Insight Guides The Netherlands (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

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Insight Guides The Netherlands 

Travel made easy. Ask local experts. 
Comprehensive travel guide packed with inspirational photography and fascinating cultural insights.

From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this guide to the Netherlands is all you need to plan your perfect trip, with insider information on must-see, top attractions like the Van Gogh Museum, The Hague and the Wadden Islands, and cultural gems like visiting the fascinating 16th-century Kasteel Amerongen, browsing the rambling  Waterlooplein   flea market or cycling through the hills of Salland.

Features of this travel guide to The Netherlands:
- Inspirational colour photography: discover the best destinations, sights and excursions, and be inspired by stunning imagery
- Historical and cultural insights: immerse yourself in The Netherland's rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions
- Practical full-colour maps: with every major sight and listing highlighted, the full-colour maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
- Editor's Choice: uncover the best of The Netherland's with our pick of the region's top destinations
- Key tips and essential information: packed full of important travel information, from transport and tipping to etiquette and hours of operation
- Covers: Amsterdam; Amsterdam Environs; The Hague and Environs; Rotterdam and Environs; Utrecht; Zeeland; Noord-Brabant; Limburg; Gelderland; Overijssel; Flevoland; the Ijsselmeer; Drenthe; Groningen; Friesland

Looking for a specific guide to Amsterdam? Check out Insight Guides Pocket Amsterdam for a detailed and entertaining look at all the city has to offer.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Benelux Countries
• Países Bajos
• Travel
• Netherlands
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 mars 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781839052293
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book
This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to The Netherlands, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editor’s Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in The Netherlands. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in The Netherlands are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of The Netherlands. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

© 2020 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd




Table of Contents
The Netherlands’s Top 10 Attractions
Editor’s Choice
Introduction: Dutch Treats
Reclaimed from the Sea
Decisive Dates
Early History
The Golden Age
From Colonists to Conquered
The War Years
Modern History
The Evolution of a Nation
Provincial Life
Insight: A Feast of Festivals
The Art of the Golden Age
Modern Art
Architecture
Flowers – A Way of Life
Food and Drink
Introduction: Places
Amsterdam
Insight: Amsterdam Café Culture
Amsterdam Environs
The Hague and Environs
Rotterdam and Environs
Utrecht
Zeeland
Noord-Brabant
Limburg
Insight: Life on the Water
Gelderland
Overijssel
Flevoland
The IJsselmeer
Insight: Wildlife and Nature Reserves
Drenthe
Groningen
Friesland
Travel Tips: Transport
Travel Tips: A–Z
Travel Tips: Language
Travel Tips: Further Reading


The Netherlands’s Top 10 Attractions



Top Attraction 1



Van Gogh Museum. The definitive collection of the late 19th-century Dutch artist’s works, housed in a grand museum in Amsterdam’s Museumplein. Sunflowers , painted in Arles in 1889, is not to be missed. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 2



Anne Frankhuis. The Amsterdam house where the Jewish Frank family hid from the Nazis during World War II is a stark reminder of the still-prevalent horrors of racism and genocide. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 3



Alkmaar cheese market. From the first Friday of April to the first Friday of September, Alkmaar’s morning cheese market is a ‘must visit’ for foodies and traditionalists. The epitome of Dutchness. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 4



Flowers. The Netherlands’ most famous export is best experienced at the daily Aalsmeer flower auction or the magnificent Keukenhof Gardens, a carpet of colour from March to mid-May. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 5



The Hague. The home of the Netherlands parliament gives a real sense of this country’s international importance, from the International Court of Justice to the Golden Age art collection at the Mauritshuis. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 6



Euromast. The view from this tower in Rotterdam gives those with a head for heights a fantastic overview of the country’s second city, from Europe’s largest port to the tallest building in the Netherlands. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 7



Jheronimus Bosch Art Center. Exploring the work of medieval fantasy artist Hieronymus Bosch, this museum also stands as venue for concerts and performances. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 8



The Wadden Islands. Off the coast of Friesland, these five islands – Texel (famed for its sheep), Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog – are the perfect place to get away from it all. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 9



Hoge Veluwe National Park. The country’s largest national park is not just a great place for walking, cycling and nature-watching but it also has a fantastic Van Gogh collection at the Kröller-Müller Museum. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 10



Zuiderzee Museum. Great for kids, this rural/coastal life museum in Enkhuizen has both indoor and outdoor attractions including 130 rebuilt and relocated original buildings and a display of regional costumes. For more information, click here .
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Editor’s Choice



Unique Amsterdam

Canals. Amsterdam’s famous canals define the city; the ‘Golden Bend’ is a classic stretch of imposing gables reflected in still, green water. For more information, click here .
Red Light District. No other city tolerates the seamy side of life in quite the same way. Amsterdammers don’t shock easily! For more information, click here .
Indonesian cuisine. A legacy of Dutch colonialism, restaurants in Amsterdam serve what is regarded as the finest Indonesian cuisine outside Indonesia itself. For more information, click here .
NEMO Science Center’s Roof Terrace. In fine weather, locals and tourists can be found playing chess, drinking coffee and enjoying the views. For more information, click here .
Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum. You might not want to try it but it’s worth learning about the city’s cannabis culture. For more information, click here .



In Amsterdam’s Red Light District.
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World-class galleries

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam . Rembrandt’s The Night Watch is the most famous work in this superlative collection, which also includes works by Vermeer and Van Gogh. For more information, click here .
Kröller-Müller Museum, Gelderland. A magnificent collection of modern art – Van Gogh, Mondrian et al – in a tranquil, rural setting. For more information, click here .
Mauritshuis, The Hague. An outstanding gallery of Dutch and Flemish masters, including Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring . For more information, click here .
Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam. Originally two private collections, this museum takes visitors on a grand tour of Western art. For more information, click here .
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem. Housed in a beautiful 17th-century building, this is an absorbing collection by a Golden Age master portraitist. For more information, click here .



‘The Nightwatch’ at the Rijksmuseum.
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Off the beaten track

Orvelte, Drenthe. A village with a difference, filled with ordinary, working people proud to be preserving their traditional crafts and skills. For more information, click here .
Walcheren, Zeeland. In the southwestern corner of the country is Walcheren island – a haven of long sandy beaches and dyke-protected dunes. For more information, click here .
Giethoorn, Overijssel. One of the loveliest villages in the east, set in a landscape of narrow waterways and thatched cottages. For more information, click here .
De Biesbosch. South of Rotterdam, the Biesbosch, or Reed Forest, is a shifting landscape of wetlands and marshes explorable by bike or boat. For more information, click here .
De Peel. Evocative region of bogs and marshes, near Van Gogh’s home village of Nuenen, now preserved as peatland nature reserv