Experience the Dutch way of life in the Dutch Open Air Museum (Nederlands Openluchtmuseum). Add water to the wine in the Dutch Wine Museum and the Dutch Water Museum. Learn about World War II in the Netherlands in Museum Vliegbasis Deelen, Information point Battle of Arnhem and Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein', or walk the and the Liberation Route. Enjoy flora and fauna in Landgoed Bronbeek or Burgers’ Zoo. Or visit the historic basements or the TrolleyBus Museum. More information: VVV Arnhem Nijmegen / +31(0)4 81 36 62 50.
If you like flora and fauna, visit Dierenpark Amersfoort (zoo) or Landgoed Schothorst. Do you like art? Spend some time in the Latin American Art Museum or in the Ambachtelijk Schildersmuseum (traditional painters’ museum). Or see the royal palace Paleis Soestdijk, where the royal family lived until 1971. Dutch history can be seen in the Cavaleriemuseum (cavalry museum) or in national monument Kamp Amersfoort, the remains of a prison camp from World War II. You have a beautiful view of the city when climbing onto the 98 metres high Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren (Tower of Our Lady). More information: Visit Amersfoort / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / +31 33 46 32 804.
Visit: Apenheul Primate Park, Royal palace Paleis Het Loo, world's first fully underground museum Museonder, contemporary art (jewellery and paper art) and regional history museum CODA, city park Sprengenpark, Dutch tile museum Nederlands Tegelmuseum.
Do: walk the Jugendstil route full of architectural highlights. More information: VVV Apeldoorn /
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Learn all About the Dutch love for cycling in the Velorama National Bicycle Museum. Experience freedom the Dutch felt at the end of World War II, right at the German border in the National Liberation Museum 1944-1945 (Bevrijdingsmuseum). Or test your senses in the muZIEum (‘muSEEum’), literally the darkest museum you’ve ever been to. More information: VVV Arnhem Nijmegen / +31 48 13 66 250.
Utrecht is the home of two famous Dutch artists: Dick Bruna (the artist who made Miffy/Nijntje) and
Fabous Dutch ‘art’ in the Dick Bruna Huis (the artist who made Miffy/Nijntje) and interior designer Gerrit Rietveld. You can see both their work in the Dick Bruna Huis and the Rietveld Schröderhuis. Or if you enjoy foreign art, visit the only European aboriginal art museum AAMU. If you’re more into metals, you might like the railway museum (Spoorwegmuseum) and the money museum (Geldmuseum). And last but not least: enjoy Utrecht from the water during a round trip in the canals (or rent a canoe), or from above by climbing the Domtoren. More information: Bezoek Utrecht /
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Travel through Amsterdam in a boat on the canals, on a rental bike, in the Floating Dutchman amphibious bus or in the Museum Tram. Or just walk in one of Amsterdam’s parks like the Vondelpark. Enjoy different types of art in the Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk Museum, Hermitage, Foam Photography Museum, EYE Film Institute or Amsterdam Tattoo Museum. Experience Dutch history and culture in the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam Museum, Royal Palace, Amsterdam Cheese Museum or the Houseboat Museum. You can see architectural highlights when visiting the Nieuwe Kerk (new church), Begijnhof (beguinage), Magere Brug (skinny bridge), Portuguese Synagogue or Amsterdam’s narrowest street, the Trompettersteeg. And last but not least you can learn a lot: learn about beer in the Heineken Experience, about science in Science center NEMO, about chess in Chess Museum Max Euwe-Centrum, About the tropics in Tropenmuseum and about chocolate in the Chocoladefabriek. More information: I amsterdam / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / +31 20 20 18 800.
More typical Dutch culture to be seen in Zwolle: the Nederlands Bakkerijmuseum (Dutch bakery museum) and Sinterklaasmuseum (Sinterklaas, Saint Nicholas, is more or less the Dutch Santa Clause). Or visit the Dominicanenklooster, a former monastery and church. The Peperbus tower, part of the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Basiliek, gives you a wonderful view over the city. More information: VVV Zwolle / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / + 31 38 42 16 198.