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A Magical Place: Giethoorn, the Village With No Roads

Posted by Dana Marin | Apr 12, 2025 | All Photos, The Netherlands

…receive a small commission at no extra costs to you. Is Giethoorn really a village with no roads? 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 inside the…

Idyllic Dutch Villages: Warmond in South-Holland

Posted by Dana Marin | Apr 25, 2022 | All Photos, City Guides, The Netherlands

…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…

The Most Beautiful Village in Utrecht Province: Abcoude

Posted by Dana Marin | Feb 27, 2022 | All Photos, The Netherlands

…albeit chilly) and it was a pleasure to walk around on the streets of this village. I combined Abcoude with Woerden, so I was already a bit tired when I arrived here. However, the visit was pleasant. 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…

Visiting the Fairy-Tale Village of Giethoorn

Posted by Dana Marin | Jun 13, 2017 | All Photos, City Guides, The Netherlands

…I had a friend visiting and she really wanted to visit Giethoorn, or “the village without roads”, as it is known. The village can be reached by train or by car, and the trip from Amsterdam is about two hours (train to Steenwijk and then Bus 70 to the centre of Giethoorn). It can be a day-trip, if you want, but we choose to stay in Giethoorn overnight, so we could enjoy it more. This proved to be a great idea, since the place was quite busy during…

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

Posted by Dana Marin | Apr 15, 2021 | All Photos

…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…

The Village Museum Bucharest

Posted by Dana Marin | May 27, 2016 | All Photos, Travels

…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…

The Not So Fairytale-Like Side of Giethoorn

Posted by Dana Marin | Jul 1, 2017 | All Photos, The Netherlands

…enu in some restaurants. Not something you would expect to find in a small village in the Netherlands! When I visited Giethoorn a few years ago, it was much quieter. This time it was packed. Walking through the village, trying to make our way through the crowds and waiting a few minutes till we could take a proper picture somewhere, my friend said: it is such a pity that this beautiful place is so crowded! Indeed it was, but we were also part of t…

Bike Trip from Amsterdam to Waterland

Posted by Dana Marin | Jul 6, 2018 | All Photos, The Netherlands

…s more sense and it’s probably what people had in mind when they named the village. I would like to think there is a hint of Dutch humour in naming this village, though. I continued my bike trip, heading towards Monnickendam, arriving there in no time, after stopping once to take pictures of the cute cows grazing on the fields. This part of the trip wasn’t silent — the road from Broek to Monnickendam runs parallel to the highway, so there are cars…

Scheveningen: A Charming Seaside Resort with a Rich History

Posted by Dana Marin | Jul 23, 2023 | All Photos, City Guides, The Netherlands

…re either Anglo-Saxons or of Scandinavian origin. Along the centuries, the village braved the sea and survived many storms, like the one in 1470, when half of the village was engulfed by the sea. The strong connection to the sea gave birth to some legends, like the one of the Waterreus (water giant), a cursed sea creature who helped a poor girl catch a lot of fish each day until they eventually fall in love, she broke his curse and they got marrie…

Best Summer Day Trips from Amsterdam

Posted by Dana Marin | Jul 7, 2023 | All Photos, The Netherlands

…If you are a fan of water sports, head to the small village of Warmond, a village north of Leiden, with a rich history and on the lake system called Kagerplassen. In the village, you can admire the Huys te Warmont estate and the beautiful forest surrounding it, the ruins of the old church (Oude Toren) or the splendid houses with impeccable gardens. Warmond is surrounded by water, so you can explore the surroundings by boat or practice other water…