10 Best Places to Visit in the Netherlands
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10 Best Places to Visit in the Netherlands.
No visit to Holland is complete without a visit to the capital city, Amsterdam; however, there are so many more thrilling sites to see in the Netherlands. From the classic windmills and magnificent fields of flowers to historic town centers laden with museums and sights, Holland has much to offer visitors. These places to visit in the Netherlands are not to be missed, and most are easily accessible.
10. Gouda
9. Rotterdam
8. Groningen
7. Haarlem
6. Utrecht
5. Maastricht
4. The Hague
3. Delft
2. Leiden
1. Amsterdam
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10 Best Places to Visit in the Netherlands
10 Best Places to Visit in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Gouda, Groningen, Haarlem, Leiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, Delft
Gouda, Netherlands City Tour
We're visiting the Dutch city of Gouda in this practical guide to seeing the highlights of Gouda, in Holland, in the Netherlands. Most famous for Gouda cheese, but there are many other attractions to enjoy in this beautiful Dutch city. It has some fine examples of that special Dutch feature of the reflecting canals lined by flowers and pedestrian lanes. But here we've got several of these charming neighborhoods we'll show you in the video, and the important building where the cheese was weighed on the main town square.
The Weighing House, or Waag, has for centuries been a central point in town where the all-important cheese was weighed and deals were made.
It now contains the Tourist Information Center and the Cheese and Crafts Museum where you can taste and purchase a variety of cheeses.
The Markt, or marketplace, is the central plaza in the heart of town, home to countless pubs, restaurants and cozy sidewalk cafes.
The exquisitely proportioned Stadhuys, or City Hall, is a gem of late Gothic and early Renaissance architecture, dating from 1449-59.
The traditional cheese market takes place in the plaza every Thursday mornings 10 AM till 1230 from April through the end of August.
The street alongside the marketplace is one of the busiest in town with lots of shops, and especially the restaurants and bars and cafés – usually buzzing with people.
One block away, Groote Kerk, or Great Church, also called Saint John Church, was founded in 1485 and rebuilt after a fire in 1562. The round-arched arcades are borne by 36 pillars supporting the lofty barrel-vaulted ceiling of dark wood. It is the longest church in the Netherlands, at 123 meters.
Our walking route, starting at the train station and down to that central market square, into the church, then we'll continue along a beautiful canal down to the harbor, and then circling back around in a complete round trip walking tour of the city, and ending up back at the train station. Now we continue along the Westhaven canal.
You can easily walk along this splendid canal from the town center, only 600 meters distance - it'll take you about five minutes - down to the historic harbor where you will find clippers, barges and sailing vessels lying majestically alongside each other in the Museum Harbor, and most of these are still lived in.
In the Middle Ages, due to its central location, the town offered passage to ships en-route to Amsterdam and Flanders. After the 15th century, Gouda's role in international shipping went into decline.
Walking back towards the center from the harbor, you'll see another historic site – it's a windmill, very characteristic of the Netherlands.
We're taking a circular route through town, walking along yet another beautiful canal, observing all these bicycles going back and forth. You can actually rent a bicycle here if you'd like to peddle around in town or even extend out to some of the surrounding areas.
This route to the harbor, and then returning along a few of the less traveled back lanes, gets you off the beaten track. It's an easy stroll that doesn't take much time, and this route can bring you past another few blocks of shopping. Here you can see a benefit of being here when the cheese market is not on – you will not see very many other tourists. Then passing along a few residential blocks with their old-fashioned buildings. It's nice to get away from the historic highlights for a while and into a neighborhood that's more for locals. It's quiet and peaceful over here.
Then you will come around the bend and find what is perhaps the prettiest of the canal scenes in town along what's called the Turfmarkt.
Turf was that peat, or combustible decaying soil that was very important to the old Dutch for cooking and heating their homes, much like in Ireland and elsewhere in the north of Europe.
This route takes us back to the center at the marketplace.
There's a lovely block behind the market square. We can have a peek at it showing that very special Dutch combination of shop fronts along a pedestrian lane next to a charming little canal – circles on the map and next to it is the new market, a modern little shopping mall.
Gouda is generally visited as a daytrip from other nearby cities, which are only 20 to 30 minutes away by train. Even all the way to Amsterdam is just 52 minutes. So you can easily visit Gouda for most of the day without spending the night there. Or if you wish to overnight, there are some fine hotels such as a four-star Best Western.
The superb Dutch rail system makes it very easy to travel around in this relatively small nation, as you will see in our many other movies about the Netherlands, where we take you to all of the highlights of this wonderful country. Look for them in our collection.
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BEST THINGS TO DO IN GOUDA// A visit to the cheese city of the Netherlands
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From spending an afternoon exploring the many museums, canals, and cobbled lanes the city has to offer to enjoying the culinary delights the city has to offer (kaas), here’s how to enjoy a long weekend exploring the settlement…
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- Vismarkt
- Molen De Roode Leeuw
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List of Best Places to Visit in Netherlands: 1. Amsterdam, 2. Leiden, 3. Delft, 4. The Hague, 5. Maastricht, 6. Utrecht, 7. Haarlem, 8. Groningen, 9. Rotterdam, 10. Gouda
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1. Amsterdam
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Gouda - The Netherlands
Gouda is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands with a population of 72,338. It is famous for its Gouda cheese, stroopwafels, many grachten, smoking pipes, and its 15th-century city hall. Gouda's array of historic churches and other buildings makes it a very popular day trip destination.
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Gouda population 70,828 in 2009) is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.
Gouda, which was granted city rights in 1272, is famous for its Gouda cheese, smoking pipes, and 15th-century city hall.
In the Middle Ages, a settlement was founded at the location of the current city by the Van der Goude family, who built a fortified castle alongside the banks of the Gouwe River, from which the family and the city took its name. The area, originally marshland, developed over the course of two centuries. By 1225, a canal was linked to the Gouwe and its estuary was transformed into a harbour. Gouda's array of historic churches and other buildings makes it a very popular day trip destination.
Gouda is world famous for its Gouda cheese, which is still traded on its cheese market, held each Thursday. Gouda is also known for the fabrication of candles, smoking pipes, and stroopwafels. Gouda used to have a considerable linen industry and a number of beer breweries.
The world famous Gouda cheese is not made in the city itself but in the surrounding region. It derives its name from being traded in Gouda where the city council imposes stringent quality controls.
The economy of the city centre is based on tourism, leisure and retail, while offices are located at the outskirts of the city. Currently, there are over 32,000 jobs in the city, mainly in commercial and healthcare services.
Attractions
Old City Hall at the Markt square - built between 1448 and 1450, one of the oldest Gothic city halls in the Netherlands;
The Waag (weigh house) - built in 1667 across from the Old City Hall, this building was used for weighing goods (especially cheese) to levy taxes. It now is a national monument. It currently hosts a small cheese museum;
Grote or St. Jans Kerk (Great or Saint John Church) - longest church in the Netherlands, famous for its stained glass windows which were made between 1530 and 1603, considered the most significant stained glass collection in the Netherlands.[8] Even in the 17th century, it already was a tourist attraction;
Museum Gouda - museum about the history and arts of the city;
Verzetsmuseum - museum about the Dutch resistance during World War II;
Museumhaven Gouda - small harbour with historic ships;
Goudse Schouwburg - large theatre;
Waaiersluis (Waaier Locks) - a historic lock on the Hollandse IJssel just east of Gouda.Wikipedia
Netherlands. Gouda - Utrecht
The Netherlands, one of the most welcoming countries of Europe and the towns of Gouda and Utrecht is the best evidence of this. There is no hustle and bustle, there reigns prosperity and peace. Visit these cities - it means to spend time in the Netherlands.
Голландия, одна из самых уютных стран Европы и города Гауда и Утрехт является лучшим свидетельством этому. Здесь нет спешки и суеты, тут царит благополучие и покой. Побывать в этих городах - значит побывать в настоящей Голландии.
Netherlands Gouda City Center / Pays Bas Gouda Centre ville
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Gouda City -The Netherlands
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Gouda gained city rights in 1272 and the city derives its name from the old Dutch name of the Gouwe River which flows through Gouda.
Visit every Thursday morning the traditional cheese market and watch the farmers and traders bargin for the cheese in the old traditional Dutch manner by clapping of hands. Next, to the cheese market, you will find the fresh food market.
The St Janskerk (church) named after John the Baptist behind the main market square dates back to 1552 and is the longest church in the Netherlands with its 123 meters length containing a total of 72 stain glass windows dating back to the Middle ages displaying scenes from the Bible.
Not to be missed is a visit to the Cheese museum located in the Waag built in 1668 which formerly used to weigh the cheese.