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  1. elrosso avatar

    RE: Alkmaar, Enkhuizen & especially Hoorn: Ordinary or Extraordinary?

    by elrosso 31 May 2012

    Alkmaar, Hoorn and Enkhuizen are worth the visit, as well as the surroundings. The fun in Hoorn starts with an old train to Medemblik.…

  2. greekness2007 avatar

    Alkmaar, Enkhuizen & especially Hoorn: Ordinary or Extraordinary?

    by greekness2007 27 May 2012

    Hi, Summer is here already! Wow. Anyway, I know the Netherlands pretty well: Amsterdam, Delft, Den Bosch, Den Hague, Gouda, Haarlem,…

  3. lucapal avatar

    RE: Nicest town in Holand after Amsterdam?

    by lucapal 25 May 2012

    I like Amsterdam a lot,but it is certainly not beautiful in parts.......the Damrak and some parts of the city centre are rather ugly.Rotterd…

  4. Aribo avatar

    RE: Nicest town in Holand after Amsterdam?

    by Aribo 25 May 2012

    Personally I don't consider Amsterdam the nicest town in the Netherlands, but that's just for the record. Rotterdam has a lot going for…

  5. 1alessandro avatar

    Nicest town in Holand after Amsterdam?

    by 1alessandro 25 May 2012

    Hello, I was wondering which city/town is the nicest /pretiest after Amsterdam? Someone told me its a place called Delft, but i was…

  6. qablo avatar

    RE: Netherlands or Netherlands+Belgium in 1 week?

    by qablo 12 May 2012

    Hello In what are you interested in? Museums, art, cities, nature... ? To me in 1 week you have quite a lot of choices in Netherlands.…

  7. iloverocknroll1984 avatar

    Re: Living in Hague

    by iloverocknroll1984 10 May 2012

    Hi, I am a Dutch girl and living in The Hague for over a year now. There are some tourists, but not the kind you would see in Amsterdam.…

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    RE: Living in Hague

    by Liberat 10 May 2012

    In addition to #1, there is also a streetcar-connection between the Hague and Delft.

  9. Fwoggie avatar

    RE: Living in Hague

    by Fwoggie 10 May 2012

    Living in Den Haag is OK, I used to live in Scheveningen (which I was told at the time ws relatively expensive by Den Haag suburb standards…

  10. lonelybpacker avatar

    RE: Europe Itinerary

    by lonelybpacker 09 May 2012

    Thanks for the suggestions. Yeah i would rather not drop Poland. I guess on that point i am really after advice as to the best route/ord…

  11. Aribo avatar

    RE: 15 days europe backpack tour / first time europe - any offbeat travel ideas

    by Aribo 05 May 2012

    +so what places one can see in Netherlands or shall I shift to country specific thread now+ There are a lot of places worth seeing. I'll…

  12. qablo avatar

    RE: 15 days europe backpack tour / first time europe - any offbeat travel ideas

    by qablo 04 May 2012

    Hello Amsterdam itself can be it (at least) 2-3 days. Then you can do a day-trips from there to Volendam+Edam+Marken or Alkmaar + Zaanse…

  13. hilron avatar

    RE: Should I drop countries from my itinerary? (Rank them please)

    by hilron 25 April 2012

    If you're desperate to see Amsterdam, take a hotel anywhere outside, the public transport is one of the best of the world, the trains…

  14. micolett avatar

    RE: Books and movies set in Amsterdam

    by micolett 23 April 2012

    Mostly in Delft, yes, but a good feeling of old times and athmosphere.

  15. wateenmooiedag avatar

    RE: Books and movies set in Amsterdam

    by wateenmooiedag 23 April 2012

    I think that Girl with a Pearl Earring is in Delft, not Amsterdam.

  16. everbrite avatar

    RE: teaching abroad over summer

    by everbrite 18 April 2012

    I don't see how you expect to teach over the summer as most schools in Europe will be out for summer holidays. Unless you can identify…

  17. VinnyD avatar

    RE: Road rail

    by VinnyD 16 April 2012

    Yes, that's probably it, although I've never heard trams referred to as "road rail". Eti, I was surprised that you could take a tram…

  18. qablo avatar

    RE: Interesting places to visit between Brussels and Amsterdam

    by qablo 13 April 2012

    Don´t forget Gent, in Belgium (not straight in the way, but worth it to visit it). Is in some way similar to Brugge, but it´s city center…

  19. YorickM avatar

    RE: Interesting places to visit between Brussels and Amsterdam

    by YorickM 13 April 2012

    Kinderdijk (Windmills), Zeeland (sea, scenery, waterworks, towns). Both will be much easier to reach by car than by public transport.…

  20. arizona avatar

    RE: First-time Europe solo-traveller - where should I go!!?

    by arizona 11 April 2012

    +I have an interest in the big cities cos it's my first time to Europe and also my first solo trip and so safety will be a major concern…

  21. Cecilia avatar

    RE: help me plan 6-7 days road trip in the Netherlands.

    by Cecilia 10 April 2012

    I agree with Minimi. +Consider this when offering a plan+ > we are not travel agents who earn money... Do some research, read a guidebook,…

  22. wateenmooiedag avatar

    RE: 10 Days in Netherlands

    by wateenmooiedag 09 April 2012

    You can't see everything in 10 days, there will always be things that you didn't see but someone else has seen. But there will always…

  23. wateenmooiedag avatar

    RE: two month in amsterdam

    by wateenmooiedag 07 April 2012

    Yes, your destinations are clever. Amsterdam, Utrecht, La Haye (also known as Den Haag), Gent, Bruxelles, Brugge offer a lot of old…

  24. TheDevil avatar

    RE: Flowers in Holland

    by TheDevil 05 April 2012

    Easter Monday is famous for the Ikea traffic jam near Delft on the motorway A13. Bored cloggies all go at the same time to Ikea and other…

  25. RayCCroc avatar

    RE: Flowers in Holland

    by RayCCroc 05 April 2012

    >in winter it's just a concrete, cold, deserted and windy place just like any beach resort in the UK Except the sensible Dutch put plastic…

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