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A Magical Place: Giethoorn, the Village With No Roads

by Dana Marin | Apr 12, 2025 | All Photos, The Netherlands | 4

There are many beautiful villages in the Netherlands, but Giethoorn is something truly special....

Green Netherlands: Oudorperhout

by Dana Marin | Jun 30, 2020 | All Photos, Nature | 0

The Netherlands is a green country, with many parks, and I’m not talking only about the...

Cycling Through the Tulip Fields

by Dana Marin | May 12, 2020 | All Photos, Nature | 0

The Dutch tulip fields are famous all over the world. Who didn’t dream to walk at least once...

Bike Trip from Amsterdam to Waterland

by Dana Marin | Jul 6, 2018 | All Photos, The Netherlands | 2

Wind in my hair, sun on my shoulders, cows looking at me from the other side of the canal, the...

The Not So Fairytale-Like Side of Giethoorn

by Dana Marin | Jul 1, 2017 | All Photos, The Netherlands | 6

As I was telling you in my previous post, visiting the beautiful village of Giethoorn is a unique experience. The narrow canals, the wooden bridges, the thatched-roof houses with their perfect gardens, the boats quietly...

Lovely harbour town: Enkhuizen

by Dana Marin | Jun 23, 2016 | All Photos, The Netherlands | 1

Enkhuizen is an old town situated on the IJsselmeer. In the 17th century it was a very important harbour-town of the Dutch East India Company, just like Hoorn and Amsterdam. Today Enkhuizen is a quiet, charming place, still...

The Village Museum Bucharest

by Dana Marin | May 27, 2016 | All Photos, Travels | 0

On my visit to Bucharest this spring, I went to see the Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum. This is an open-air museum, its charm changing along with the seasons. You step through a door and you are in a village right in the...

An afternoon in Marken

by Dana Marin | May 2, 2015 | All Photos, The Netherlands | 0

Every time someone asks me what to visit outside Amsterdam, I have Volendam and Marken coming up on top of my recommendation list. I don’t miss any opportunity to pay a visit to my favourite villages in the Waterland area,...

Bike ride along the Amstel

by Dana Marin | Jul 14, 2013 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 4

If it’s Sunday and warm outside, any Dutch inhabitant of Amsterdam would know that the only proper way to spend the afternoon is to take a bike ride to the countryside. And what better choice than following the route along...