Dutch windmill and blue morning sky reflected in river near Grogingen, Netherlands

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Northeastern Netherlands

Few travellers venture to this far corner of the Netherlands, but those who don't go are missing out on the country's rural heart, a place where traditions are kept alive and prehistoric relics dot the landscape. The Netherlands' best-known walking trail, the Pieterspad, legs it from here, from Pieterburen 490km south to Maastricht.


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A man pulls a pint behind the bar at Brouwerij Martinus. There are craft brews on tap and large silver stills tucked next to the bar © Sara van Geloven/Lonely Planet

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