DISCOVER THE NETHERLANDS

The recorded history of the Netherlands starts with the Roman invasion halfway the first century A.D. but it had its heydays in the 17th century when it disputed hegemony of the Seven Seas with the English and the Spanish empires. New York, parts of Brazil, a series of forts along the African Coast and the Colonies in Indonesia formed part of the vast Dutch Empire.

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DISCOVER AMSTERDAM: Attractions & Culture Amsterdam, the official capital of the Netherlands, lies on the banks of two bodies of water, the IJ bay and the Amstel river. Founded in the late 12th century as a small fishing village on the banks of the Amstel, it is now the largest city in the country and is a financial and cultural centre ...

DISCOVER AMSTERDAM: Albert Cuyp Market, Anne Frank House, Bloemenmarkt, Centraal Station, Dam Square, De Wallen, NEMO Museum, Nieuwe Kerk, Oude Kerk, Rembrandt House Museum, Rembrandt Tower, Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, ... see all

DISCOVER LIMBURG For centuries, the strategic location of the current province made it a much-coveted region among Europe's major powers. Romans, Spaniards, Prussians, Habsburg Austrians and French have all ruled Limburg. In 1673, Louis XIV personally commanded the siege of Maastricht by French troops ...

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DISCOVER NORTH BRABANT Like most of the Netherlands, North Brabant is mostly flat but nearly every part of North Brabant is above sea level, therefore there are not as many canals as in the lower parts of The Netherlands. While most of the population lives in urban areas, the province is scattered with villages and most of the land is cultivated ...

DISCOVER NORTH BRABANT: Breda, De Biesbosch, Eindhoven, Efteling, Evoluon, Grote Kerk, Heeswijk Castle, Kaatsheuvel, Peel, Tilburg, ... see all Discover North Brabant

DISCOVER NORTH HOLLAND North Holland is a broad peninsula for the most part, located between the North Sea and the IJsselmeer. More than half of the province consists of reclaimed polder land situated below sea level. North Holland has five municipalities with around 100,000 or more inhabitants. They are Amsterdam, Haarlem, Zaanstad, Haarlemmermeer, and Alkmaar ...

DISCOVER NORTH HOLLAND: AMSTERDAM, Alkmaar, Amstel River, Cheese Markets, Haarlem, Huis ter Kleef, Marken, Schiphol (Amsterdam Airport), Ten Boom Museum, Texel, Zaanse Schans, ... see all Discover North Holland

DISCOVER SOUTH HOLLAND The southern part of the province of South Holland consists of a number of islands lying in the Rhine-Meuse river delta. Although technically islands in the sense that they are surrounded by rivers, canals or other bodies of water, most of these islands are well connected to the rest of the province ...

DISCOVER SOUTH HOLLAND: Delft, Gouda, The Hague, Hillegom, Katwijk, Keukenhof, Lisse, Nordwijk, Rotterdam, Spijkenisse, Vlaardingen, Zoetermeer, ... see all

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