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Amsterdam
If Paris is elegant, London is energetic, Amsterdam is comfortably eccentric.
You might walk past a seventeenth-century church, then a cheese shop offering thirty different varieties of Gouda, then a floating flower market, then someone playing a violin on a bridge while three ducks argue underneath.
Somehow it all works.
Amsterdam isn't a huge city and that's one of its biggest attractions.
You can comfortably walk between many of the major sights, and ..........
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Keukenhof
Stunning floral displays and vibrant colours, you don't have to be green fingered to appreciate the beauty of these gardens.
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Limburg Province
Many people think of The Netherlands as being a flat country with few hills and, by and large, that is true but there are always exceptions to prove the rule and Limburg is a prime example.
Limburg is the southernmost province of the Netherlands, bordered by Germany and Belgium. It is famous for rolling hills .........
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Zaanse Schans
If you think of Dutch cliches then windmills have to be up there, alongside tulips and clogs.
Well Zaanse Schans has historic windmills a plenty, along with distinctive green wooden houses which were relocated here to recreate the look of an 18th/19th-century village.
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Best Of The Rest
From homes of cheeses, historic towns through to 20th century cities The Netherlands has a great deal of contrasting places to visit.
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