Amsterdam Light Festival 2017-2018
Did you know that from 30 November 2017 until 21 January 2018 the Dutch capital illuminates for the annual Amsterdam Light Festival? Take a...
Vincent van Gogh refused to paint windmill
Did you know that Vincent van Gogh made as many as seven sketches of the Roosdonck windmill (built in 1884) in Nuenen while he...
The Dutch pyramid of Austerlitz
Did you know that a 36 meter high man-made pyramid can be found at the highest point of Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park? The Pyramid...
Bring your dirty laundry to the museum and enjoy free entry
Did you know that if you bring your dirty laundry, you will enjoy free entry (regular adult ticket €15) to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen...
Japanse Garden: Autumn splendor in The Hague
Did you know that given its extreme fragility, the magnificent Japanese Garden in The Hague is only open a few weeks in spring and...
The first cube houses in the Netherlands
Did you know that the iconic cube houses in Rotterdam were not the first cube houses in the Netherlands? The first cube houses were...
Many hands make light work at the flower parade
Did you know that hundreds of volunteers have spent months and months preparing for annual flower parade in Lichtenvoorde?
Their tasks vary from designing to...
The most gorgeous bookstores and libraries of the Netherlands
With the internet taking over the retail market and stores closing left and right, things can sometimes seem a bit grim for brick and...
The magical properties of fever trees
Did you know that the illness will disappear if you hang a piece of clothing from someone who is ill is on a 'koortsboom'...
Natural sand dunes far away from the beach
Did you know that you can hike natural dunes in the middle of the Netherlands, about 60km away from the sea?
The open sand flats...