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The Dutch aren't bogged in their clichés, even though bikes, dykes, windmills and blazing flower fields are pretty much the norm outside the major cities. Do as the locals do - grab a bike and explore. It's a very big small country, and full of salutary surprises.
One of the chief pleasures of the place is its lively contrast between pragmatic liberalism and the buttoned-up just-so primness of a culture founded on Calvinist principles. In Dutch society, ostentation is anathema and fuss of any kind is regarded as undignified.
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Thu, 10 May 2012 | By travelerezzy | Views [84]
THE HAGUE... This is The Hague , the central of government in Netherlands . Here , we also can more often find the Indonesian people . For some reason , I always meet them in every corner of ... Read more >
Fri, 4 May 2012 | By saks | Photo Gallery
Sweet memories
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Thu, 26 Apr 2012 | By travelerezzy | Photo Gallery
Creativity is expensive and Dutch people just did it.
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Thu, 26 Apr 2012 | By travelerezzy | Views [230]
WELCOME TO AMSTERDAM, THE CAPITAL CITY OF NETHERLANDS. My eyes never get tired of seeing the activities of people in Amsterdam, they're all excited. I see a lot of people who ride bikes and parked haphazardly at each intersection of the ... Read more >
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By peterlee54 | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By peterlee54 | Views [36]
Well I promised the seedy side of Amsterdam, I must say than
the number of the sex establishments has somewhat dwindled and the Red Light
district seems much smaller now but I will say, either the quality of the
ladies in the shop windows has improved ... Read more >
Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By peterlee54 | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By peterlee54 | Views [31]
I spent a lovely couple of days in Ghent and will return at another time as it was better than Brugge, Cheaper and not so many tourists! From Belguin it is only a skip and a jump plus €6 for a toll to the Nederlands and my first stop near to the Keurkenhof ... Read more >
Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By iana1986 | Views [48]
He was my North, South, my West and East... I've heard so much about him and imagined myself there so many times. Amsterdam met me with sun and rain, he was opening his best and worth parts to me. Every traveler opens his own Amsterdam and leaves ... Read more >
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Mon, 5 Mar 2012 | By safetyhub | Views [632]
Most people in The Netherlands own a bicycle (or two) because it's a pretty easy way to get around this generally flat country. Even when cars came within the reach of most people, the bicycle remained popular and city planners have made the cars ... Read more >
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Sat, 7 Jan 2012 | By surveymare | Views [133] | Comments [1]
Up early today to move from one hotel to another. Wanted to relocate (not only because the proprietor of previous hotel kinda creeps me out) to be closer to the train station for tomorrows departure on the fast train. Of course, closer to the central ... Read more >
Fri, 6 Jan 2012 | By surveymare | Views [96]
For a successful adventure, not only do you have to get your own time sorted out, you need to coordinate that with your travel partner. I actually stayed up to 2AM last night. (I would have never bet on that.) On the other hand, Daryl did the early ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Jan 2012 | By surveymare | Views [123] | Comments [1]
If the mariners of old could image how we travel today they would question the perils they put themselves through. We jump into a tube and hurl ourselves through the atmosphere at 600 mph. We drink wine and sleep along the way. Geez! Things ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Jan 2012 | By surveymare | Photo Gallery
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