Travelika.com -

[ Home ] [ Blog ] [ Deals ] [ Travel Gears ] [ World Guides ] [ Booking ] [ When to travel ]

WORLD GUIDES

Destination travel guides

Travelika's world guides section includes exceptional sights, historical sites, natural and local interest, things to do, photo gallery, travel photography and travel images, UNESCO world heritage sites as well as recipes from many countries around the world.

Our content presents what we believe are the best travel links of web for each country visited by our editors and collaborators. Countries and destinations currently covered include: Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, BVI, Canada, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, France, Germany, Great Britain, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Italy, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Martin, St Marteen, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Switzerland, Virgin Island, USVI, Denmark, Greece, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Dominican Republic and Hawaii.

WORLD GUIDE

Destination travel guide

PHOTO GALLERY

Unique images from around the world

Travelika's photo gallery presents unique travel images from many countries around the world. Our images have been gathered over many years of travel. They represent some of the most beautiful things to see around the globe. Visitors can find pictures on historic landmarks and UNESCO world heritage sites, beautiful landscape and natural site, best beaches and unique local attractions and sights.

			Home / World Guides

Netherlands

Exceptional sights

- Mill Network at Kinderdjik

- Amsterdam channels.

Population: 16,5 Million

Capital: Amsterdam

Currency: Euro

Language: Dutch (official), Frisian (official)

Size: 41,526 sq km

Time Zone :UTC+1


	Bulb flower Tulip Gardens around Haarlam Sun and Sand Beach and sea at Scheveningen History Anne Frank House in Amsterdam

Cultural

Flower auction in Aalsmeer.

Museums

Amsterdam Historical Museum, Madame Tussauds, Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Stedelijk Museum: Modern and Contemporary Art, Amstelkring Museum: 17^th Century attic church, Allard Pierson Museum: Greek and Roman objects, Anne Frank House, Jewish Historical Museum, Maritime Museum, Open Air Museum, Rembrandt House Museum, Sex Museum, Dutch Museums List, The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis in The Hague, The Hague Municipal Museum, Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, Kröller-Müller Museum: Discover extensive collection of works from Vincent Van Gogh (and others) in a museum located in the heart of a National Park. Fries Museum in Leeuwarden : Highlights of Frisian culture and modern Dutch art, Princessehof Museum, National Museum of Ethnology and National Museum of Antiquities both in Leiden, Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum of Rotterdam, Catharijneconvent: The Museum for the Christian culture and art of the Netherlands in Utrecht.

Historical

Amsterdam canal houses, Royal Palace, Het Loo Palace, St. John’s Cathedral (St. Janskathedraal) in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Basilica of St. Servatius and its collections in Maastricht, Kinderdijk windmills, Domtoren and Schröder House (in De Stijl style).

Natural

Artis Zoo, Sonsbeek Park, National Park The Hoge Veluw, Loosdrecht, Wadden Islands: Texel, Terschelling, etc.

Sports

Cycling is a way of life in Holland; Motorsport race track in Zandvoort.

Cities

Amsterdam, Delft famous for its blue and white ceramics and Vermeer, The Hage: the peace city with the International Court of Justice, Haarlem, Giethoorn: Houses surrounded by canals and small walking bridges also call the green little Venice; Gouda: cheese, pipes and beautiful stained-glass at St. Janskerk (St. John’s) church, Leeuwarden: bilingual Dutch and Frisian, capital of Friesland, Leiden: who saw the birth of Rembrandt, Maastricht, Rotterdam: major port in the world, Scheveningen: beach area, Utrecht, Zandvoort: beaches and dunes, popular seaside resort in the Netherlands.

Food

Visit a cheese market in Alkmaar; More Dutch recipes.

UNESCO

World Heritage sites from Netherlands
Cultural
Defence Line of Amsterdam (1996)
Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) (1999)
Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles (1997)
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) (1998)
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout (1997)
Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) (2000)
Schokland and Surroundings (1995)

Submit your own review about this destination


	2travel2 Holland Netherlands Board of Tourism Schiphol Airport National Day: April 30


	ABOUT US \| CONTACT US \| ADVERTISE WITH US \| TERMS \| SITE MAP	© Copyright Travelika 2010