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Visiting Giethoorn from Amsterdam: An Honest Guide to the Village With No Roads

Visiting Giethoorn from Amsterdam: An Honest Guide to the Village With No Roads

Posted by | Apr 12, 2025 | ,

…a landscape that humans accidentally made beautiful. Is Giethoorn really a village with no roads? Sort of. Giethoorn, as romantic and fairytale-like might be, is still a village that lives in modern times. Although at its beginnings it was only a collection of a few cottage houses surrounded by canals and connected with bridges, the village developed along the years, like everything else around it. There are roads that lead to Giethoorn and also i…

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Midwinterfeest in Graft-De Rijp: A Victorian Christmas Village Near Amsterdam

Midwinterfeest in Graft-De Rijp: A Victorian Christmas Village Near Amsterdam

Posted by | Dec 26, 2018 | ,

…rises I had when I went to De Rijp: finding whale decorations all over the village and learning that this used to be a whaling village. While it sits completely in land. Today. The history is different though. De Rijp sits between the Beemster and the Schermer, and both of those polders used to be open water. Before the draining works it was almost an island, with a herring fleet of its own and ships that sailed north to Spitsbergen for whales. Th…

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Abcoude: The Most Beautiful Village in Utrecht Province

Abcoude: The Most Beautiful Village in Utrecht Province

Posted by | Feb 27, 2022 | ,

…ity. Some subjectivity included. How to read these ratings 📜 Wandering the village The village was quiet, with only a few people around, enjoying the sun and the spring flowers. The fort wasn’t open on that day. I walked around, and my favourite part was Voordijk, along the Angstel River. It was so peaceful; people were out, caring for their boats or cleaning the destruction that storm Eunice brought. The 15th-century St. Nicholas Church (Dorpsker…

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Idyllic Dutch Villages: Warmond in South-Holland

Idyllic Dutch Villages: Warmond in South-Holland

Posted by | Apr 25, 2022 | , ,

…octor’s House”, former schools and quite a few churches for just one small village. Outside the village, a rich nature awaits to be discovered: polders (a piece of low-lying land reclaimed from the sea or a river and protected by dykes) with windmills, lakes and islands. My visit to Warmond started with Huys te Warmont. This is a country estate surrounded by gardens and meadows, and a park forest, which is very atmospheric. Around 1303, a medieval…

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In the Mood for Sun: the Best Beaches of North Holland

In the Mood for Sun: the Best Beaches of North Holland

Posted by | Apr 15, 2021 |

…in the village Bergen aan Zee, only three km further down from the Bergen village (a small village worth visiting). The route from Bergen to the beach is one of the most beautiful I’ve seen until now in the Netherlands. Bergen means “mountains” in Dutch, and the dunes in this area are quite high, doing a good job of creating the illusion you are riding through the mountains. It’s a great place for mountain biking. From the Bergerbos forest you en…

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Dutch Provinces: A Complete Guide to Day Trips & Hidden Gems Across the Netherlands

Dutch Provinces: A Complete Guide to Day Trips & Hidden Gems Across the Netherlands

Posted by | Jul 14, 2023 | , ,

…that can be exploreed by boat, canoe, bicycle, or on foot. The picturesque village of Giethoorn, famous as the village with no roads, lies within this watery region and attracts visitors from all over the world. A great destination for nature lovers is also Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park, where heathlands and forests cover a rare hilly landscape by Dutch standards. The area is home to the endangered black grouse, one of the Netherlands’ rarest…

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Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen: a Trip Back in Time at the Open-Air Museum

Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen: a Trip Back in Time at the Open-Air Museum

Posted by | Sep 2, 2026 | , ,

…and a second entrance at Noorder Wierdijk where you walk straight into the village. Opening hours and season The indoor museum is open all year, daily from 10.00 to 17.00, and closes only on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The open-air village runs from the end of March to the end of October — in 2026 that is 28 March to 25 October. The dates shift a little each year, so check the museum’s site before you travel. Tickets and how long to allow On…

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The Village Museum Bucharest

The Village Museum Bucharest

Posted by | May 27, 2016 | ,

…changing along with the seasons. You step through a door and you are in a village right in the middle of the capital city. It’s like villages from all over the country combined in one. Not only are there houses from different regions, but also windmills and watermills, fountains and churches (the wooden church from Maramureș is my favourite!). Most of the houses have the interior furnished and decorated as well, and small flower gardens in the co…

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A Lovely Evening in Giethoorn: My First Overnight Stay in the Village Without Roads

A Lovely Evening in Giethoorn: My First Overnight Stay in the Village Without Roads

Posted by | Jun 29, 2017 | ,

…hs, locals carrying their groceries in trolleys (there are no roads in the village centre so they can’t go for groceries by car) are going home to cook dinner. My friend and I went for the second round of visiting, and this time it was truly magical. As the sun was setting, sending a warm light through the trees and onto the water, we enjoyed the silence that surrounded everything. We would stop to admire flowers or to talk to a cat who was doing…

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Volendam: A Nostalgic Visit to the Village That Made Me Fall in Love with the Netherlands

Volendam: A Nostalgic Visit to the Village That Made Me Fall in Love with the Netherlands

Posted by | Jan 21, 2022 | , ,

…an visit for a whole day or just half, combining it with one of the nearby villages of Edam, Marken and Monnickendam, but it’s better to take your time, because it’s worth it. ✨Day-trip suitability International visitors: ● ● ● ● ●— A must on a first visit NL-based day-trippers: ● ● ● ● ○ — A great day out ● Circles indicate suitability, not quality. Some subjectivity included. How to read these ratings 📜 What to see and do in Volendam Volendams M…

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