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Release Date May 2016
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Northeast
Friesland Netherlands
(Fryslân) p207
p193
Haarlem&
NorthHolland
p100
Amsterdam#_ Central
p38
Netherlands
Utrecht p219
Rotterdam p134
&South
Holland
p145
Maastricht&
SoutheasternNetherlands
p236
THIS EDITION WRITTEN AND RESEARCHED BY
Catherine Le Nevez, Daniel C Schechter
P LAN
ON THE ROAD
YOUR TRIP
Welcome to the AMSTERDAM . . . . . . 38 Texel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Muiden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
The Netherlands’ Map . . . 6 HAARLEM & NORTH Het Gooi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
The Netherlands’ HOLLAND . . . . . . . . 100 Flevoland . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Top 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 North Holland . . . . . . . . 102 Lelystad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Need to Know . . . . . . . . . 14 Haarlem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Urk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Around Haarlem . . . . . . . . 107
What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Zaanse Schans . . . . . . . . . 107 UTRECHT . . . . . . . . . 134
If You Like… . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Waterland Region . . . . . . . 108 Utrecht City . . . . . . . . . . 135
Month by Month . . . . . . . 20 Alkmaar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Around Utrecht City . . . 142
Itineraries . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Broek op Langedijk . . . . . 115 Kasteel de Haar . . . . . . . . 142
Hoorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Cycling in
the Netherlands . . . . . . . 26 Enkhuizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 National Park . . . . . . . . . . 142
Medemblik . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Amersfoort . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Travel with Children . . . . 31
Den Helder . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Oudewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Regions at a Glance . . . . 34
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Contents
UNDERSTAND
ROTTERDAM Northwest Groningen . . . 215 The Netherlands
& SOUTH Hoogeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
HOLLAND . . . . . . . . 145 Bourtange . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
South Holland . . . . . . . . 147 Drenthe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 The Dutch
Rotterdam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Assen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Way of Life . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Around Rotterdam . . . . . . 161 Kamp Westerbork . . . . . . 218 Dutch Art . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Dordrecht . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Dwingelderveld
National Park . . . . . . . . . . 218 Architecture . . . . . . . . . 276
Biesbosch
National Park . . . . . . . . . . 165 The Dutch
Slot Loevestein . . . . . . . . . 165 CENTRAL Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Gouda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 NETHERLANDS . . . 219 Dutch Cuisine . . . . . . . .286
Den Haag (The Hague) . . 168 Overijssel . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Delft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Deventer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 SURVIVAL
Leiden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Zwolle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 GUIDE
Around Leiden . . . . . . . . . 186 Kampen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Zeeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Weerribben-Wieden
Middelburg . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 National Park . . . . . . . . . . 228 Directory A–Z . . . . . . . .292
Around Middelburg . . . . . 190 Northern Overijssel . . . . . 228 Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Waterland Neeltje Twente . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Language . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Jans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Gelderland . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Schouwen-Duiveland . . . .192 Nijmegen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Around Nijmegen . . . . . . . 232 Map Legend . . . . . . . . . . . 319
FRIESLAND Arnhem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
(FRYSLÂN) . . . . . . . 193 Oosterbeek . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Leeuwarden Hoge Veluwe
(Ljouwert) . . . . . . . . . . .195 National Park . . . . . . . . . . 234
Waddenzee Coast . . . . . 198 Apeldoorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Harlingen (Harns) . . . . . . 198
Southwestern MAASTRICHT &
Friesland . . . . . . . . . . . .199 SOUTHEASTERN
Sneek (Snits) . . . . . . . . . . 199 NETHERLANDS . . . 236
Hindeloopen (Hylpen) . . . 201
Maastricht . . . . . . . . . . . 237
SPECIAL FEATURES
Frisian Islands . . . . . . . .201 Around Maastricht . . . . . . 243
Vlieland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 North Limburg . . . . . . . . . 243 Cycling in
Terschelling . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Noord Brabant . . . . . . . 244 the Netherlands . . . . . . . 26
Ameland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Den Bosch
Schiermonnikoog . . . . . . .205 (’s-Hertogenbosch) . . . . . 244 Travel with Children . . . . 31
Around Den Bosch . . . . . . 247
Cheese, Gin & Monuments
NORTHEAST Eindhoven . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Walking Tour . . . . . . . . . . . 64
NETHERLANDS . . . 207 Tilburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Groningen City . . . . . . . 208 Breda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Dutch Art . . . . . . . . . . .269
Around Groningen . . . . 215
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Welcome to the
Netherlands
Tradition and innovation intertwine
here: artistic masterpieces, windmills,
tulips and candlelit cafés coexist with
groundbreaking architecture, cutting-
edge design and phenomenal nightlife.
Art & Architecture Cycling
The legacies of Dutch Masters such as Rem- The flat, fabulously scenic landscapes
brandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Frans Hals, make cycling in the Netherlands a pleasure
Hieronymus Bosch, Piet Mondrian and (headwinds notwithstanding). Cycling is an
MC Escher hang on the walls of the Neth- integral part of life and locals live on their
erlands’ world-renowned museums, along fiets (bicycle): more than a quarter of all
with contemporary Dutch works. journeys countrywide are by bike, rising to
The Dutch influence on construction more than a third in big cities.
spans more than a millennia, from Roman- Experiencing the wind-in-your-hair
esque and Gothic medieval magnum opuses freedom of cycling is a breeze. Bike-rental
to Dutch Renaissance creations, revolu- outlets are ubiquitous, and the country is
tionary Golden Age gabled houses and criss-crossed with some 32,000km of cycling
engineering endeavours including canals, paths, including the Dutch ‘motorways’ of
neoclassicism, Berlage and the Amsterdam cycling, the long-distance LF routes. Grab
School, functionalism, modernism, struc- some wheels and start exploring.
turalism, neorationalism, postmodernism
and neomodernism, with trailblazing struc- Café Culture
tures making their mark on the cityscapes.
When the Dutch say café they mean a pub,
and there are thousands of them. In a coun-
Landscapes
try that values socialising and conversation
Geography plays a key role in the Nether- more than drinking, cafés are places for
lands’ iconic landscapes. More than half contemplation and camaraderie. Many cafés
the pancake-flat country is below sea level, have outdoor terraces, which are glorious in
and 20% has been reclaimed from the sea, summer and sometimes covered and heated
making rows of polders (areas of drained in winter. Most serve food, from bar snacks
land) omnipresent. Uninterrupted North to fabulous meals. The most atmospheric
Sea winds have powered windmills since is a bruin café (brown café), named for the
the 13th century, pumping water over the nicotine stains of centuries past – the ulti-
dykes, and milling flour and more. Some mate place to experience the Dutch state of
two-thirds of the surface is devoted to agri- gezelligheid (conviviality, cosiness).
culture, including fields of tulips.
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PHOTOSM
ATIC / SHUTTERSTOCK ©
Why I Love the Netherlands
By Catherine Le Nevez, Writer
Visionary architecture, vintage-meets-contemporary fashion and interiors, street markets
selling rainbows of fresh flowers, haring (raw herring), caramel-filled stroopwafels (waffles)
and cheese, and borrel (drinks) at canal-side cafés are all reasons I love the Netherlands. But
what I love about the country above all is its spirit. If something doesn’t exist, the Dutch will
design it, build it, manufacture it, recycle it, craft it, launch it (the Netherlands is one of the
world’s hottest start-up hubs) and make it a reality. There’s a sense that anything’s possible
here (and it invariably is).
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