Our website gives you the resources to explore the Netherlands whether here for business or pleasure. We offer a complete guide to Holland and the traveller, whether a tourist or expat, can expect special offers on hotels, apartments and the cheapest option wherever possible. Travel articles will be posted on the Blog and/or website with news, events and what you can discover while you are here. Expat articles will be posted on the rental blog about living and working in the Netherlands and the most recent rentals will appear on all three sites.   

 

 

 

Sail the Friesian lakes                                                     
Sample Rotterdam’s crackling nightlife
Search Amsterdam’s museums and galleries

See Utrecht’s castles and Delft pottery

You can walk down a beach or hike or bike it through the dunes.  You can see 13th century castles.  You can do adventure holidaying, you can canoe, kayak and many other water sports or you can sail through the country on the network of canals. You can enjoy nature and the wildlife in the remote Waddenzee Islands. You can see amazing structures built 5400 years ago. You can sail through nearly every town centre, or skate on the frozen canal’s in the winter, sample a space cake in a coffee shop or join the locals in a ‘bruin cafe’ and taste the local beers and Dutch gin ‘Jeneve’ or just simply admire the famous Dutch art. Holland City Guide

 

Read the travel articles at the Blog for attractions and tours plus what’s going on and tell us what articles you would like or about Holland in general. 

 

Find the cheapest hotel with our booking engine, where we compare many hotel listings and give you the best option. Whether you are looking for a cheap/discount hotel in Netherlands or a top end hotel, our Netherlands hotel guide will find you the best deal. See below for holiday apartments /self catering.

 

Some Dutch Titbits:

 

·         The Dutch discovered New York which was called New Amsterdam before the British took over.

·         Holland’s power dominated European culture and commerce in the 17^th century Golden Age.  

·         Protestants had complete freedom with no central overlords or royalty. This is why the Pilgrim Fathers and other European Protestants fled to Holland and lived in Leiden before sailing to America.

·         The notorious Marta Hari the supposed Dutch traitor, who was executed by the Germans in WW1, came from the northern province of Friesland. 

·         World renowned artists came from Holland such as Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Vermeer and so many others.

·         World class innovators, who tamed the sea and reclaimed the land and built defence structures to keep it at bay.

·         Renowned medieval and modern architecture.

·         Cultivated the tulip and re-invented the usage of the windmill

·         The port of Rotterdam is the second largest in the World after New York. 

If you prefer a holiday apartment /self catering search our rental guide for short and long-term rentals. There are removal companies, furnishing and anything else you might need for your housing. Read the articles for living in the Netherlands about healthcare, renting, taxes and many others.  Most importantly we can recommend where to live where to shop and the best advice. Most recent rentals will be posted on all three sites. (Rentals will be available within the week).

 

Large expat communities are mainly found in the Randstad cities of Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Haarlem or Leiden. This is where the main international companies and European organisations are located. This is not exclusive of course Eindhoven in Brabant towards the south of the country has been dubbed ’the city of light’ because of the electronics company Phillips.

 

Many international companies have their European or even world-wide headquarters in the Netherlands. The term embraces the Netherlands’ most powerful urban centres in the provinces of North and South Holland and Utrecht. Major exhibition centres are located in Amsterdam and Utrecht and The Hague is home to the Embassies, Europol, Peace Palace and the International Criminal Courts.

The beer is cold, the coffee is always ‘klaar’, (freshly brewed) and the apple pie is irresistible.

 

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