six pictures of windmills in the Netherlands

Where to See Windmills in the Netherlands?

One of the most iconic Dutch landscapes would be the one with a windmill on it, wouldn’t it. Indeed you need to visit the Netherlands for the ultimate windmill experience. Today, there only about 1000 windmills left in the Netherlands, …

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a main street in a city with shops and colourful houses, Vaals, Limburg, the Netherlands

Vaals – on the Roof of the Netherlands

At the southernmost corner of the Netherlands, where the borders of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands meet, is located Vaals – a small town that has, kind of, attached itself to the German Aachen, but still belongs to the Netherlands. …

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a fairy-tale like castle in a theme park in the Netherlands, the Efteling

Efteling – Where Fairy Tales Come to Life

There’s a place in the Netherlands where fairy tales come to life. Literally. You can see the wolf knocking on the door of the house of the seven young goats or the red shoes of Karen that never stop dancing. …

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a small harbour with a few old sail yachts with the sails down and the famous yellow cube houses at the background in Rotterdam

Rotterdam – the Dutch city that surprises

Rotterdam is not a city that can be easily digested by the tourist in search of windmills and the emblematic stepped gable houses characteristic of the Dutch Golden Age. Rotterdam is the odd one out in the Netherlands – the …

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beach cabins along a white-sand beach with blue sea to the right and sand dunes to the left, best things to do on Texel island

9 Reasons to Visit Texel

If you are living in Europe, you don’t need to travel all the seven seas to the earth’s end to find the ultimate island escape. Just head to the Netherlands. Yep! I know it’s hard to believe it, but Texel …

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