Historic sites
Anne Frank House, Amsterdam
Amsterdam, North Holland
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…
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Natural features
Keukenhof Gardens
Lisse, South Holland
The world's most famous flower garden, where around 7 million tulips, daffodils and hyacinths bloom in 32 hectares of parkland every spring.
Attractions
Kröller-Müller Museum and Hoge Veluwe National Park
Otterlo, Gelderland
A national park of heath, forest and drifting sand dunes, with deer and wild boar, where you can borrow one of the free white bicycles at the entranc…
Attractions
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Amsterdam, North Holland
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…
Attractions
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Amsterdam, North Holland
The world's largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh, with more than 200 paintings, including Sunflowers, The Potato Eaters, The Bedroom and A…
Historic sites
Windmills of Kinderdijk
Slikkerveer, South Holland
Nineteen 18th-century windmills standing in rows along the canals of a polder near Rotterdam, built to pump water out of the low-lying land.
Historic sites
Giethoorn
Giethoorn, Overijssel
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.
Buildings
Markthal and Cube Houses, Rotterdam
Rotterdam, South Holland
Rotterdam, rebuilt after the bombing of 1940, is the Netherlands' city of bold modern architecture.
Attractions
Mauritshuis, The Hague
The Hague, South Holland
A small, beautiful museum in a 17th-century palace beside the Dutch Parliament, with Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring and View of Delft, Rembrandt…
Tours and activities
Mudflat walking on the Wadden Sea
Groningen
The Wadden Sea, along the north coast of the Netherlands, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of tidal mudflats.
Historic sites
Zaanse Schans
Zaanstad, North Holland
A village of green wooden houses and working windmills on the Zaan river, just north of Amsterdam, gathered here from around the region.
Places to stay
White Tulip Hostel, Amsterdam
Amsterdam, North Holland
A budget hostel on Warmoesstraat, one of the oldest streets in Amsterdam, five minutes' walk from Centraal Station and Dam Square and on the edge of …