The Netherlands has a legendary reputation for tolerance and free thinking, and the tiny, flat country is known for tulips, polders, canals, and very pretty countrside that is easily traveled.
Find out where everything is, using our Netherlands map showing the train lines and major cities. Then check out our tourism resources for Amsterdam and the rest of Holland: climate, eating in restaurants, currency and transportation options.
The small peninsula that justs north of Amsterdam is called Noord-Holland, and the compact area holds some of the Netherlands' most compelling tourist attractions. See our map and check out the resouces we've assembled for Noord-Holland.
History, visiting information and pictures of the Vlaardingen Herring Festival near Rotterdam, which celebrates the Hollandse Nieuwe Herring each year in Spring.
Every year the harvest of Hollandse Nieuwe, or new herring, is celebrated in the village of Vlaardingen near Rotterdam. Annotated pictures of the herring festival by Mirjam Pronk and Peter Melville.
Take a virtual tour of the world's tallest windmills, to Schiedam, near Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
Almshouses were collections of houses built around a garden courtyard for the urban elderly poor. You can visit these historic structures best in Leiden.
Guidebooks about the Netherlands.
Holland's flower festival comes once every ten years-don't miss it!
The site of the Netherlands Board of Tourism. Great accommodations page. Look under "special interest" for some great travel event ideas in the Netherlands.
Ancient standing rocks in the Netherlands: 53 megalithic monuments are scattered over this flat landscape. Includes a clickable map and pictures.
Here's a site designed to give you a basic reading comprehension of the Dutch language.
There are 758 museums in Holland. This site will help you find one your're interested in visiting, plus has some tourist info and some "virtual" exhibitions.
Reviewed hostels in the Nethelands.
Statistical information about the Netherlands.
Need a map or some data on the Netherlands? here's where to find it.
Netherlands Embassies in the U.S. More country info than tourist info though.
Just in case you need them, they're there to help.
