luminous eyes of Vermeer's masterpiece inside an intimate 17th-century palace beside the Hofvijver.
Food
Utrecht · Oudegracht waterside vaults
Dine in the split-level wharf cellars of Utrecht
Descend to water level along the Oudegracht to eat and drink in medieval barrel-vaulted wharf cellars.
Nature
Giethoorn & Overijssel · Binnenpad waterways
Pilot an electric whisper boat through Giethoorn
Steer a silent motor punt under arched wooden footbridges past historic thatched farmhouses and weeping willows.
Nature
Texel & Wadden Islands · Wadden Sea mudflats
Hike the UNESCO Wadden Sea mudflats on Texel
Trek across the exposed seabed at low tide with a guide to explore tidal channels and marine wildlife.
Nature
Hoge Veluwe & Arnhem · National Park & Kröller-Müller
Ride free white bicycles through De Hoge Veluwe
Glide across heather-covered dunes on complimentary white bikes to the Van Gogh-filled Kröller-Müller Museum.
Culture
Zaanse Schans, Edam & Volendam · River Zaan
Watch working industrial windmills at Zaanse Schans
Feel the floorboards shudder as giant wooden cogs harness the wind to grind spices, paint dyes and linseed oil.
Culture
Delft & Leiden · Royal Delft factory
See Delft Blue pottery hand-painted at Royal Delft
Watch master artisans hand-paint intricate cobalt-oxide patterns in the last operating 17th-century earthenware factory.
Food
The Hague & Scheveningen · Scheveningen harbour
Eat raw herring by the sea in Scheveningen
Hold fresh Hollandse nieuwe herring by the tail and eat it raw with chopped onions from a harbour fish stand.
Food
Gouda & Kinderdijk · Gouda Markt
Taste warm caramel stroopwafels in Gouda
Watch sweet spiced caramel syrup pressed between two hot waffle wafers fresh from the iron on the market square.
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Routes through Netherlands
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Places to tick off
Netherlands checklist
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Major cities
- City · North Holland
- City · South Holland
- City · Utrecht
- City · South Holland
- City · North Holland
- City · South Holland
- City · South Holland
- City · North Holland
- City · Bollenstreek, South Holland
- City · Texel, North Holland
- City · Friesland
- City · Groningen
- City · Overijssel
- City · Gelderland
- City · Limburg
- City · Zeeland
- City · North Brabant
- City · North Holland
Towns & villages
- Village · Alblasserwaard, South Holland
- Village · De Hoge Veluwe, Gelderland
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