Author: Love Netherlands
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The Dutch Beach Town Whose Name Was Used to Catch Enemy Spies
Discover Scheveningen: the Dutch beach town where one word once exposed Nazi spies — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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Why the Dutch City Most Tourists Never Reach Is Worth the Train Ride
Groningen in the Dutch north is a city of students, markets, and canal water that most visitors never find — discover what they are missing — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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How a Gouda Baker’s Scraps Became the Netherlands’ Favourite Treat
Love Netherlands newsletter — How a Gouda Baker’s Scraps Became the Netherlands’ Favourite Treat
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The One Dutch Holiday Where the Whole Country Becomes a Flea Market
Discover the vrijmarkt — the Dutch tradition where an entire nation sets up street stalls on King’s Day to sell each other old treasures — 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
Love Netherlands newsletter — How the Dutch Turned Catastrophe Into the World’s Greatest Sea Defence
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How a Gouda Baker’s Scraps Became the Netherlands’ Favourite Treat
Discover how a 19th-century Gouda baker turned leftover crumbs and syrup into the Netherlands’ most beloved treat — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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Why This Remote Dutch Village Was Built in the Shape of a Perfect Star
Discover Bourtange, the remote Groningen fortress village built as a perfect star to stop Spanish armies — and why it still stands today. Get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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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.