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- Reaction To 10 Best Places to Visit in the Netherlands
This is my reaction to 10 Best Places to Visit in the Netherlands
In this video I react to interesting, unique and beautiful cities and towns around the Netherlands that people might travel to including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Maastricht and more.
Original Video - • 10 Best Places to Visi...
Weird that they didn't show the Dutch islands, Giethoorn, Veluwe and Delta Works.
Nice very nice but not tourist attrecting in a big way, now they only highlited the biggest tourists attrections, the video was made for tourism.
In no way a good representation of The Netherlands but companies who bring tourists here don't realy care, they just like to sell a ticket by showing pretty pictures.
@@woutervandenbosch8161 I'm not with you on this. Giethoorn is not called Venice of the North for nothing. The Dutch islands are made of tourists year round and the Veluwe is also one of the only big forrest areas in the country. Delta Works I can understand though, that's not really touristic. Most cities/villages in this video are nice but definitely not as nice as the places I mentioned.
@@FYYTWYFN you are right, but still not the biggest sellers. Giethoorn maibe but it already gets over run by tourists. So for me not a place to visit any time soon. Just like Volendam...
Irishman living in NL 23 years. Here is my list (Rotterdam based)
1) Rotterdam;
A) she didn’t explain the large markthal where you can basically snack your way around the whole indoor market. They also have sit down bars and restaurants. On Saturdays the main square outside has open air stalls selling everything from apples, cheese, underwear or even porn DVDs etc
B) While in Rotterdam get the metro from Blaak (cube houses and markthal) to Delfshaven and you will get a pleasant surprise. A nice view awaits of the old city which didn’t get destroyed in 1940.
C) Take the waterbus from the Erasmus bridge and go to Kinderdijk, but there is a touristy boat that serves drinks and snacks too.
D) Art museums as well as a war museum
E) also in her video “De Oude Haven” old harbour close to the cube houses to enjoy the view with a glass of something and eat Dutch snacks
2) Delft (my workplace)
A) Just go to “De Beestenmarkt” and hang out in the square enjoying a craft beer or a glass of wine. It’s a student city so you will enjoy the atmosphere.
3) Den Haag
A) If you like art go to De Mauritshuis
B) Den Haag being a city of embassies has many high quality wine bars and chique restaurants with cuisine from around the world
C) O’Caseys on Noordeinde, it has been awarded the prize for being the best Irish pub outside of Ireland, it’s also close to some nice book shops. Tell them Stephen from the Irish club sent you
4) The province of Limburg
A) Maastricht just like in the video is a good start. From here you can explore the surrounding hills (yes!) by bike out to Valkenburg which you already mentioned being only about 6 km away.
B) Drielandenpunt; where Germany 🇩🇪 Belgium 🇧🇪 and Netherlands 🇳🇱 meets, easy to get to from Vaals (bus ride from Maastricht) you will also be able to climb to the highest point in the Netherlands here at around 320 M high.
C) Visit during “carnaval” and enjoy the colourful festivities
5) My (new) home city of Schiedam
A) Visit a working windmill (De Walvisch)
B) Take a boat ride
C) Visit the old city which has plenty more windmills as well as a bar called ‘t Spul which specialises in Jenever the distilled spirit which is also made in Schiedam.
D) Visit “De Bonte Koe” a chocolate factory with the most delicious chocolate which looks like art and too nice to actually eat.
In general, try to find a “bruine kroeg” the old traditional Dutch cafe to enjoy a beer, eat chunks of cheese and listen to Dutch music. Plenty to find in Amsterdam, Den Haag even Rotterdam and Schiedam.
It's nice to seen you mention the whole province Limburg, but to be honest the whole country has it's interesting sites. You mention queiot a lot, but as the most do they are mainly in North and South Holland. Groningen and Friesland are also great in their own way. Deventer has a Dickensfestival during the wintertime, where actors dressed up like Dickensian figures and walk through the city
@@rboltong040465 ik had ooit in Weert gewoond, speciaal place in my heart
Nice country, been there 4 times. Amsterdam, Hertogenbosch, Breda, Tillburg and Eindhoven. Luv from🇫🇮
Thanks for the wodka
's-Hertogenbosch is definitely underrated with their unique in the world under the city canals and heritage site. This video is definitely for tourists, not about the real beauty of the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Just an impression via this video about 900 years of Bossch history. th-cam.com/video/A5AhiBk7U-c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=heLErT-CHwIUkPsa
The first picture at the beginning of the clip is Vinkeveen (many rows of boats on the water) and the second is Volendam (with the stadium). This little fisherstown is favorite for tourists (so can be very crowdy). For windmills 'Zaanse Schans' (nearby) and 'Kinderdijk' are the places to go, but therfore also crowded with tourists(!) Indeed Rotterdam is famous for its modern architecture, like the kubic houses. The building which looks like an arc is the Markethall, with an indoor market and appartements both in- and outside. Delft is also called 'little Amsterdam' and it's actually one of the best places to visit (you won't be dissapointed). There are two places not mentioned but definitely worth a visit: 1) Giethoorn (a very scenic little village, with only watercanals in stead of roads. 2) The 'Delta Woks' in Zeeland, the provence in the Southwest, wher you should visit the 'Oasterschelde waterbarrier' and 'Neeltje Jans'. Here you can learn everything about the Dutch battle against the sea (very interesting). Enjoy you stay and make it at least a week. 😊
Nice to mention in regard to windmills, each year in May there is a national windmill day where most windmills will be running and open to the public. I biked past one about a week ago going to visit a friend, and its definitely an experience being inside one. The creaking wood, the millstones.
I remember as a child going on vacation somewhere in France and we visited a windmill that made apple juice. You could tap a glass of it fresh out of the millstone for a franc. Best apple juice ever!
Miss Alkmaar, Groningen and Haarlem.
Ook leuke pplaatsen, maar dan kan ik beter alle plaatsen in Nederland op een lijst zetten.
Would add Den Bosch and Nijmegen to the list.
Nijmegen is the oldest city of the Netherlands, it has a beautiful old centre and every year there's the 4days celebrations with lots of music and partying in the city centre.
Den Bosch is also really beautiful. Beautiful city centre with a nice vibe!
Nijmegen the best.
Nijmegen should definitely be on this list. The Valkhof, Kronenburger Park, the lovely city center with the skyline defining St. Stevenskerk. Old roman ruins, the Belvedere.. I love this town.
@@tomvaneldik3123 and don't forget about all the history of this awesome place, from the Romans to WW2. so much history to learn and look at. the Crossing, last city to get liberated before Arnhem fucked it up :p 1 bridge to far. the bombing by our own allies costing almost 800 people's lives. and so on... also NEC !!!
Decide where YOUR interests are! A great tour around archaeological spots will be extreme boring if you do not like it. And if you want to party, a tour through nature reserves is a disaster. The Netherlands have a lot to offer, but it's you who has to make the selection of what you want to see and do!
I can recommend Nijmegen, Giethoorn, Leiden and perhaps Den Bosch.
Every season has its own beauty! And yes, we also visit these places for fun, not only tourists :)
I really do miss: Nijmegen, Deventer, Dordrecht, Haarlem, Leeuwarden, Den Bosch
Leeuwarden ??? Echt ?? Stad waar ik dood nog niet gevonden wil worden , kan je net zo goed Almere in je lijst zetten 🤣😂🤣👍
1.33 This is mine village Volendam on the IJsselmeer. Definitely the most musical village in the Netherlands with the famous dike. Every year millions from all parts of the WORLD come to visit...
Nice that this came along...recognized it immediately 😍
Thank you ❤️ from Volendam the Netherlands 🇳🇱🌷
Amersfoort en Deventer are amazing cities. You have to go there. And of course the lakes in Friesland
Wadden eilanden zijn ook mooi alleen zo verschrikkelijk duur geworden door al die BNR,s die de eilanden bezoeken .
The open air musuem in Enkhuizen is a museum of houses etc from the past. These are original buildings that are borken down stone by stone and build up in the original setting. Greetings from Roelof Netherlands. Other intresting places are: Hoorn, Enkhuizen, Groningen, Muiderslot, Hunebedden in Drenthe, Medemblik and I think the best time to visit Netherlands is the second half of August and the first half of September. Then the climate was in the past years the best time to go around. And do not worry about traveling around the public transport is the best in the World according to many many visitors of Netherlands.
Great tips 👍 Lol just saw someone advertise Almere 😂🤣😂🤦 Omg Almere 🤣😂🤣.
Amsterdam is a funpark and open air museum. True Amsterdammers already moved out of town. Nowadays foreigners expats and people from out of town that live their because of their work. Rotterdam is from the Rotterdammers. We have no tourist overflow. Coolest city though.
Just dont visit the carnaval or go into the wrong neighbourhood if you dont like getting shot.
The houses along narrow roads in the lakes are what remains of former peet mining. These areas were once swamps, where the peet was mined, and dried, to burn for heating. The houses are what is left of the workers houses who dug the peet. The areas were milled dry, peet was mined, and then they were flooded with water. A sort of unique Dutch thing. Although it was also done in other countries, for example in Poland, where they have similar swamps, that are still used for fish farming today.
If you want to see windmils come to Schiedam. We have the biggest in the world.
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Maastricht is amazing indeed, as are many of those other places. Definitely also go to Amsterdam, but make sure you go out of the touristy zones as well, as the city has so much more to offer. I live in Eindhoven but I wouldn't call it spectacular or anything, apart from the fact that it is a very nice town to live in and it has a lot of industrial heritage as it is the birth ground of Philips. I see that Groningen is not mentioned in this video, definitely visit that, and furthermore I would definitely visit the countryside! De Veluwe, Waddeneilanden, het Limburgs heuvelland, Friesland and so on!
The nice parts of Eindhoven are to the east, in the direction of the village Nuenen, which was an area that van Gogh painted.
You sound like a teacher giving students prompts for essays 😁
I work at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, so I go there a lot of course. But it sure is worth it to visit more often. Even I haven’t seen it all yet. I’m from the city of Haarlem, which is located west of Amsterdam. Haarlem is the capital of the province of North Holland. And it lies near the coast, and the seaside town of Zandvoort. You might know that from the Formula 1 racetrack. Haarlem is older, but smaller than Amsterdam. And that gives it its charm. We’ve got some great museums too, including the oldest and most beautiful museum in the Netherlands: Teylers Museum. You can reach Haarlem with a 15 min train ride from Amsterdam. Or by bus from Schiphol Airport.
Harlingen is also older then Amsterdam !!! So what’s your point ??
I live in the center of Eindhoven and this city is booming! It's because of all the hightech, used to be Philips and now the Philips heritage continues in the huge ASML company. Many internationals come to Eindhoven te work for ASML, Philips and all the companies in Brainport region.
Do not go to Kinderdijk. Long time to travel. Expensive. You get a row of windmills dating from 1300 to 1800 and they are all the same. Visit Schiedam. 5 mills in the city centre which is also from the 13th century 👍
expesive? There's no entrance fee??
@@ewoutbuhler5217 no and if so, not worth mentioning. Very low
My favorite windmill. Located in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. I helped build that myself. In 2007/2009. And then we also have the largest amateur football Derby in the world. Spakenburg-IJsselmeer birds.
Too busy for me, always glad to be back in Fryslân.
Fryslan Boppuh , lol Leeuwarden is mij al te druk 😂🤣😂 Houd zo van mijn stadje 👍
For visiting I would recommend may to june or late august to early october. The weather is temperate, not too hot or cold, not too dry or wet. Unless you want to go to the beach and bake in 35 degrees. Snow doesnt reliably happen anymore due to climate change so dont come for ice skating or sledding or anything like that. The winters are just dreadful with constant cloud cover and freezing cold rain. You can get that at home in Scotland
I come fro Gouda. Kind of made me miss the town where is was born...Because everything you showed me i have been there for 1000 times. But the past is the past
My favorite windmill is de schoolmeester in westzaan. Its the last one that makes paper in the traditional way. And there happends allot it realy impresive to see wat they all do on only one mill
Try to find the exit through the underground kazematten in Maastricht. It's fun if you go with others. You probably have to reserve that tour. We did that on a school trip and was much fun. Bring a flashlight with you and a vest.
Im from the Netherlands and I don't like to go to Amsterdam but I can understand maybe from a tourist standpoint because of a lot of cultural things to visit. But if you think Amsterdam = the Netherlands, you're really missing out on a lot of interesting sights to see. Also depends on your interests of course.
I'm from a little village near Eindhoven. Eindhoven itself doesn't have what would be considered a Dutch look and feel to it. It's not really a big city. Historically it has been formed as a merger of a number of villages, which still can be seen today. The company Philips had a big influence on the development of the city in the past. I much prefer the nearby town Oirschot. This is rather small, but the center is really enjoyable. I've lived in Den Haag (The Hague) for a number of years due to work, and I think it to be a great city as far as cities go. Amsterdam has never had much attraction for me, although I've been there a number of times. The tourism has given a lot to the city, but has also destroyed a lot of what I look for when I go somewhere for pleasure. I really like Maastricht as a city. It's now a long time ago that I've been there, but it has a real original feel to it. It's also situated in the more hilly part of the country, which I used to love to cycle around in.
I like Eindhoven. Im from den haag and I like it outside the randstad. People are more friendly
Amsterdam is unique because of it's architecture ofcourse, still intact and there for a gem on it's own.
The Hague is definitely the best city to live in, in the Netherlands. It doesnt feel as crowded and global as lets say Amsterdam or Rotterdam. Utrecht and Arnhem are also pretty decent. I have been to Maastricht on vacation, but not for work or living. It does seem to have a similar feeling. Especially now that the underground highway is completed, the city center is relaxed and walkable. It was awful 20 years ago.
We often go to the Efteling. Great park. Many people say even better than Disney when I meet tourists from abroad.
Whatever city you go to, keep a close eye on your bag. There are pickpockets everywhere. Giethoorn is also a place worth a visit.
All in the western part, except Maastricht.
I'm from Gouda! My favorite thing to do is visit the coffee shops. Hahaha. Besides grass, they obviously have cheese and syrup waffles as mentioned in the video, the church with the stained glass windows, which is a must visit, a museum right next door to the church, and the town hall in the center of the town square is the oldest in the Netherlands. There are also a lot of cute small shops that sell chocolate, ice cream, and many other products. As well as shopping malls and a bunch of nice pubs.
The building in the background at 3:37 in the video is the 'Waag" which is a weighing house where the cheese was weighed, and it is also really nice. There are a bunch of restaurants and cafés on the town square where you can chill but do make a reservation beforehand because they are very crowded! You can get great food at a decent price from all over the world, including Indonesian, Japanese, Surinamese, Chinese, Mexican, Italian, Greek, and many other places, as well as the familiar Dominos, Subway, McDonalds etc etc that international tourists like to visit.
There are also 2 fish shops where you can get all kinds of seafood and fish and chips, that are among the best in the country. Definitely a good option for take-away. Fish platters with shrimp, eel, mussels, herring, and all other kinds of locally sourced fish. Highly recommended.
The city is not that big but its a hub for all the smaller towns around it where people go out shopping and eating and having fun. The Mexican restaurant Xochimilco is especially good. Go eat there if you come to visit. Order the fajitas, its their specialty! With extra peppers if you like it spicy.
And do take a walk away from the town square along the canals. The architecture is quite nice and authentic, unlike Amsterdam where a lot of it is just fake old fronts on concrete buildings.
The town hall is open to visitors on some days, so plan your trip if you want to go inside. Its definitely worth it, beautiful old rooms and paintings. It also has a dungeon, and there is a pub in the cellar which has a great atmosphere. People often hold their weddings there.
The old harbour is also a nice place to visit, with a bunch of wooden ships docked and the old gates connecting the harbor to the nearby rivers. And there are a bunch of lakes nearby which are great for sailing and kayaking.
3:43 we are also know for our cheese from Edam or maybe less known outside the Netherlands Beemster kaas. Maybe a fun fact from Edam, if you ever go tru a revolving door there is a big chance it says Boon Edam in a corner of the glass.
If you go to Rotterdam, have dinner at the Hotel New York. Very good and a really nice place to visit.
Too expensive over there !
Thanks m8 👍
Well if you like visiting something unique. I would suggest visiting Bataviastad near Lelystad. It has many fashion outlet stores but also there is wharf were they build ships like they did in the 17th century. More then decade ago they finished the trade ship the Batavia and now they are building the flagship of the famous Micheal de Ruiter called the 7 provinces.
Also a place I would visit is Kaatsheuvel because there's an amusement park that rival, some say even surpass Disneyland. It's called the Efteling and you have to see its dark rides. It also has many rollercoasters. The unique thing about the park it really has the feeling of magical but you don't think for a moment it's Disney. That's because it leans more to the Brothers Grim and Anthon Piek when it comes building design and Atmosphere. You will see fairy tales you have seen at displayed in a different style but also you will see some you have never seen in Disney Park before.
Maastricht is quite a nice city, in hilly country, with orchards and vineyards. Since the highway running through town was moved underground, the city center is very walkable and nice, and it has a large student population, so there are plenty of pubs to visit.
The surrounding area is some of the best in the Netherlands, I have camped at a campsite near Sint Geertruid, many times since I was a child, and it is an excellent place to go hiking or cycling. Many professional Dutch cycling teams like to train there when they aren't abroad. And it is a favorite destination for amateurs as well. Also great for motor bike tours.
For hiking, it offers varied terrain, from hilly forests to wheat and maize fields and orchards and small towns. It does get scorching hot and very dry in the summer so I recommend visiting in the off season in spring or autumn.
Delft is one of the best places to visit. The town square, the churches, the canals, the museums. As well as a very nice recreational nature area just outside of town with a lakeside beach. You can definitely spend an entire day there and maybe see half of it, even though its a relatively small town. Just dont visit the south side. No offense to anyone who lives there.
The Keukenhof and the Tulip fields can only be visited in the spring time, till half May. After that the flower of the tulips will be collected to let bulb grow.
A lot towns have one or more windmills. Some can be visited but some are also privatly inhabited.
Other places to visit is Zwolle, Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Groningen, Bourtange, Appingedam, Westerbork, Dokkum, Franeker, Hoorn, Enkhuizen to name a few.
The Wadden islands. You can go on a ferry in the Eemshaven to the German Island Borkum.
Waarom Franeker wel en Harlingen niet ??? Ben gewoon een beetje beledigd nu 😂 die klokken dieven hebben alleen een klein museumpje .
@@ceesvanderschoot9799 Hahaha.....Het waren voorbeelden (to name a few) want vaak wordt in dit soort filmpjes het noorden vergeten. Er is zoveel meer dan de Randstad!
@@vast001 Was een grapje hoor maar er heerst hier een hele oude rivaliteit tussen onze twee steden daterend uit 1400 nog wat toen Franeker de vaart tussen Harlingen en Leeuwarden sloot en alle producten belasting heffen dat naar Harlingen ging
@@ceesvanderschoot9799 Hoog tijd om wraak te nemen, steel al hun klokken!
1:29 this is Volendam. Fc Volendam plays in that stadium called Kras Stadion.
Visit ''s-Hertogenbosch one time in life , the city is beautiful and full of history
About skyscrapers. People in other comments mentioned it is because of the soft soil. But the reason is mostly economical.
Although NL is the most densely populated country in Europe, it is nowhere close to places like Malaysia, Singapore or Hong Kong in Asia. Contrast 3000 people per square kilometer to ten thousand or more.
With our population density, it is more efficient to build low-rise apartment buildings instead of high-rises. The taller you build, it costs exponentially more money. Cities that want to increase density generally tear down 1950s-1960s apartment blocks and neighbourhoods of rowhouses to replace them with modern apartment buildings. And we dont really want to have such high population densities as the Asian cities I mentioned, it would reduce quality of life for everyone.
go to Zeeland, it is really underrated, many tourists come to take a holiday and there is a lot of beautiful nature to see
Haarlem is well worth a visit. Close to Amsterdam by train and only 20min by road from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. It's like a mini Amsterdam with canals, museums, architecture etc;
5:25 You're looking at a markethall specializing in all kind of food experiences. The dome of the hall itself is a building with private appartments. Rotterdam is a "modern" city with all kinds of innovating architecture. Utrecht is kind of like Amsterdam but a bit more relaxed and less tourist like. Near Maastricht are Caves of Sint Pietersberg hill which is definitely a worth a visit. I think late spring early summer is the best time if you're want nice weather with not to much rain and to see some of the blooming flowerfields.
The area around Utrecht has literally hundreds of medieval castles that were built there by knights and nobles under permission from the (then) bishopric of Utrecht, to defend against invading foreign armies as well as the counts of Holland, with whom they were at war for centuries. It was a focus point of the defensive lines of the country during the republic.
There is a museum dedicated to this defensive line called the "Grebbelinie museum" located in the east of the province of Utrecht that is definitely worth a visit. Rent a bike at the nearby train station and go for a tour, its a beautiful nature area as well.
I used to commute between Haarlem en Noordwijk and always relished to view on the tulipfields as I drove to work.
Remember, you are watching a tourist video and ok it shows nice places to be, it is in no way representing The Netherlands fully and those places are packed with tourists if you are unlucky. Even a bigg city like Amsterdam.
In the video they say Delft is easy to get to from Amsterdam this is true, but it is closer to Rotterdam and its airport. And from Rotterdam it's close to Kinderdijk, Delft, The Hague (Den Haag in Dutch) and even Utrecht.
So if you already have been to Amsterdam, try flying in to Rotterdam airport and go from there. You can go to Zeeland from there to and visit the Delta works. The Dutch solution to of 2 rivers still flowing out to sea but when high tide from the sea comes in, it can be closed of.
And perhaps visit the claiming back land from the sea in order to make the port of Rotterdam even bigger then it already is. We call it the Maasvlakte and Maasvlakte 2. We keep stealing land from the waters. Not just back in history.
We even blocked a sea, we now call the Ijselmeer, it used to be an somewhat inland sea. So we build 1 huge dike to close it of. It was used to be called the souternsea (zuiderzee)
After we blocked the sea from coming in we pumped out lots and lots of water to make a new province (Flevoland) and more. Where now live hundreds of thousands of people. With cities like Almere and Lelystad. Check out the museum. (Zuiderzee museum)
Those are some wat argitectual. Specialy those dams/dikes in Zeeland to keep the sea out but let the river flow. Not argitectual like a house or building but of argitects of our own country.
I alway's wonder, why they only show Gouda when they talk about cheese. Ok it has it's name to it but closer to Amsterdam is Alkmaar with it's cheesemarket and beautifull Dutch argitectual buildings and Haarlem.
Have fun visiting our country. 👍👍🏻👍🏾👍🏿👍🏼
Leiden, Giethoorn are a few you should look too. There are videos on TH-cam about them
Dutch 'ch' as in Utrecht en Maastricht is exactly like Scottish 'ch' as in Loch!
Den Haag very nice city , buildings
Utrecht - Castle "De Haar" at Haarzuilens
Windmills:
1. Zaanse Schans
First industrial complex in the world. Touristic must see. Easy access from Amsterdam.
2. Kinderdijk
Easy access from Rotterdam, second choice, but totally worth it.
3. Schermer
Polder and landscape. Bit more north front Amsterdam. Cycling tour is best.
Some windmills I would recommend are a set of 3 located just south of the town of Zoetermeer. They are located along a dike right in the middle of the polder and give an amazing view across the land all the way to The Hague and Rotterdam, 20km away. You wont see that anywhere else.
Homie asks more questions than just watching the video lol
Yes, on the meaning of 'kinder'
Maastricht has more French influences then German or Dutch. It's the burialplace where D'Artagnan lies and they speak a very peculiar dialect, which only older people still speak and understand. But that is the case in most parts of Limburg. Kerkrade has also a very different dialect. Friesland has it's own official recognized language.
Another great place to visit is the Archeon in Alphen aan de Rijn. It has a reconstructed town from the Roman period with craftsworkshops and blacksmiths and the like, in authentic style. With re-enacted gladiator fights and eagle shows. Its a great activity for a day and you can easily get there if you rent a bike from the nearby train station or go for a nice hike along the riverside.
I am Dutch , and I like to go to whatever city, most cities of older age are interesting, Zwolle, Groningen den Bosch Nijmegen Breda..
Amsterdam is best out of season, when tourist are a disaster. Amsterdam is also a bit overrated, since Netherlands has so much to offer. Hire a good bike and go in the neighbourhood of for instance Leiden for a trip and look for cheese selling farms.
Farms selling cheese, flowers, potatoes, fruits, vegetables, generally have amazing quality at low prices, all you need to do is get out there and have some cash in your pocket and room in your bike bags.
Amsterdam is a beautiful city, no doubt about that, but all those tourists everywhere.
I live near Maastricht and during tourist season we think that the best feature of Amsterdam is the train heading back to the south of the country. 😏
If you like theme parks then the Efteling would be a great place to visit. There are plenty of video's about it on YT. A fun place for all ages.
I also really like the open air museum located close to Arnhem. The open air museum exhibits a lot of Dutch history. Not so much political history, but more daily life. Old-fashioned farms, old school. Experience a mill grinding grain, a bakery, a cheese factory and washing/drying/bleaching clothes before electricity. Restaurant has great old-fashioned lunches with great breads. Lots to see and great park to walk around or ride through the park with a train
Windmills were the indirect source of the Dutch wealth; the invention of a crankshaft-rod system allowed the saw-mill to be created. Where other seafaring nations had to saw the wooden planking for ships by hand, the Dutch used windmills for that allowing ships to be build much faster and cheaper creating the largest fleet in the world cumulating into the first large company funded by stock trading in the world: The VOC "Vereenigde Oostindische companie" (United East-Indian Company). In today's terms it would be more valuable than Apple, Microsoft, Shell, and then some put together.
BTW formal stock trading is also a Dutch invention.
The netherlands is mostly ‘soft’ ground. So it is difficult and expensive to build skyscrapers.
There are many other unique regional cheeses besides Gouda cheese. Edammer is like a Swiss cheese with holes in it, and every region has its own cheeses. Limburg has soft cheeses sort of like the French ones but with less mold, usually. Beemster and Maaslander are also well-known. There are many different types of cheeses with spices like cloves, red peppers, truffles, and pretty much everything else you can think of. Wherever you go, just go to the local market and visit the cheese stall or go to a specialized cheese shop and you can taste and choose from hundreds of varieties!
De poldertuin in Anna Paulowna, Hollands Kroon is smaller but just as beautyfull and it is free! A lot of people combine it with a trip to the estate of Hoenderdaell. Which is a zoo but also a shelter or asylum for animals. Stichting Dolfijn helps sea mammals. And stichting leeuw helps the big felines. They also offer asylum to parrots. There are a lot of other animals kept there and you will certainly spend at least an entire day if you really want to see all of the good work they do.
The best time to visit us would be spring. Around the end of april and the start of may our tulips fields will bloom at their brightest. A tour through the roads and fields will also bring you past other farmers who sell some of their produce at roadside stalls.
Patatoes, yoghurt, milk, fresh eggs, some flowers to go with your romantic breakfast...They really are better if you got them this morning!
Looks like an amazing country 👍
Im Dutch thanks ❤
Yes, now come and spend your money!
The best way to go to kinderdijk if from the waterbus from Rotterdam or Dordrecht(the capital before Amsterdam)
Your clip of Zaanse Schans (pronounced : Zahn-sir skunce) was very short. What it didn't show was the cheese tasting shed, with prize-winning cheeses and dips in amazing tastes, textures and colours. Also, there is a clog museum with a live demonstration of how clogs are made. For lunch, try a typical Dutch pancake with bacon and cheese or one with strawberries and whipped cream. And yet, that's not all... Learn about Zaandam's chocolate history, as most of the factories along the river process 70% of the world's cocoa. And of course, you can actually enter the windmills (for a fee - the other attractions are free) where you can see, smell and feel the power of the mill. Certainly worth a day's visit.
Not in the park, but on the opposite bank, is Hoop (pronounced : hope) brewery with a little restaurant. It's a 15 minute walk, but you can relax and enjoy beer tasting with a selection of cheeses to recover from the day at Zaanse Schans! Enjoy!
Definitely do Maastricht!
Hi, nice to see you are interested. For me the video you watched is kinda cliche. A lot of dagtrips out of Amsterdam. Naturewise the east part of the country is the most beautiful (east from north to south). Zaanse Schans is a museum, don't go there. If you want to visit a nice one go to the Openluchtmuseum in Arnhem, which shows more variety in Dutch history. Also the islands up north are a chill visit.
In august/september is very nice to go to the Postbank/Veluwe near Arnhem. Beautifull pink nature. If you take some time to visit the east of the Netherland, the city Enschede is also very nice. Don't forget to visit the area with all new buildings after the big fire disaster. 's-Hertogenbosch, Groningen, Afluitdijk, there is so much to see.
For museums: Teylers museum in Haarlem! Very special. For romanesque architecture: Utrecht and Maastricht, but many small churches in tiny villages in the provinces Friesland and Groningen. The biggest old (17th century) city centre is Amsterdam, but many small towns have nice old historic centres. Like Delft and Gouda in the video, but also Haarlem. Middelburg, Deventer, Amersfoort, Alkmaar and many more! I personally should forget the touristic bucket list of tulips cheese, and wooden shoes.
Museum of Antiquities in Leiden is very nice.
I used to live in a mill for a couple of years.
No Heusden, Willemstad or Naarden in de list? They are special
I live in Utrecht ... Definitely worth the visit
In Rotterdam, there are lots of scyscrapers, but you dont really see them in the video, except for 1 or 2 short moment, but for sure you dont see the skyline
The soil underneath is way too swampy and wet to be able to build skyscrapers. Considering the busy part of the country is a few meter below sea level, we still have to build on poles in the ground for stability.
Rotterdam, the building you see is a foodmarket nice architecture, one half hour by train from Amsterdam.
The Dutch are not very fond of skyscrapers. However they have conformed to the fact they have to expand vertically as their population continues to grow, and there is a shortage of housing. Rotterdam is considered the skyscraper/high rise capital of The Netherlands and has a long tradition of building vertically mainly because the city center was bombed during World War II. Rotterdam has decided on rebuilding a modern city centre instead of rebuilding the old. In Amsterdam there are skyscrapers/high-rises in Amsterdam Noord and Amsterdam Zuid (Zuidas). There are buidling height restrictions in Amsterdam due to the proximity of the airport. In Rotterdam there is more room to build taller buildings. One proposed skyscraper in Rotterdam is Rise at 286 meters tall near Hofplein. I would say Rotterdam and The Hague are truly skyscrapers towns in The Netherlands. Amsterdam and Eindhoven are getting there.
A vid to better understand Rotterdam's architecture th-cam.com/video/BmUNt1VMuFY/w-d-xo.html
Its a political story that we have to build more housing. Some statistics: The Netherlands has about 18 million people and 8 million houses. Thats 2.25 people per house. Most houses have room for 4 or more people and at least 2 people can live in an apartment. We dont have a housing shortage. We have a housing distribution problem.
Rotterdam is new architecture in contrary to most places 'You have to visit' that have old houses and buildings. Best time to visit is during 'De Havendagen' (The Harbour Days), when a lot of companies in the harbours open their doors for interested people.
A personal favorit of mine is the village Oudewater. It has the only official 'Heksenwaag' (witch weighing scales). Witches have no weight (that's why they can fly and will float on water). When weighed on the scales of Oudewater, you get an official confirmation that you are not a witch.
Funfact about the Goeda cheese like people outside of the Netherlands call it You should actually pronounce it as GAUda cheese ;p
7:30 yes, and many city governments also have right to law against skyscrapers. For instance, Groningen has its Martini Church with its tower over 550 years old, and the tallest building in the city. I believe just before coronings, Groning city passed a law that no builting be built taller then "d Olle Grieze" ..citisens nickname for the tower... "The Ol' Grey One"
Kind means child, yes.
I would love to afd the town Leiden to the list. An old town known for its textile history around 1600-1700. It has the oldest university of the Netherlands and has many musea and historicus buildings .
Regarding Skyscrapers: the Netherlands is basically one big river delta and swamp. Building above about 150m is really difficult because of the weak ground underneath.
Rotterdam have some 200+ on the list and the Zalmhaventoren is 218m but 400+ you wont see in our small country and actully the whole of Europe not accept Russia
Most dutch people dont visit tulp fields. And dont visit Amsterdam more dthan one time. It is a dirty city overwelmed by tourists. Totaly different from the rest of the Netherlands.
A lot of older buildings have what is called a "monument status" which means that the owners are not allowed to do major modifications. There can be hundreds of such buildings in each town, and you are required by law to maintain its state, you need a permit just to install a double glass window pane in the front-facing facade. Its actually a problem in some places where people want to insulate their homes better to reduce their heating and electricity bills but they arent allowed to by the local government.
In my own house, Im now allowed to change anything about the brickwork out front although it would need to be insulated to meet modern building standards and it drives down the property price. It does look nice though. I like living here.
The stadium is in Volendam, near Amsterdam.
Extreme high rise is difficult because of the soil, which is a mixture of sand and swamp. And I think a lot of Dutch people are also against them for aesthetic reasons.
Never been to the south-axe (zuid-as) of Amsterdam or Rotterdam as a whole ?
In the world of architecture The Netherlands is known to be the country with one of the highest density of highrises in Europe.
Even more than Spain, germany (exept Frankfurt) Belgium, outside Paris in France....
Never been to Rotterdam ?
B.t.w. the Dutch are famous for their esthetica approach in modern architecture.
The main problem is that skyscrapers and highrises are generally economically inefficient. The Netherlands is very densely populated but low-rise apartment buildings are efficient enough in terms of space, and the cost of building higher is usually larger than the benefit.
Other countries build skyscrapers and high-rises as prestige projects, not because it is beneficial economically.
@@TheSuperappelflap hundreds of highrises beginning at 70 meters high and above
in the big cities, and people just don't know ??
@@jsb7975 70m is not exactly high in most other countries. And those cities are doing that only because they completely ran out of space in their municipal lands. It is not efficient.
@@TheSuperappelflap skyscrapers indeed are above 120 mtr.
And there's a lot of them in the Netherlands too ofcource. Officially highrises start at 70mtrs.
In terms of Europe (not Asia or the states) The Netherlands has the highest density of highrises and skyscrapers . (leaving out London or Paris as dense area's)
You can visit Delft Den Haag and Rotterdam in one day. They are very close to each other.
Having daylight in peoples homes is highly regulated, so there any more things to plan and do when building tall buildings
Visit summer or spring. May -september
Tulpfields just drive along on your way to the next city
foreigners thinking that dutch have a favorite windmill... they all look the same.
Not heard of Delft. ? Keukenhof.. (bloemen corso. ....)
Okaybeindhoven Zwolle Breda Nijmegen Arnhem, den Bosch, Giethoorn wasnt even mentioned , Leeuwarden Groningen, maybe , just maybe Tilburg. But lrts not torget Enschede, Hardenberg and Venlo
Delft also has the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) where William of Orange was buried and the Prinsenhof (Prince's house) where he lived and was fatally shot, which is now a museum.
As well as some nice windmills, a beautiful old town, and a newly renovated zone around the train station, which is very nice to bike or walk through. And of course because it is a student town, many pubs, local breweries, and other shops. As well as the Royal Delft porcelain manufactury.
Our 'secret' is not really a secret. We were an agricultural 'country' part of the Spanish empire. Then that dominance became a problem because we were just a negelectic part of a usurping empire. Religion and economics converged. Spain and Portugal became one. World trade was a virtual monopoly. Protestantism and naval commerce promised a way out. The Dutch provences revolted. The southern provinces were the most affluent and led the revolt. Thus were the primary target for the Spanish. The northern provinces had time and resources to build fleets, partially due to whealthy traders and merchants from those soutern provinces fleeing to Amsterdam to start trading in the east indies. They became rich, had their own fleets armed with soldiers, started the first exchange market. 100 years of wealth. Then bigger countries in Europe wanted their pieces of the pie. Spain was weakened (no real economy of their own apart from gold etc. from South America). The Dutch build beautiful cities because the wealth came from trading and not flowing into the purses of the nobility. Then the other major powers just were stronger and bigger. Dutch decline. No money to replace older buildings or need to do so. Returning to a more agricultaral society. Then in the late 19th century and especially after world war 2 the Netherlands industralised, once again became a hub of international (naval) trade and had the resources to restore the inner cities. We then eventually priorityzed a more equalitaryan society above poverty for the many and extreme wealth for the few. I am not a scolar, just interested.
Well, you are generally right, but some notes. The Dutch have been traders and merchants in the Hanseatic League since long before the Spanish rule, mainly trading western European luxury goods and bricks for Baltic timber, furs and grain. That is what generated most of the wealth, even more than the spice trade, due to sheer volume.
The reason Dutch architecture is considered beautifil across Northern Europe is that it was our merchants and our bricks that built most of the old cities along the North Sea and Baltic coast, all the way from Calais to Novgorod and Saint Petersburg.
The industrialization in the Netherlands, what is now Belgium, came second only after England, our industrial capacity was invested in Belgian coal mines and textile mills, and then of course the Belgians seceded in 1830 and we were out of luck and had to start over.
Well I do no think we were (voluntary) a part of the Spanish empire. The Spanisch tried to defeat en occupy us during war. Actually, they brutally slaughtered a lot of people (Haarlem) Just like the Romans and the French (Naarden)did. But The Netherlands is the Netherlands, with it's own culture and hard working people.
We Dutchies think windmills are boooring🤣.
4:29 CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE? Bruh the entirety of Rotterdam except for a few buildings got 1984'd. 💀
Maastricht is definitely the most Belgian/French city in NL
Caution: what you see first in the info about the Hague is actually Scheveningen. Scheveningen is adjacent to the Hague.
Dont think about what to do. Just take a walk and enjoy or grab a bike.
I really like walnut cheese, brie (or filled brie) and farmers cheese with herbs. Im not a fan of aged cheese, I like mine young, but its a preference. There are so many different cheeses to choose from so I dont think we have a specific type we all like. The most popular in other countries is gouda but I'm not traveling to gouda for a piece of cheese if I can buy one at the store here. (but if I ever visit gouda, not specifically for cheese, I might buy a piece to see what all the fuss is about)
The big hall you saw at 5:44 is a food market. You can grab what you want and sit at a table. Really cool for families because everyone can get the food they like and then sit together.
Skyscrapers can have a max height of 120 meters, other buildings can be higher I believe, google wasnt really specific on that.
If you want authentic Gouda cheese, buy cheese made in Stolwijk, is where most of the Gouda cheese was originally made.
It also has the oldest town hall in the country, the church on the town square with world famous glass windows, museums, fresh stroopwafels with the syrup still warm, some shops that sell amazing chocolate, decent coffee shops, nice canals, good architecture, and the nearby lakes are very nice to rent a boat or canoe and go sailing.
The cheese market is on thursdays I think, if you want to visit that, but its a tourist trap filled with Chinese and Japanese people with the stereotypical cameras photographing everything. And the cheese is overpriced. I would avoid it.