15 Best Places to Visit in the Netherlands | Top Things to Do, North to South, from a Dutch Resident

After 4 years and 9 months living in the Netherlands, it is time to share with you my favourite things to do and visit in the Netherlands, from North to South.
Some places and activities are more touristic, others less known. Nevertheless, they all show a unique side of this beautiful country.
I hope you enjoy the video and that you get to experience these amazing places!
I look forward to reading your comments and to get to know what other “To Do’s”, that were not included in this video, you would recommend.
Below you can find the links to some of the activities that I mentioned in the video.
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⏱️Chapters⏱️
00:00 Start
00:18 Texel
01:53 Giethoorn
03:41 Zaanse Schans
04:30 Haarlem
05:21 Amsterdam
09:24 Apeldoorn
10:13 Veluwe
11:15 Lisse
12:32 Leiden
12:59 Utrecht
14:30 The Hague
15:41 The Keringhuis
16:14 Gouda
16:59 Valkenburg
17:47 Maastricht
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Links
➡️Rijksmuseum: www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl
➡️Anne Frank Huis: www.annefrank.org/nl/
➡️Hermitage Museum: hartmuseum.nl/nl/
➡️Goat Farm: www.geitenboerderij.nl/
➡️Palace Het Loo: paleishetloo.nl/
➡️Kröller Muller Museum: krollermuller.nl/
➡️Dom Tower: www.domtoren.nl/en/
➡️Kasteel de Haar: www.kasteeldehaar.nl/
➡️Mauritshuis: www.mauritshuis.nl/
➡️The Keringhuis: www.keringhuis.nl/
➡️Stroopwafel factory: siroopwafelfabriek.nl/tickets/
➡️Maastricht Underground: www.exploremaastricht.nl/maas...
➡️Chalet de Bergrust: www.bergrust.com/

[@AlexK-yr2th]

You should mention 's-Hertogenbosch. The city from 1192AC, once the main business hub in The Netherlands and for centuries a fortified stronghold known as the "swamp dragon" with the most bars and restaurants and where you can take boat tours UNDERNEATH the city and the biggest and most beautiful Cathedral in The Netherlands. Nearby, in the town of Vught (about 5km), there as a Jewish memorial because in WWII there was a Concentration Camp. You can cycle to that memorial and around that area are many routs (through natural dunes and pine trees) where there are even (semi-)wild horses, old farms, tine towns and forest. 's-Hertogenbosch (means the forest of the Duke), is easy reachable about 1 hour+ from Amsterdam by train and is highly recommended for expats/tourists that tend to stay around the Amsterdam area.

[@Man-in-the-green]

We only love Amsterdam. Why must we go somewhere else? We didn’t fly 9 hours to see ‘s-Hertogenbosch. 😂

[@AlexK-yr2th]

@@Man-in-the-green I guess you can't argue with stupid...

[@mafaldaboers]

Hi Alex, I have never been to 's-Hertogenbosch and thank you so much for giving so many details! It seems very interesting and worth a visit for sure

[@mourlyvold64]

@@Man-in-the-green Poor soul.

[@jsb7975]

​@@mafaldaboers Hiëronymus Bosch lived and worked here all his life. His work (15thcentury) is absolutely flabbergasting. He truly is one of the world's greatest painters. I hope you will look for his art !

[@Man-in-the-green]

Thank you Mafalda for the beautiful video. 🎉

[@piepkwiep4312]

I like it...Your KZbin colleagues need 10 video's for this amount of info.

[@mafaldaboers]

thank you for your feedback!

[@hernantibolla64]

Yeeees I loved this video. Very good information with a very nice approach :)

[@mafaldaboers]

This is great to know, thank you so much for taking the time and giving me your feedback

[@jsb7975]

Really informative and very well composed insight of recommodations for getting to know the country, even for the Dutch themselves. While still many places and nature are not commonly visited or even known by many of us. So much early history still available to see and walk through, where-ever you travel in the Netherlands! Best video about the country I've seen on u-tube. 🌹

[@CesarGarcia-nd5xz]

Bedankt for the video

[@user-xi6nk4xs4s]

Good to see you've been around at least part of the Netherlands. Some suggestions are Zeeland (Goes or Middelburg maybe), Delft (although I expect you know this one), Some of the smaller places in Friesland (Franeker for example) or Oirschot (near Eindhoven). I agree on your opinion about Utrecht. I'm not really a city person myself, but Utrecht has something special about it. Not too much tourism yet. Good to hear a bit more than the standard locations and opinions about them.

[@mafaldaboers]

Hi, thank you for your comment! I have been wanting to visit Zeeland for some time, for sure next year when the day-light is longer again and I can enjoy more the nature there :) I had never heard about Franeker neither Oirschot, so thank you for your recommendations!

[@user-xi6nk4xs4s]

@@mafaldaboers Welcome Mafalda. Hope you will enjoy these locations when and if you visit them. Zeeland is a summer destination for me as well.

[@AlexK-yr2th]

The Netherlands has culture and heritage everywhere. For sure Amsterdam is just a teenie weenie part of it that most Dutch do not consider The Netherlands.

[@DamaxThomas]

Thanks for the recommendations. I’m currently in the Netherlands with a full agenda already. Maybe Harlem could fit. Thanks again.

[@mafaldaboers]

I hope you enjoy your visit!

[@vanderquast]

Nice video with good recommendations. though I could add a lot of other places to list 😊

[@mafaldaboers]

Thank you! I can only imagine, there is so much to explore! Feel free to add some tips :)

[@VitorHugoRaw]

Boas Mafalda!! fazes videos com bom gosto

[@Kup1208]

Very much looking forward to each one of your new videos, Muito obrigado, eu aprecio muito o esforço e o tempo q vc dedica para fazer os vídeos 🙏🏼

[@mafaldaboers]

Thank you so much for your feedback! I'm happy that you liked the video. Muito agradecida por ter tirado um tempinho para dar o seu feedback.

[@jespervandelden6419]

Thank you for mentioning Apeldoorn, I live here and it’s a lovely place next to the Veluwe :)

[@mafaldaboers]

Of course! I love that area and it's one of my favourite places to escape the busy city

[@woutvanostaden1299]

South west of Noord-Brabant is also worth visiting, like Breda and Oudenbosch. (A small village that has the copy of the Saint Peter in Rome and the place that served as the back-up station for Houston if there were issues during the moon landing)

[@mafaldaboers]

Thank you for your suggestions! I have never been to any of them

[@jandenbrok9574]

In Maastricht, go take a walk in the Kazematten (Frontenpark).

[@mafaldaboers]

This is a good one, I saw for the first time a red fox here :) And the old defence system is impressive

[@renevaanhold]

Nice video but I think you forget to mention that the Kröller-Müller museum has got 90 paintings and 170 drawings of Van Gogh!

[@mafaldaboers]

Thank you for sharing! It is a museum with an impressive collection for sure

[@gerbentvandeveen]

Unfortunately, you missed Spakenburg. That is an old fishing village on the old Zuiderzee. Now Center Parks have the Eemhof. What we have to look at. Oh yeah. The newest province of the Netherlands. So now we are in almost all markets in the Netherlands, Northern Belgium and West Germany, just across the border. t'Stoepje. And 340 fish stalls. La Plase or something is also from Spakenburg.

[@Man-in-the-green]

Do you really think people will fly over 10 hours to see Spakenburg. 😂 There is only one city that’s worth enough to travel for so long. ❌❌❌

[@gerbentvandeveen]

@@Man-in-the-green.

[@mafaldaboers]

Spakenburg is quite popular among the comments of this video! I have never been, but now I am very curious to visit! Thank you for sharing

[@paulbeaucuse2092]

I think, it was a very good video. Actually, I started living in The Hague, then Amsterdam and since 2018 Maastricht, just the opposite direction, just turned that way, without planning. I think, people who love the sea and the beach really much The Hague will be great, also Rotterdam is nearby for more of a "city feeling" with great architecture. Amsterdam has of course the many canals, many museums and the nearby international airport hub, which is cool. Maastricht has by far the best food culture, the center is somewhat over-touristic, but much more cultural diversity and choice of "things-to-do" in the area than any other Dutch city.

[@mafaldaboers]

Hi Paul, I totally agree with you regarding the food culture in Maastricht! Very diverse in terms of restaurants

[@gerbentvandeveen]

Visserijdag / De Bunschoter Bunschoten-Spakenburg kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIiTg2Sbqa6pbNk NETHERLANDS: Spakenburg village, old fishing port (Utrecht) / Stuart's TRAVEL VIDEOS kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHasZ4CgptWgiZI

[@mafaldaboers]

Thank you for sharing!

[@user-ot9lj6vz7k]

Probably not the first one to mention this; But it is kind a funny that you ended up in the Netherlands in regards to your last name! If it is your last name, in Portugese you would probaly pronounce it different.....but still. Anyway really enjoy your video's! They are very, very thoroughly. And I like it that you just say the Dutch words the way you think they are pronounced. Athough I kind a think you wouldn't get very near to the Veluwe, with your way of saying it;] Please dont take that as an offence but as a compliment. You are doing it, where others only think of it.

[@mafaldaboers]

Hi thank you for your comment! Boers isn't a Portuguese last name, but rather a Dutch one! Quite common I hear :) I'm happy that you like the video and I try to do my best when pronouncing Dutch words. I know it's not perfect for now... But I will get there :)

[@achmadiid8644]

How move to netherland and start life from zero ?

[@Lars_erik]

Stroepwaffels 🤣

[@gerbentvandeveen]

You also have the windmill in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. Bunschoten is where the farmers lived and Spakenburg is where the fishermen lived. My mother was born in Eemdijk. And me and my twin brother grew up there from the hospital. Then I moved to Bunschoten and now I have lived in beautiful Spakenburg for 25 years. In a fisherman's house from 1925. These 4 villages are. Bunschoten Spakenburg, Eemdijk and Zevenhuizen. In the northernmost point of the Province of Utrecht. bouw korenmolen de Hoop 2009 / RTV Bunschoten kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXq2lXSsmN6Cec0

[@mafaldaboers]

Thank you so much for your tips! I have never been to these villages and they look lovely! Will add to my "to visit" list