Haarlem, Netherlands (Holland) travel video
The historic city of Haarlem is one of the most attractive destinations in the Netherlands. We show the main neighborhoods you want to have a look at when you're visiting Haarlem, a real Dutch treat. In the center the market square with the great church towering over, and just below there is a series of pedestrian lanes lined with shops and cafés that are very charming, and there are little side residential lanes here as well. Haarlem is only 15 minutes away from Amsterdam by train, so it makes an easy day-trip, but this small city is so fascinating you might want to spend a night or two to fully enjoy the experience.
Many of these brick buildings date back 400 years to the 17th century when Haarlem was at its peak of prosperity. They were homes and workshops and warehouses of the merchants. Today there are a lot of bars and restaurants and then it becomes a shopping street.
And this leads us right into perhaps the most charming street in Haarlem and maybe the cutest lane in the country.
Kleine Houstraat. You won't get lost here because it's a small district and the streets are rather straight and run at right angles to each other, but there's plenty here to keep you busy for a full day just wandering around. Walk along some of these connecting streets like Anegan, it's almost like a wide shopping mall that joins up three of the other main shopping streets.
You'll find the shoppers and workers are friendly and ready to talk.
There is frequent train service every 10 minutes between Haarlem and Amsterdam. However if you come on day trip you're probably not going to be getting to the ends of some of the shopping lanes and into the interesting little back streets or to the museums. If you spend a night or two you'll have plenty of time.
TOP 10 CURAÇAO: TRAVEL GUIDE
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Tourism in the Netherlands - Best Tourist Attractions
Tourism in the Netherlands - Best Tourist Attractions
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The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve provinces and borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. The five largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Eindhoven. Amsterdam is the country's capital, while The Hague holds the seat of the States General, Cabinet and Supreme Court. The Port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe and the largest outside Asia.
'Netherlands' literally means 'lower countries', referring to its low and flat topography, with only about 50% of its land exceeding 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) above sea level and nearly 17% being below sea level. Most of the areas below sea level, known as polders, are the result of land reclamation beginning in the 16th century. With a population of 17.30 million living within a total area of roughly 41,500 square kilometres (16,000 sq mi)—of which the land area is 33,700 square kilometres (13,000 sq mi)—the Netherlands is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Nevertheless, it is the world's second-largest exporter of food and agricultural products after the United States, owing to its fertile soil, mild climate, and intensive agriculture.
The Netherlands was the third country in the world to have representative government and has been a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a unitary structure since 1848. Historically, the country has a tradition of pillarisation and a long record of social tolerance, having legalised abortion, prostitution and euthanasia, while maintaining a progressive drug policy. The Netherlands abolished the death penalty in 1870, allowed women's suffrage in 1917 and became the world's first country to legalise same-sex marriage in 2001. It is a founding member of the EU, Eurozone, G10, NATO, OECD and WTO, as well as a part of the Schengen Area and the trilateral Benelux Union. It hosts several intergovernmental organisations and international courts, many of which are centered in The Hague, which is consequently dubbed 'the world's legal capital.' Its mixed-market advanced economy had the thirteenth-highest per capita income globally. One of the world's most prosperous countries, the Netherlands ranks among the highest in international indexes of press freedom, economic freedom, human development, quality of life, as well as happiness. Its strong performance is owed in large part to a generous welfare state that provides universal healthcare, public education and infrastructure, in addition to social benefits. It is also known for its polder model, the country's leading socioeconomic model based on consensus decision-making.
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What To Do In Rotterdam, The Netherlands | Eileen Aldis Travel Channel
What To Do In Rotterdam, The Netherlands
This video is a city guide and city tour of Rotterdam. You'll see my top 5 highlights of one of the most modern cities in Europe.
Above all, Rotterdam is a city with vision. It was very nearly completely destroyed during World War II and chose to see the devastating loss as an opportunity to innovate and build anew. The city was a blank slate for architects and artists. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes of war, this Dutch city has become a city of the future. Rotterdam is a centre for design, art, architecture, and sustainability. Locals joke that you should take a photo of the skyline today because it won't be the same tomorrow.
The Floating Forest is a great symbol of all that Rotterdam cultivates and inspires. It's an art installation of twenty live trees floating in the harbour. Rotterdam has the largest harbour in Europe and you can't talk about the city without reference to the water. The trees are recycled from the city's 'tree bank.' With all the new construction, trees are sometimes cut down in the march of progress. Now, instead of being chopped, they are moved to a tree bank for further use and enjoyment. The trees float in recycled sea buoys that are filled with fresh water to sustain the trees. The artist, Jorge Bakker, hopes the public art will get people talking about the relationship between the city dweller and nature. In this time of climate change and urbanization, this is relevant not only to Rotterdam but the entire world.
The Erasmus Bridge - Erasmusbrug, in Dutch - is the graceful link between northern and southern Rotterdam. Locals adore this steel-cabled suspension bridge and lovingly refer to it as 'the swan.'
Nearby the bridge, and across from the Fenix Food Factory, is Hotel New York. This is the former head office of the Holland America Line - the first shipping and passenger ship connecting the Netherlands and the United States. It was also the first connection between the two continents.
The newest architectural gem of Rotterdam is the Market Hall (Markthal). It's the first covered market in the Netherlands and is a masterful example of innovative multi-use space. Inside you'll find food vendors, shops, restaurants, parking for 1200 cars and over 200 residential apartments. The exterior is plain grey stone so as to draw attention to the interior which is dominated by the massive painting on the ceiling. Covering 11,000 square metres, it's the largest painting in the world and is known as the Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam.
Just across from the Markthal are the world-famous, iconic cube houses. Conceived and designed in the 1970s to solve the dilemma of housing above a pedestrian bridge, these atypical homes show, again, how Rotterdam answers limitation with innovation. The cube houses are meant to represent an abstract forest and are tilted at an angle that gives excellent views of the surrounding area. Ironically, however, because of the slanted walls and ceilings, only a quarter of the interior space is actually usable.
Looking around, it's easy to see why Rotterdam feels futuristic and is leading the way for green living and modern design. Have you visited Rotterdam? I'd love to hear your impressions so please leave a comment down below.
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BOOZY, RELAXING DUTCH FERRY RIDE - Huizen to Amersfoort - Leonard Does Europe S1 E47
I've been pretty obsessed with Dutch ferry rides since doing research for my first trip to Amsterdam. They seemed so calm and relaxing - a perfect vacation activity, especially since some of them serve booze and food!
Well, after doing a lot of Google Translating, I found the Eemlijn Fietsboot ferry, which does a 3-4 hour one-way trip down the Eem river between Huizen and Amersfoort (it's actually a 6-hour round-trip from Amersfoort, but you can just to do one leg). I think it cost 10 Euros, plus another 15 or so Euros to get from Amsterdam to Huizen (via subway, train, and then bus), and then back to Amsterdam from Amersfoort (via train).
They serve inexpensive (and tasty) food and booze, so my dad and I just sat and drank and ate and watched the gorgeous scenery pass us by. It was just as relaxing as I'd hoped it would be. Also, Amersfoort is an incredible ending point; it's a medieval town with world-famous protective walls surrounding it. Plus, it has a lovely and quaint town square, and a kick-ass brewpub!
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Unusual hotels of the world: Stayokay Rotterdam in CUBE HOUSES, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Description: Stayokay is in one of the famous cube houses, across from Blaak Metro Station. This unique hostel features a vending machine, a simple modern bistro and bar with a pool table. Free Wi-Fi is available.
The hostel has a 24-hour front desk and bike rental. Rotterdam Stayokay is a 10-minute walk from the Maritime Museum. The main shopping area is less than a 10-minute walk away.
This is our guests' favorite part of Rotterdam, according to independent reviews.
Each of the simply furnished dormitory rooms at Stayokay Rotterdam has bunk beds, a shared bathroom with shower and a shared toilet. Guests can enjoy a buffet breakfast every morning.
Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of living as an urban roof: high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest.
The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak Subway Station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.
As residents are disturbed so often by curious passers-by, one owner decided to open a show cube, which is furnished as a normal house, and is making a living out of offering tours to visitors.
The living room of the show cube in Rotterdam.
The houses contain three floors:
ground floor entrance
first floor with living room and open kitchen
second floor with two bedrooms and bathroom
top floor which is sometimes used as a small garden
The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square meters, but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings.
In 2006, a museum of chess pieces was opened under the houses.
In 2009, the larger cubes were converted by Personal Architecture into a hostel run by Dutch hostel chain Stayokay.
Most unusual hotels in the world: Stayokay Rotterdam in CUBE HOUSES, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Interesting cubic look building. Attracts many visitors
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The shower became hot than cold than very hot again and was the only thing I Did not like about My stay
Kinderdijk Windmills (My Dream Day in The Netherlands) | Eileen Aldis Travel Channel
KINDERDIJK WINDMILLS: DUTCH DREAM DAY - For my first visit to the Netherlands there were two things I absolutely had to see: windmills and wooden shoes. Visiting Kinderdijk accomplished both and turned into my Dutch dream day - complete with a giant rainbow!
We took a water bus from Rotterdam and when we arrived it was pouring rain. Freezing, we stopped at the only restaurant in town (which, thankfully, was good!) for traditional Dutch split pea soup to warm up. The weather changed every few minutes and continued to be crazy all day: torrential rain, wind gusts, sunshine, and a rainbow! Kinderdijk is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because it's the largest concentration of old windmills in all of the Netherlands. There are nineteen windmills that were built in the 1740s as part of the water management program to help Dutch people - as they say - 'keep their feet dry.' The whole area is beneath sea level so there were real problems with flooding and windmills were used to pump water. The story of how Kinderdijk got its name is very interesting. In 1421 there was a devastating flood where thousands of people drowned. When survivors got the nerve up to leave their homes and survey the damage, they saw a cradle floating in the water and heard the sounds of a baby crying. The story goes that a cat was jumping up and down in the cradle to keep it from tipping. The child was saved and that's how Kinderdijk, which means 'Children's Dyke' in English, got its name.
The area is extremely picturesque and looked like the Holland I've seen in my dreams: windmills dotting the horizon and turning in the wind. We even saw a man wearing yellow wooden shoes. He wasn't a tourist either! Another highlight was getting to go inside one of the windmills and see what it was like to live there. Until 1916 it belonged to a miller's family who had thirteen children. I expected it to feel really cramped and dark and was really surprised at how large and light it felt. There were many floors (which included climbing a lot of narrow ladders) and tall ceilings which made it feel more spacious. The white paint on the walls also magnified the light that came in through the windows. We got to try sleeping on one of the beds - only just fit!
Visiting Kinderdijk and getting to experience Dutch windmills and someone wearing traditional wooden shoes was the most fun day I've had in the Netherlands so far. The appearance of a huge rainbow was more than I could've asked for. Wow! Have you seen windmills in person? What did you think?
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Holland (Europe) Vacation Travel Video Guide
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The European kingdom of Holland, known also as the Netherlands, was until relatively recently a powerful trading nation that possessed many colonies.Most of this land of tulips, windmills and canals is located below sea level and in the 17th century was the most prosperous country in Europe. Amsterdam is Holland`s splendid metropolis, a city of canals and gables where almost anything is permitted as long as it does no harm. Today the view across the main square and royal castle gives little hint that the city is supported by stakes and is the largest lakeland village in the world. In a huge open-air area between Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport, every ten years an international exhibition of garden architecture is held, the Floriade. It features hundreds of blossoming show gardens that are admired by millions of visitors from all over the world. In the 16th century life on the ocean wave brought glorious times for the city of Edam that is now world famous for its cheese of the same name. More than thirty shipyards once prospered in the city and the fleet of legendary Dutch hero, Michiel De Ruyter, was built there. Mijmegen lies proudly on the banks of the River Waal. The origins of Holland’s oldest city are to be found in the Roman settlement of Noviomagum. The triangular market square of this university and Hanseatic town is dominated by the Waag House, a red-bricked building of Renaissance design. The Molens Van Kinderdijk is a fascinating landscape of windmills and a Unesco World Heritage Sight. Its nineteen windmills are world famous and of course typical of Holland. The fascination of old cities, dreamy fairytale-like villages, paintings by some of the world’s greatest artists, bicycles and windmill: Holland is very much a land of the familiar and also the exotic.
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Dordrecht Tourist Attractions: 15 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Dordrecht? Check out our Dordrecht Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Dordrecht.
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Huis Van Gijn, Grote Kerk, Dordrechts Museum, Stadhuis Van Dordrecht, Het Hof van Nederland, Groothoofdspoort, Standbeeld gebroeders De Witt, Museum 1940-1945, Nationaal Onderwijsmuseum, Het Dordts Patriciërshuis, Nationaal Medisch Museum, Molen Kyck Over Den Dyck, Schouwburg Kunstmin, Trinitatiskapel, Arend Maartenshof
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Zaanse Schans - Zaandijk, The Netherlands
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Zaanse Schans is een wijk in Zaandam, nabij Zaandijk, Nederland. Het is vooral bekend om zijn verzameling goed bewaard gebleven historische windmolens en huizen. Van 1961 tot 1974 werden oude gebouwen uit de hele Zaanstreek verplaatst met lowboy-aanhangwagens naar het gebied. Het Zaans Museum, gevestigd in 1994 nabij de eerste windmolen Zaanse Schans, ligt ten zuiden van de wijk. De Zaanse Schans ontleende zijn naam aan de rivier de Zaan en zijn oorspronkelijke functie als schans tegen de Spaanse troepen tijdens de Tachtigjarige Oorlog van de Nederlandse onafhankelijkheid. Het is een van de populaire toeristische attracties van Nederland en een ankerpunt van de Europese Route van Industrieel Erfgoed (ERIH). De wijk trok in 2014 ongeveer 1,6 miljoen bezoekers. Het wordt bediend door het station Zaandijk Zaanse Schans, op 10 minuten afstand van het centraal station van Amsterdam. De Zaanse Schans herbergt zeven musea waaronder het Wevers Huis, het Zaan Tijd Museum, de Albert Heijn Museumwinkel en het bakkerijmuseum.
Zaanse Schans is a neighbourhood of Zaandam, near Zaandijk, Netherlands. It is best known for its collection of well-preserved historic windmills and houses. From 1961 to 1974 old buildings from all over the Zaanstreek were relocated using lowboy trailers to the area. The Zaans Museum, established in 1994 near the first Zaanse Schans windmill, is located south of the neighbourhood. Zaanse Schans derived its name from the river Zaan and its original function as sconce (schans in Dutch) against the Spanish troops during the Eighty Years' War of Dutch independence. It is one of the popular tourist attractions of the Netherlands and an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH). The neighbourhood attracted approximately 1.6 million visitors in 2014. It is served by Zaandijk Zaanse Schans railway station, 10 minutes away from Amsterdam Centraal station. The Zaanse Schans houses seven museums — the Weavers House, the Cooperage, the Jisper House, Zaan Time Museum, Albert Heijn Museum Shop and the Bakery Museum.