The Netherlands - Holland - Travel and Tourism Information
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.
Netherlands Travel Map - Holland Travel Essentials
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.
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.
Noord Holland - The Delights of North Holland Travel
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.
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.
Celebrating the New Herring in Holland - The Vlaardingen Herring Festival
History, visiting information and pictures of the Vlaardingen Herring Festival near Rotterdam, which celebrates the Hollandse Nieuwe Herring each year in Spring.
History, visiting information and pictures of the Vlaardingen Herring Festival near Rotterdam, which celebrates the Hollandse Nieuwe Herring each year in Spring.
Holland New Herring Festival Pictures
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.
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.
Visit the World's Tallest Windmills in Sciedam, Holland
Take a virtual tour of the world's tallest windmills, to Schiedam, near Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
Take a virtual tour of the world's tallest windmills, to Schiedam, near Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
Almshouses in the Netherlands - Visiting Almshouses in Leiden
Almshouses were collections of houses built around a garden courtyard for the urban elderly poor. You can visit these historic structures best in Leiden.
Almshouses were collections of houses built around a garden courtyard for the urban elderly poor. You can visit these historic structures best in Leiden.
Netherlands Guidebooks - Guides to Holland
Guidebooks about the Netherlands.
Guidebooks about the Netherlands.
Floriade 2002
Holland's flower festival comes once every ten years-don't miss it!
Holland's flower festival comes once every ten years-don't miss it!
The Official Holland Site - Netherlands Board of Tourism
The site of the Netherlands Board of Tourism. Great accommodations page. Look under "special interest" for some great travel event ideas in the Netherlands.
The site of the Netherlands Board of Tourism. Great accommodations page. Look under "special interest" for some great travel event ideas in the Netherlands.
Dolmens in the Netherlands
Ancient standing rocks in the Netherlands: 53 megalithic monuments are scattered over this flat landscape. Includes a clickable map and pictures.
Ancient standing rocks in the Netherlands: 53 megalithic monuments are scattered over this flat landscape. Includes a clickable map and pictures.
Dutch for Beginners - Basic Dutch Grammar and Vocabulary
Here's a site designed to give you a basic reading comprehension of the Dutch language.
Here's a site designed to give you a basic reading comprehension of the Dutch language.
Holland Museums
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.
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.
Hostels Netherlands
Reviewed hostels in the Nethelands.
Reviewed hostels in the Nethelands.
Netherlands - CIA World Factbook
Statistical information about the Netherlands.
Statistical information about the Netherlands.
Netherlands: Geography, Maps and Information
Need a map or some data on the Netherlands? here's where to find it.
Need a map or some data on the Netherlands? here's where to find it.
Royal Netherlands Embassy Offices
Netherlands Embassies in the U.S. More country info than tourist info though.
Netherlands Embassies in the U.S. More country info than tourist info though.
U. S. Embassy The Hague
Just in case you need them, they're there to help.
Just in case you need them, they're there to help.