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We visited The Netherlands for the first time in 2013. We were very surprised, amazed, thunderstruck and fell in love with this wonderful country.
The chocolate colour buildings of Amsterdam, situated along beautiful canals, the Houseboats, local fastfood FEBO, The Flower Market and many, many many other imressive things can't wait to greet you and open its beauty for travellers, tourists...
One of tasty things you must try is herring with pickled cucumber and onion, especially if it is a new catch.
The Royal Palace, The Anne Frank House, The Homomonument, The Night Watch sculptures, Van Gogh Museum, The National Maritime Museum... A lot of bicycles and cyclists everywhere, cosy streets with nice restaurants, famous brown bars/pubs.
We visited the countryside of the Netherlands. It's beautiful ! It's flat, you will not see hills or mountains when driving a car along a motorway. But you will see plenty of windmills.
Many buildings the countryside have straw roofs and they're great !
It is possible to travel across the country by bicycle or a yacht because there are plenty of bike paths and canals following motorways.
You can visit Museums Of Old Windmills and learn how the country lived in the past, the fight for land free of water.
There are also beaches on situated along the seaside and very popular in the summer. For example, you can take a 20mins train trip to Zandvoort and enjoy this small town atmospher and loca beaches.
People in The Netherlands are very friendly and almost everyone can speak English.
If you have never been to The Netherlands, visit this country one day. You will never regret it !
This is The Kingdom of the Netherlands !
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| View of The Homomonument |
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| In the centre of Amsterdam |
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| There are always boats floating along Amsterdam canals |
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| On that day there were a lot of flowers on The Homomonument |
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| You can see a sign which reads Homomonument |
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| Near The Homomonument |
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| I commemorated all gay and lesbian victims of NAZI |
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| On The Homomonument |
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| A lot flowers on The Homomonument. A rainy day. |
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| Anne Frank House |
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| View of The Homomonument from a bridge |
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| Here Nico Engelschman is mentioned who was a Dutch actor and theatre director in 20th centurie |
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| On a bridge with a view of The Homomonment |
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| Usually there are not so many people at The Homomonument |
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| Just a nice view from a bridge |
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| A nice Barge-Houseboat |
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| There are a lot of Houaseboats in Amsterdam |
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| The boat on the centre seems to be a boat tour |
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| Bicycles parked on a bridge... |
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| A Houseboat |
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| Bike lane in Amsterdam |
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| A nice parking |
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| A boat tour |
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| Someone lives in the boat... |
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| It is so nice to seat on a bench by a canal and read a book |
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| A nice view of a bridge and chocolate buildings |
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| View of a bridge and a street along a canal |
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| The are plenty of beautiful houses in Amsterdam |
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| Boats and cars parked along canal |
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| There're plenty of bridges in Amsterdam |
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| A view of a canal |
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| The entrance to The Cafe-Coffeshop The Dolphins |
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| Welcome to The Cafe-Coffeshop The Dolphins ! |
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| A church |
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| The restaurant Grolsh |
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| Under a clock |
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| The National Monument on Dam Square |
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| A lion on The Dam Square |
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| The National Monument on Dam Square |
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| View of The Royal Palace |
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| On The Dam Square |
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| This is a popular shopping center |
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| View of De Bijenkorf |
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| Parked boats |
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| One of central streets |
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| A Tourist bus |
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| Boat tours |
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| Boat tours starts from here |
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| Amsterdam |
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| Canals of Amsterdam are beautiful |
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| On a corner |
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| Bicycles, bicycles |
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| A canal between buildings |
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| A church and a statue |
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| On The Dam Square |
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| Flowers on The Homomonument |
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| At the entrance to a Cinema |
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| A boat floating away |
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| Would you like some Nutella |
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| A beautiful building |
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| Just a good view |
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| In a "park" |
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| I'm happy |
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| The German Embassy in Amsterdam |
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| A lot of parked bicycles |
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| A boat tour along Amsterdam canals |
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| A private boat is floating by... |
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| Amsterdam is great ! |
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| A little rented boat |
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| Oops ! |
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| A modern building |
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| A cosy street in Amsterdam |
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| Behind pillars of The Rijksmuseum |
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| The Rijksmuseum |
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| Modern Amsterdam |
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| View of a modern part of Amsterdam |
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| Street art |
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| View from other side |
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| Pancake Corner |
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| Somewhere in Amsterdam |
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| A tour bus |
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| Trees on the right side and cars on the left side. Cute ! |
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| A boat |
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| A road |
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| A restaurant |
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| A happy traveller |
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| Welcome to Amsterdam ! |
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| A lonely bicycle |
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| There're a lot of boat tours each day in Amsterdam |
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| A barge |
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| A barge is foating under moveable bridges |
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| A moveable bridge |
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| A barge is entering a passage |
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| It's almost done ! |
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| Just a few metres left |
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| The National Maritime Museum |
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| This ship is a part of The National Maritime Museum |
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| Old ship under grey sky... |
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| Science Center NEMO |
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| Amsterdam is cool ! |
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| On a " observation desk" of Science Center NEMO |
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| The famous words of William Shakespeare |
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| The National Maritime Museum |
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| A watch tower |
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| The biggest bike parking in Amsterdam situated near The Central Station |
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| View of the Flower Market from "other" side... |
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| Yes, there is The Flower Market on the opposite side of a canal ! |
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| The Central Station |
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| Welcome to a very big bike parking ! |
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| Rules of the bicycle parking |
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| A beautiful place |
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| Millions of leaves on the surface |
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| A romantic view |
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| Somewhere in the centre of the city |
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| Madame Tussauds and The Royal Palace |
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| A big wheel |
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| Add caption |
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| The monument to Mahatma Gandhi |
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| At The monument to Mahatma Gandhi |
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| Inside a church |
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| Visiting a museum of windmills |
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| Visiting a fishing village |
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| Old windmills |
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| Old windmills still works |
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| In the fishing village |
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| Boats in the fishing village |
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| The fishing village is cool ! |
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| In the fishing village... |
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| This Old-fashioned Windmill and two canals are a part of a museum |
