Author: Love Netherlands
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The Dutch Island Where Sheep Outnumber People — and That’s the Point
Texel is a Dutch island of wide skies, famous sheep, and a pace of life the mainland forgot — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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The Dutch Windmill Village Where Life Still Runs on Wind and Wood
Discover Zaanse Schans, the living windmill village 20 minutes from Amsterdam where eight working mills still grind spices and press oil — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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The Dutch City Where the Pilgrim Fathers Lived Before They Sailed to America
Discover Leiden — the Dutch city where the Pilgrim Fathers lived for eleven years before sailing to America on the Mayflower — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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The Dutch Province Where Locals Don’t Feel Dutch — and They’re Proud of It
Discover why Friesland, the Dutch province with its own language and flag, has always played by its own rules. Get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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The Dutch Province Built on Land the Sea Never Wanted to Give Up
Discover Zeeland — the Dutch province that sits below sea level, survived the catastrophic 1953 flood, and built the world’s greatest storm barrier — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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What Is King’s Day in the Netherlands and Why Does Everyone Wear Orange?
King’s Day in the Netherlands: why millions wear orange, what happens on 27 April, and how to celebrate — plus get weekly stories free in our newsletter.
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The Dutch Canal City That Hid Its Cafés Below the Waterline
Utrecht’s Oude Gracht hides café cellars below the waterline. Most visitors walk straight past them — get Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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The Dutch Fishing Town That Seduced Europe’s Most Famous Painters
The Dutch fishing harbour of Volendam became Europe’s most painted village. Here is why — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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What Is Wadlopen? The Dutch Tradition of Walking the Seabed
What is wadlopen? Every summer, thousands walk across the Wadden Sea seabed at low tide to reach remote Wadden Islands. Here’s what to know — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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Cycling the Dutch Tulip Fields: What the Tour Groups Never See
Cycle the Bollenstreek in April and see Dutch tulip fields that stretch to the horizon — the Bollenstreek at peak bloom, no queues — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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The Dutch Words That Reveal How the Netherlands Really Lives
These five Dutch words have no English translation — and each one reveals something true about how the Dutch think, feel, and live — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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The Jordaan — The Amsterdam Neighbourhood Tourists Walk Straight Past
Image: Shutterstock Most first-time visitors to Amsterdam walk right through the Jordaan without realising they’re in it. They’re looking for the Anne Frank House, or the Red Light District, or a coffee shop — and the Jordaan, which is quieter and smaller and doesn’t announce itself, slides past in a blur of crooked gables and…