A village with no roads in its old centre, where thatched farmhouses sit on little islands linked by more than 170 wooden footbridges over canals. Explore by hiring a quiet electric 'whisper boat', a canoe or a punt, or on foot along the paths.
It's crowded in summer; go early or out of season. The surrounding Weerribben-Wieden National Park is great for canoeing and birdwatching. Giethoorn is about 1.5 hours from Amsterdam; take the train to Steenwijk and then a bus.
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The Wadden Sea, along the north coast of the Netherlands, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of tidal mudflats.
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A village of green wooden houses and working windmills on the Zaan river, just north of Amsterdam, gathered here from around the region.
The canal house where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis for two years in a secret annex behind a moving bookcase, until they were betrayed…
The national museum of the Netherlands, in a grand 19th-century building, home to the masterpieces of the Dutch Golden Age: Rembrandt's huge Night Wa…
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