A Lovely Day Trip: Gouda, the City of Cheese
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Exploring Woerden: A Journey through the Charming Heart of Holland
Woerden is a town in the Utrecht province, a traditional farmers market town, a place to discover...
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Charming Dutch villages: Volendam
A 30 minutes bus ride from Amsterdam Centraal will take you to this old fishing village on...
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New Year’s Dive at Scheveningen
Every year, thousands of people test their limits by diving into the freezing waters of the North...
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Midwinter Celebration in Graft-De Rijp
This year, instead of the usual Christmas market, I went to the Midwinter...
Read MoreThe Not So Fairytale-Like Side of Giethoorn
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...
Read MoreVisiting the Fairy-Tale Village of Giethoorn
If Amsterdam is “the Venice of the North”, then Giethoorn is “the Venice of the Netherlands” – when there are a lot of canals, there are a lot of little Venices as well. This amazing little village, situated in the northeastern...
Read MoreSkating on natural ice in Vondelpark
There might be no snow in Amsterdam these days, but that’s OK because there is another winter treat that makes everyone happy: ice! Yes, the canals and lakes of Amsterdam are finally frozen! Even though the layer of...
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One of the main attractions at the Cheese Market in Alkmaar are the people: dressed up in traditional clothes, they run around showing off the big cheese wheels, selling promotional packages or just being there for the amazed...
Read MoreClog making workshop at Zaanse Schan
When you visit Zaanse Schans, you have the opportunity to assist to a clog making workshop. It is held in a former warehouse, where there’s also a small but interesting clogs museum and a shop. If you don’t have the...
Read MoreMeet the Windmills – at Zaanse Schans
One of the iconic images of the Netherlands is the windmill. There is something infinitely romantic about the image of a windmill, sails spinning in the wind, in the middle of the vast Dutch plain. There are still quite a...
Read MoreAlkmaar Cheese Market
The Dutch know their cheese: they make delicious cheeses in quite a few varieties and I love them for that! This is a rich tradition in the Netherlands and there are a few traditional cheese markets where the product is...
Read MoreAn afternoon in Marken
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,...
Read MoreBeautiful fishing villages: Volendam and Marken
This page includes affiliate links. If you click and purchase, I may receive a small commission at no extra costs to you. It was a warm, sunny autumn day when I decided that I must revisit the little villages that charmed me and...
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