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The Keukenhof Gardens
If you're going to Holland to see the tulips, the Keukenhof Gardens in
Lisse are the place to go - in spring, they are an unmissable riot of
fragrance and colour.
The North Sea Jazz Festival
Holland's seat of government, The Hague, is admittedly neighboured by
racier and more attractive metropolises, but once a year the city gets
its own back. The North Sea Jazz Festival, held every July, attracts top-flight
musicians, and is well worth making a special effort to get to.
Hoge Veluwe National Park
If you crave a bit of peace and quiet after the bustle of Amsterdam,
head for the densely wooded Hoge Veluwe National Park, just east of the
city. It has the added attraction of the Kröller-Müller Museum in the
heart of the park, home to the finest collection of Van Goghs in the
world.
Amsterdam
Needless to say, Amsterdam in all its beauty, style and energy is
Holland's number-one attraction and among the most magnetic and vibrant
cities in the world.
Maastricht
The small town of Maastricht at the southern tip of the country has all
the best elements of French, Belgian, German and Dutch street culture -
a combination of pavement cafés, top-quality beer and excellent
cuisinewith a handful of cannabis coffeeshops thrown in for good measure.
Delft's Nieuwe Kerk
The view from the 100-metre tower of Delft's Niewe Kerk takes in a
quintessetially Dutch townscape of gabled red-roofed houses and tree-lined
canals. Come out of season, though, to avoid the crowds that clog its
narrow cobbled streets in summer.
Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum
Rebuilt after the blitz of 1940, the centre of Rotterdam is a sterile
and formless assembly of concrete and glass, but it boasts one of the
country's best - and most overlooked - museums, the Boymans-Van
Beuningen, whose vast collection encompasses everything from Flemish
masters to Pop Art.
The Nederlands Openluchtmuseum
The Nederlands Openluchtmuseum is a one-off architecture and crafts
museum near Arnhem. With reconstructed buildings and costume collections
culled from all over Holland, it charts the changes in rural life over
the past two centuries - a good way to get behind the Dutch hats and
clogs clichés.
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