Author: Love Netherlands
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The Dutch Town That Was Almost Destroyed in 1572 — and Still Stands Perfectly Intact
Naarden was nearly wiped out by Spanish soldiers in 1572. Today its star fortress is one of Europe’s best-preserved — and most tourists never find it. Get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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The Dutch Canal City Where Rembrandt Was Born — and Most Tourists Never Stay
Leiden is the Dutch canal city that feels like Amsterdam before the crowds arrived — and it’s only 35 minutes by train. Plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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Where the Dutch Go to Escape — and Why Nobody Else Knows About It
Discover the Frisian Lakes — a vast sailing paradise in Friesland where Dutch families have spent their summers for generations, almost unknown to tourists — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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How the Dutch Turned Catastrophe Into the World’s Greatest Sea Defence
In 1953, the North Sea killed 1,836 Dutch people in a single night. What the Netherlands built in response changed engineering forever — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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Why Amsterdam’s Most Fought-Over Neighbourhood Was Built for the Poor
Why Amsterdam’s Jordaan went from the city’s poorest quarter to its most beloved neighbourhood — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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The Dutch Word That Explains Why the Netherlands Feels Different to Everywhere Else
Gezellig: the Dutch word with no English translation that explains why the Netherlands feels like nowhere else — get weekly stories free in our newsletter.
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Why the Dutch Eat Raw Herring in the Street — and Have for Centuries
Discover Hollandse Nieuwe — the Dutch raw herring tradition that has fed the Netherlands for 600 years, from street stalls to royal barrels — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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The Vermeer Masterpiece That Hides in The Hague, Not Amsterdam
Discover the small museum in The Hague that holds Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring — and why most Netherlands visitors never find it — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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Newsletter: The word that outed spies
Love Netherlands newsletter — Why Scheveningen Is the Dutch Seaside Town You Didn’t Know You Needed
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The Dutch City With a Castle, a Cathedral, and No Tourist Queues
Breda has a medieval castle, a Gothic cathedral, and the Burgundian pace of Dutch Brabant — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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The Dutch Village Where Every House Is White — and Nobody Agrees Why
Thorn in Limburg is one of the Netherlands’ strangest villages — every house painted white, and nobody can quite explain why. Discover the theories, the history, and the quiet magic of the Witte Stadje — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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Why Amsterdam’s Famous Canal Houses Were Built by Spice Merchants
Discover how the world’s first global trading empire paid for Amsterdam’s Golden Age canal ring — and which 17th-century landmarks you can still visit today — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.