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Tours in Holland
Amsterdam:
city sightseeing by minibus and on foot. Canal cruise,
Rijksmuseum (Rembrandt, Vermeer), Van Gogh-museum, Anne-Frank
house, Dam square, Royal palace, Jewish historical museum,
diamond polishing factory, red light district, Chinatown,
floating flower market, cheese & clog farm, Beguinage courtyard,
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Windmills
cheese and clogs: Zaanse Schans open air museum. Volendam,
fishermen’s village. Marken, folkloric village on former island,
Edam, beautiful historic cheese town.
(part of) this tour is also possible by bike !
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Tulips and flowers:
Keukenhof plus tulip fields
(only end of March till end of May).
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Cheese
market of Alkmaar
(Friday morning April – Sept.) historic city centre walk plus
visit to the colourful traditional cheese market.
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Aalsmeer
Flower Auction:
largest in the world (weekdays
08:00 – 11:00)
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The
Hague:
city tour by minibus, Mauritshuis museum (Rembrandt, Vermeer),
Miniature
Holland at Madurodam, Panorama Mesdag, Walk through Binnenhof
government building
complex, Royal palaces, U.N. Peace Palace, North Sea at
Scheveningen beach.
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Delft:
town walk: picturesque main square, canal cruise, royal
mausoleum, gothic Old
Church cathedral, Princenhof historical museum, “Delft Blue”
earthenware factory.
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Rotterdam:
Spido harbour cruise (biggest port in the world), modern
architecture, Boymans
van Beuningen Museum (Bosch, Breughel), Euromast, worlds tallest
windmills at Schiedam,
traditional gin distillery.
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Polders
and Dikes:
32 km long Enclosure dike, Beemster polder (Unesco world
heritage),
Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen, picturesque 19-th century open air
museum.
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National
Park Hoge Veluwe, Kröller-Müller museum with huge Van Gogh
collection and
Het Loo Royal Palace & gardens (the Dutch Versailles).
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Efteling,
Holland’s nr. 1 amusement park, a fairytale Disneyland.
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Castle
tour:
medieval Muiderslot and romantic 19-th century Haarzuylens.
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Maastricht:
city walk, ramparts, cathedral, roman bridge, Bonnefanten
Museum,
Romanesque OLVchurch, high end shopping quarter, caves, Meuse
river cruise etc.
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