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Normally however I prepare customized tours or make combinations of my suggestions. Which is logical: when you are coming you want to live your dream, not mine. You can use me as your tool to built your own memories! And you know? I like that even better then selling you the standard! Please contact me: brainstorming is free of charge.
I had two wonderful days with my two guests from the US! We searched for tulip fields blooming, climbed a private windmill all the way to the top (my guests were actually able to stop it turning themselves), had a presentation on cheese and wooden shoes, visited the Keukenhof Gardens and ended the trip at the ‘In Flanders Fields’ museum in Ieper, Belgium on WW1….splendid days in good company!!
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Terrible job I have….hanging around in museums all day looking at wonderfull art…poor me…
The world famous Keukenhof Gardens just opened last Thursday and today I allready had the pleasure to pay a visit…
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In recent weeks, the Netherlands suffered from seriously high water inland. Because the strong winds pushed the seawater high up against the coast, it was impossible to spout enough water from inland during low tide. But apart from some flooded basements and a houseboat turned loose, everything worked as intended. Water management proved its strength and skill again. And the Dutch? They mainly enjoyed the dynamics of the landscape and the beauty of the water plains.
Want to know more about water management? Well, I have a tour for that!
And when you just contact me you can get your 10% discount (valid till December 31 2025 but not for overnight stays)!
https://www.doingholland.com/services/day-tours/dutch-waterworks
January-February means low-season. Time for new discoveries or random check-outs on what is known.
Today I visited the medieval little town of Franeker in Friesland where you can find the oldest working planetarium of the world- just in a normal house on the ceiling.
After that I went to the city of Groningen where I visited the exhibition on The Rolling Stones….a private guilty pleasure because I earned it.
Also interested in a possible tour? Get your 10% discount code by just contacting me at [email protected]
The first tour of 2024 - make it a good year all of you! - was to the cultural heritage site Zaanse Schans and the former fishermens village of Marken.
Also interested in a possible tour? Get your 10% discount code by just contacting me at [email protected]
Wonderful days last week with my guests at castle de Haar, the enforced city of Naarden, Muiderslot castle, the carless village of Giethoorn and the beautiful medieval city of Deventer….
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Lovely day canoeing today on the little river Regge today. Once this river was a more agricultural ditch but because of needing more storage space for water within the Netherlands, the river has been given back to nature. 8 years later it is a dynamic and vivid environment with lots of flowers, birds and insects.
I had three wonderful days with my guests! Visits to National Park De Weerribben, oldest vegetable auction of the world, Zaanse Schans, Giethoorn, ancient burial graves and the oldest working planetarium of Eise Eisinga that still runs perfectly after 230 years to name a few of the things we did….check in for free enquiries on the possibilities….free enquiry, maximum support!
That I have a nice job I know…the people you meet and the places you get to see are always a present to be unwrapped…and then still every now and then there is a day that is “a special treat” like today… I only had to do a pick-up, enjoy fantastic art at the Kröller-Müller museum in goog and pleasant company and drop them off again…I had a wonderful day…and when you are coming the Kröller-Müller is a must see!!
Another impressive day around WW2 starting at The Grebbenberg where the Dutch Army held back the Germans for three days. Had a nice walk there as well before zooming in on Operation Market Garden, payed our respect at the Canadian War Cemetery and ended the day at the museum in Oosterbeek where the 1st British Airborne Division had it’s HQ.
Oh yeah…had pancakeks for lunch!😋
Fantastic tour today on Operation Market Garden with visits along hell’s highway, droppingzones at Groesbeek, a visit to the Liberty museum and the Canadian war cemetery and the bridge of Nijmegen and ”a bridge to far” at Arnhem.
Full day of tulips today…started at the dunes, went to find tulipfields north of Amsterdam and closed the day at The Keukenhof Gardens (last time for this year). We had a wonderful day and (finally) spring weather.
Also when not working I get up early at some days to do bird inventories for the Dutch ornithological society…it eases the mind. It was a lovely morning!
Are you looking for a nature guide for your trip to The Netherlands please feel free to contact me.
Last two days with my guests took us to The Keukenhof Gardens in wonderful spring weather, a lunch at the beach, a visit to the Royal Delft Blue factory “De Porceleyne Fles” and Bruges. They were lovely days 👍🏼
I had two wonderful days with my current guests from the US. We had a citywalk in Amsterdam ending in the Jewish Quarter. I have been able to trace some of the relatives back and two of the houses where they lived. Also that is something I do when I can.
Unfortunately quite some relatives have been victims of the holocaust and we found their names at the Holocaust names remembrance site.
Then today we had a lovely tour to Giethoorn and the medieval city of Deventer with inbetween a lunch at the bans of the river IJssel. Two more days to go with them, lovely!
Wonderfull harbor tour yesterday in Rotterdam !
After yesterdays tour on original windmills we zoomed in today on the flood disaster of 1953 that resulted in the famous Dutch water works. Yesterday was friendly and sunny…today was April with sun, rain, wind and hail…but we had a wonderful day afterall.
Spring weather and blue skies…what else does one need to visit and enjoy the Kinderdijk Windmills, the Maeslant storm surge barrier and a visit to downtown Rotterdam with it’s cubic houses, old harbor and famous food market? Not much!
Wonderful day today full of sunshine..but still a chilling wind…nevertheless fantastic weather to visit Zaanse Schans, Volendam (briefly though—-too much tourists 😜) and Marken….
Wonderfull tour today despite all the rain that fell…we started with a bit of “operation market garden” after which we went to National park “De Hoge Veluwe” to see some wildlife..we indeed found some elk and also a roe deer crossed our path. We ended the day at The Kröller-Müller museum with its beautiful collection of van Goghs and other great artists.
After some days of rain…lots of rain…the temperatures went down and the sky cleared out…beautiful fresh weather for a walk…and I heared the first blackbird singing carefully…spring is not far…but so is winter!
Even when there are no assignments, the work to improve and expand our tours and knowledge continues; These are always very pleasant days as well...dwelling your own country, see the beauty of it, feel new stories to share. Yesterday I went to the Kinderdijk Windmill heritage site and the medieval city of Leiden where the famous painter Rembrandt was born. I concluded the day with a visit to "Naturalis", the Dutch national research institute on Biodiversity where I met a T-rex named "Trix" and our mutual ancestors.
2022…over and done with…the last assignment of the year took us east to the cities of Bronkhorst, Zutphen and Deventer…
Some Dutch streets put in a lot of effort as well these days….
My hometown Deventer looks fantastically fairtale-like “gezellig” (cosy)…wishing you wonderfull days and a fantastic 2023!
And another good day for the Market Garden Tour....Booked one year ago but perfectly planned and executed with the most wonderful weather you can wish for.
Did you know that over 95% of my tours are in perfect weather?
That is not due to my providence or talent....the weather in The Netherlands is just not as bad as a lot of people seem to think!
Having a good tour on Market Garden with my 3 Canadian guests….interested? You know where to find me…..
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Terrible job I have….hanging around in museums all day looking at wonderfull art…poor me…
In recent weeks, the Netherlands suffered from seriously high water inland. Because the strong winds pushed the seawater high up against the coast, it was impossible to spout enough water from inland during low tide. But apart from some flooded basements and a houseboat turned loose, everything worked as intended. Water management proved its strength and skill again. And the citizens? They mainly enjoyed the dynamics of the landscape and the beauty of the water plains. Want to know more about water management? Well, I have a tour for that! And when you just contact me you can get your 10% discount (valid till December 31 2025 but not for overnight stays)! https://www.doingholland.com/services/day-tours/dutch-waterworks/
January-February means low-season. Time for new discoveries or random check-outs on what is known. Today I visited the medieval little town of Franeker in Friesland where you can find the oldest working planetarium of the world- just in a normal house on the ceiling. After that I went to the city of Groningen where I visited the exhibition on The Rolling Stones….a private guilty pleasure because I earned it. Also interested in a possible tour? Get your 10% discount code by just contacting me at [email protected]
The first tour of 2024 - make it a good year all of you! - was to the cultural heritage site Zaanse Schans and the former fishermens village of Marken. Also interested in a possible tour? Get your 10% discount code by just contacting me at [email protected]
Some Dutch streets put in a lot of effort as well these days….
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