A country · 474 places · 14 regions
Netherlands, all of it.
474 curated places across 14 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — North Holland, South Holland, Gelderland and Limburg — read below as chapters, with 10 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · North Holland · 111 places
North Holland
An open-air neighbourhood of preserved green wooden houses and working windmills sits along the Zaan river north of Amsterdam. Craft workshops for clogs, cheese, and pigments recreate life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · South Holland · 78 places
South Holland
A cluster of nineteen eighteenth-century windmills lines the polders where the Lek and Noord rivers meet. The site captures the Dutch tradition of draining low-lying land and is a striking place to walk or cycle among the dikes.
✦ April to October · $
Chapter III · Gelderland · 41 places
Gelderland
One of the country's largest national parks combines heathland, drifting sand dunes, and pine and oak woodland. Free white bicycles let visitors roam the trails, and red deer and wild boar move through the reserve.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Limburg · 36 places
Limburg
The southernmost major Dutch city carries Roman and medieval layers, with underground marl quarry tunnels beneath Mount Saint Peter. Its squares, churches, and riverside setting feel closer to Belgium than Holland.
✦ May to September · $$
Regions of Netherlands
Every place in Netherlands
474 places, one country.
Bonaire National Marine Park
Bonaire, Netherlands
✦ Year-round; Bonaire sits below the hurricane belt · $$
Washington Slagbaai National Park
Bonaire, Netherlands
✦ Year-round; enter early, as the driving loops take hours · $
Kralendijk
Bonaire, Netherlands
✦ Year-round · $$
Klein Bonaire
Bonaire, Netherlands
✦ Year-round; mornings offer the calmest snorkeling · $
Lac Bay
Bonaire, Netherlands
✦ Year-round; winds are strongest from December to August · $$
Kinderdijk
South Holland, Netherlands
✦ April to October · $
Keukenhof
South Holland, Netherlands
✦ Late March to mid-May · $$
Zaanse Schans
North Holland, Netherlands
✦ April to September · $
Giethoorn
Overijssel, Netherlands
✦ May to September · $$
Hoge Veluwe National Park
Gelderland, Netherlands
✦ April to October · $$
Delft
South Holland, Netherlands
✦ April to September · $$
Haarlem
North Holland, Netherlands
✦ April to September · $$
Leiden
South Holland, Netherlands
✦ April to September · $$
Maastricht
Limburg, Netherlands
✦ May to September · $$
Texel
North Holland, Netherlands
✦ May to September · $$
Kröller-Müller Museum
Gelderland, Netherlands
✦ April to October · $$
Marken
North Holland, Netherlands
✦ April to September · $
Volendam
North Holland, Netherlands
✦ April to September · $
Deventer
Overijssel, Netherlands
✦ May to September · $
Schiermonnikoog
Friesland, Netherlands
✦ May to September · $$
Efteling
North Brabant, Netherlands
✦ April to October · $$
Artis
North Holland, Netherlands
✦ April to September · $$
Van Gogh Museum
North Holland, Netherlands
✦ Weekday mornings, autumn to spring · $$
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
North Holland, Netherlands
✦ Year-round, weekday afternoons · $$