The Netherlands has a good tradition regarding Christmas, we can even say that Christmas is celebrated twice in the country, in fact, in addition to the traditional Christmas, the Sinterklaas festivity, which is celebrated on December 5, is also very heartfelt. On this day Sinterklaas distributes gifts to the children, this is also the day in which the Dutch […]
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The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
The Van Gogh Museum is the most important museum in the world of works by Vincent Van Gogh. The museum houses about a quarter of his paintings, over half of the drawings, including also the artist’s childhood works and almost all the existing letters. The Van Gogh Museum was founded in 1973 thanks to the […]
Amsterdam has an oceanic climate, influenced by its proximity to the North Sea, and by the presence of large basins of water all around the city. The winter days are not too cold, but are usually cloudy and humid, while the summer days are often mild and cool and never sultry. The rains are more […]
Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. The city has in fact 740,000 residents, while the population residing in the metropolitan area is around 1,450,000 people. The capital of the Netherlands is a multi-ethnic city, in fact, people from over 170 countries reside there. Amsterdam has one of the largest Renaissance centers […]
AMSTERDAM AIRPORT: Amsterdam has several air links with many European countries that arrive at the city’s main airport: the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Other flights also arrive in the most distant and rather inconvenient airports of Rotterdam (which is located over 50 km from the Dutch capital) and Eindhoven (located more than 110 km from Amsterdam). […]
On this page a compendium of useful information for those who travel to Holland as a tourist. You will find above all which power plugs and sockets are used in the Netherlands. What documents are needed to enter the Netherlands. How cell phones and the internet work in the Netherlands. And other information such as […]
HOW TO GET TO THE NETHERLANDS: FLIGHTS AND AIRPORTS The airplane is the most convenient way to get to Holland. Air transport is highly developed in the Netherlands. The most important airport in the country is Amsterdam-Schiphol, one of the most important European airports. Flights depart from this airport for all European countries and for […]
Travel by car. Itinerary in Holland and Belgium. August 3 Itinerary in Holland and Belgium: ITALY – LUCERNE – STRASBOURG 800 km Today our car itinerary begins that will take us to visit Holland, part of Belgium, Paris and Provence. We will cross Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Belgium again, and again France. We […]
The Netherlands are in the area affected by the Atlantic climate, but the inland areas of the country are also influenced by the continental influences from the heart of Europe. The influence of the Atlantic Ocean results in a climate characterized by mild summers and cool winters, with extreme variability, strong winds and frequent rainfall. […]
The Netherlands is a country where arts and culture lived their heyday during the 17th and 18th centuries. In this period, the country dominated a commercial empire that extended across the seas of the whole planet. It was in these centuries that the commercial relationships established with other peoples allowed the Dutch knowledge and the […]
The Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) are a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system, which includes the Caribbean islands of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The country is bordered to the east by Germany and to the south by Belgium, to the north and west by the North Sea. The main cities are: Amsterdam, The Hague, […]