Jun 09, 2026
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Arnhem’s Hidden Artistic Treasures
Discover Van Gogh masterpieces, wild national parks, and poignant wartime history just an hour from Amsterdam.
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In today’s email:
- Arnhem Day Trip from Amsterdam: National Parks, Van Gogh and War History
- At The Café — Café Locus Publicus — Rotterdam’s Belgian Beer Headquarters
- Around The Web — Giethoorn Day Trip from Amsterdam: The Complete Guide, Dutch Surnames of Gelderland: Origins and Meanings, Rotterdam Day Trip from Amsterdam: The Complete 2026 Guide + more
- From Love Netherlands — Dutch Surnames of North Brabant: Origins and Meanings
- Dutch Food You Will Love — Pannenkoeken — The Dutch Pancake That Eats Like a Meal
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Arnhem Day Trip from Amsterdam: National Parks, Van Gogh and War History
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An Arnhem day trip from Amsterdam delivers three of the Netherlands’ most rewarding experiences in a single journey: the sweeping heathland and ancient forest of Hoge Veluwe National Park, one of the world’s finest collections of Van Gogh paintings, and one of the most poignant WW2 battlefields in Europe. The train from Amsterdam Centraal takes just over an hour, yet Arnhem and its surroundings feel like a completely different Netherlands — no canals, no houseboats, no crowds. Just open sky, red deer moving through the trees, and a city that carries its wartime memory with quiet dignity. Love the Netherlands? Join our free newsletter for hidden Dutch gems → inlovewithnetherlands.substack.com Getting to Arnhem from Amsterdam Direct intercity trains run from Amsterdam Centraal to Arnhem Centraal every 30 minutes throughout the day. The journey takes approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes, and…
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At The Café
Café Locus Publicus — Rotterdam’s Belgian Beer Headquarters
Locus Publicus is a wood-panelled café on the Oostzeedijk in Rotterdam, with more than 200 beers on the menu and a chalkboard of rotating Belgian taps that changes every fortnight. Rotterdam is mostly modern after the 1940 bombing, but Locus is the city’s quiet exception — wooden floors, candles in glass jars, a cat that sleeps on the bar. Locals come for the Trappist selection and the kitchen’s straightforward menu of stoofpotten and good charcuterie boards. It’s the bar that proves Rotterdam has the same drinking culture as Amsterdam, just told quieter.
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Around The Web
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From Love Netherlands
North Brabant is the largest province in the south of the Netherlands. It sits between Belgium, Zeeland, and the river Maas. The province has a culture and history unlike the northern provinces. The surnames of North Brabant tell this story clearly. Many reflect the province’s Catholic faith, its Flemish connections, and its rich farming heritage. If your family name appears in this guide, your roots may lie in this corner of the Netherlands.…
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Dutch Food You Will Love
Pannenkoeken — The Dutch Pancake That Eats Like a Meal
A Dutch pannenkoek is the size of a dinner plate, thinner than an American pancake but thicker than a French crêpe, and it’s served as a full meal — savoury or sweet, never both. The classic order is a pannenkoek met spek (with bacon) drizzled in stroop. Children get them with apple and cinnamon. The pannenkoekenhuis tradition runs in old farmhouses and converted mills across the countryside, where you can sit at long tables and order a pancake the size of your face for the price of a sandwich. It’s the Sunday family lunch you’ll wish your grandmother had known about.
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