Anywhere special to go in Holland ?/

[lomoto]

I'm driving through Holland next week , anywhere I should visit ?? (other than Amsterdam )

[Andy]

Got a friend in Delft.....awesome place with probably the best steak house I have ever been to!

[martinmac]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnhem

 

Well worth a visit.

[Trev-the-Rev]

Zandvort

[M13KYF]

no point Tim, just go to the Dam, You know you want to

[Zummertor]

http://www.delft.nl/webEN/index.jsp for one

 

Just asked some of my Dutch mates your question, will see what comes back that I can post

[Beavis]

Amsterdam............................the end.

[AK350Z]

Walibi World! Good theme park in east holland, my girlfriend certainly enjoyed it!

 

As for amsterdam, just make sure you get outside the tourist triangle (train station - Dam square - Red light district) as its much nicer. Can also recommend the Rijks museum.

[mbs]

Don't know what you are looking for but Breda is an interesting town plenty of history etc, good bars.

[lomoto]

no point Tim, just go to the Dam, You know you want to

 

know what you mean Mike , but just got back from there a few weeks back ,when I went to the Dutch TT with the lads.. so nothing can touch that

[martinmac]

Marvellous thing the tinternet.

 

http://www.shirtshopamsterdam.com/

 

:lol:

[lomoto]

Marvellous thing the tinternet.

 

http://www.shirtshopamsterdam.com/

 

:lol:

 

[Zummertor]

OK a few replies, without knowing your interests / age / who you are traveling with etc., here are a few suggestions:

 

Delft is a nice place for a quick visit. Authentic Dutch 17th century city center which is sufficiently small.

 

Don't think spyker (located in zeewolde in the middle of the Netherlands, in the "polder": the area of land recovered from the IJsselmeer) is doing any 'drop in' visits. It does organize events, but these need to be arranged and are probably rather costly.

http://www.spykerevents.com/About

 

August 16 - 24: the "grachten festival" a classical music festival in the Amsterdam canal http://www.grachtenfestival.nl

 

Here is a calendar of events taking place: http://us.holland.com/calendar.php

 

Could be nice to see the big dikes in Zeeland. A quite impressive feat of civil engineering http://www.deltawerken.com/English/10.html?setlanguage=en

 

South of Limburg is quite pretty. Maastricht is the capital, and for Dutch standards quite bohemian/french city. It has some nice old Roman spa buildings ("thermen"). In the neighbourhood are some nice caves of soft limestone.

 

Nature lovers will surely enjoy a nice walk on 'the veluwe'. http://www.develuwe.nl/

[Renegade]

Some phrases you may need

 

http://www.seethru.co.uk/amsterdam/phrase_book.htm