A true gem of the Netherlands...Naarden Vesting.

Naarden Vesting does indeed hold a special place in the Netherlands with its historical significance and charm. The Vesting Museum offers a unique window into the past. Exploring the city by bike is a memorable experience, especially for those from the US looking to immerse themselves in Dutch history. Naarden Vesting is also part of a UNESCO World Heritage site! So...if your planning a trip to the Netherlands from the US or if you live an!y where in the Netherlands the Vesting Museum is a must visit

[@harrym740]

You guys may not become "huge" on youtube, but i, and i bet alot of others, love to see how appreciative you guys are of the netherlands and its people culture food etc!

[@MichelBaek]

That was a nice trip. The bike ride at the end of the video is a nice addition. Biking through the beautiful nature we have is therapeutic. Another great video from a great American couple. We are happy to have you here. You are humble and kind, the way we all should be. ❤️❤️❤️

[@elsvanzwoll]

Ageed, but we’re not 😂😂🧡xx

[@miran4471]

Ik was laatst met kleinzoon naar Kasteel Loevestein . Zo leuk. Het kasteel waar Hugo de Groot ontsnapte in een boekenkist .🙂

[@bettiegorgels9637]

Bourtange, another vestingplaats, in provincie of Groningen. De moeite waard te bezoeken. Take a week and visit our great province Groningen. Groningen, Winsum, Appingedam, etcetcetc. This was great! Naarden Vesting! ❤

[@simdal3088]

Yes, just avoid pekela 😂

[@jhgylugkfhfhlgf]

Bourtange if definitely interesting as well, especially since it's different from Naarden in many ways. - It's a fortress turned village (where Naarden is a city that kind of turned fortress) - it was largely demolished, and reconstructed in the 1980's (where Naarden was never demolished although some parts were to accomodate modern traffic) - etc. But definitely: worth a visit (although I have bad memories on cycling in that area for it being flat and open and kind of boring for a young kid)

[@yvonnebirch6026]

Another historic sight you might like to see is : “Het Muiderslot”. An old castle in Muiden. You guys will be in such good shape from all these bike rides ! Thanks for the video ! 💕🌷🙏🇳🇱

[@willemdubbeldam9285]

It seems that with Hilversum, you have chosen the right place to move to. A central place from where you can visit all kinds of beautiful places. Great video!

[@tonborg4183]

Thanks for showing the town from my youth. Next trip: to Muiden and the spectaculair Muiderslot, a well preserved medieval castle.

[@tiniselles]

And combine it with a boat trip to Pampus island with an old fort.

[@nathaliebeijen7244]

Awesome and surreal to see you guys in my corner of the world! Naarden-Vesteing really is great, isn’t it? Did you guys do a “rondje Vesting”? (walk around the city) You asked recommendations. So as someone who lived in Bussum for 26 years and Huizen for 9, well… :)) First of all… all the nature! Pretty much all the forests and heathers (hei/heide) are great and have great places to eat/drink. (Heidezicht, Tafelberg, het Bluk) I also love to walk along the Gooimeer. Start at Zomerkade and walk to restaurant Bruis. Go have icecream at the 2 best icecream places in ‘t Gooi: Sundaes (Huizen) and De Hoop (Blaricum). The last one has been best icecream shop of the Netherlands and is a Must for anyone living in ‘t Gooi. In the summer, go to outdoor swimming pool Sijsjesberg. Or take the Eemlijn boat with (or without) your bike. Or go back to the Vesting and take a boat around it. :) Have you been to Foodhall Mout yet? The Muiderslot castle? Sooooooo much to see! Can’t wait to see what you check out. Sometimes it’s the less well known things that speak to a person, so who knows. Last thing I would say is that one of the things I find interesting about ‘t Gooi is that all the villages have a very distinct “vibe”. Even when they are close/next to each other. Something to maybe pay attention to when you visit. Enjoy!!

[@Hensepens64]

Damn.. you two from Southern Callifornia are make me proud on my own country 😂. Well done 😊

[@SoultoSoulTravels]

Awww, thank you😊❤

[@mirreamsterdam935]

If you don't have a museumkaart yet, get one! You can buy them at any museum for €75. Gives you free entry for a year to almost every museum. That includes most castles and the big open air museums like Arnhem and Zuiderzeemuseum. I love vesting Naarden. My dad used to take us there when we were kids. You could combine Muiderslot and Fort Pampus. The boat to Pampus is right next to Muiderslot. Fort Pampus was also part of the Dutch Waterlinie. You could ride your bike to Muiderslot. From Vesting Naarden to Muiderslot is about the same distance as Hilversum to Naarden. Zuiderzeemuseum is one of my favourites. You take the train to Enkhuizen. The museumboat is right in front of the train station. Enkhuizen is definitely worth a visit.

[@nathaliebeijen7244]

This. 100%

[@42earthling]

This brought back childhood memories, living in Den Briel in the late 70's. Brielle too was a beautiful fortified town with those bunkers and cannons, every day i would walk the path along the dike and bunkers towards school. Though much of the old houses have replaced with new vinex houses, as if the soul had been removed, that is how i perceived it when i went back some years ago. The dikewalls, gates and bunkers though are or still being rebuilt so some history is preserved. The end with the bike ride actually brings a tear of joy to my eyes, this is the Netherlands beyond Amsterdam and a joy to live in. :)

[@ingejager7902]

Weesp , Amersfoort ; you will like them too!

[@marctenoever7941]

Try to get a bit more out of the Randstad: - Delden situated in the east in Overijssel. Great nature, great Castle. It is called Kasteel Twickel. Twickel is really a beauty and still privately owned. - Deventer - Groningen - Maastricht - Take a bike ride in Drente or kanoing - Breda There is so much more outside the Randstad. The Netherlands is so much more then the Randstand. All easy to reach by train.

[@expatfamilylive9041]

Nice place to visit indeed! Thanks for sharing! Hugs from Almere 🌺

[@Pebbles1972]

Naarden Vesting is a beautiful place to visit. Another hidden gem is Pinetum Blijdenstein in Hilversum. Especially when the Rhododendrons are in bloom.

[@erik5374]

And costerus tuin

[@Maria-pq5nm]

Yeh! Great day in Naarden. There is so much history still visual here in mine/yours😅 country. Here in Westervoort where I live, there is the first waterlinie fortefication outley, some kilometers from the border with Germany. So manny things to explore in our small country. Yust jump on your bick and go... The island pampus. Is not to far from Hilversum. It is a famous protecting army fort. Voor pampus liggen. ( we are flat out) Is a duth experession. That comes from this little eiland. In the old days they had to wait if they could sail further to Amsterdam. Anyway. Enough to explore. Especialy now in this great springseason. Lots off fruittreas are flowering now. Dont wait to long..to do a tour in the Betuwe, with heaps off wonderfull fruittreas. Enjoy 🎉

[@koertje42]

I have family living in that town, and as a young boy I used to fish in the waters there. Loved to ride my bike over there, and have a relaxing saturday as a kid. One of the best things was when in the winter the water would freeze over and everybody would be ice skating around the moat.

[@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536]

Naarden is something special

[@Linnml67]

Prachtig! En ook de fietstocht aan het einde. Super mooie en groene omgeving, heerlijk om te wonen!

[@NeoOnyx]

The shot of Tammy in the dark tunnel with the light at the end of it almost looks like a movie poster. Really great shot 😊👍🏻

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

Muiderslot is also very nice, also on bike !

[@FoxInClogs]

Has anyone suggested the Zuiderzee museum in Enkhuizen? It's well worth spending a day there in the outdoor museum (a village constructed from houses moved there from around the Zuiderzee.) There's also an indoor museum (with old boats/sailing ships) included in the ticket price, if I remember correctly. Enkhuizen itself is also well worth the visit, just to walk around and take in the atmosphere. It's easy to access by train and you take a sort of landing craft from the train station, across the water to the museum itself.

[@FoxInClogs]

I've just checked and it's a 2 hour train journey from Hilversum, changing at Amsterdam Centraal. Maybe worth taking T&T along and making a weekend of it, to try some of the bars and restaurants?

[@FoxInClogs]

And while I'm thinking of it, there's the 'historische-driehoek' - Just Google "zuiderzeemuseum historische-driehoek" You take the train to Hoorn, then a steam train to Medemblijk, then a steamship back to Enkhuizen. It's a bit of fun, that you don'g get to do every day, but it's a limited service, that may need to be booked in advance.

[@gert-janvanderlee5307]

I heard Naarden is beautiful but have never been there. Probably because we have our own vestingstad nearby. It's Heusden. Not preserved but very well restored in the 70's and 80's. Allthough they did a very crappy job at recreating the castle ruins there. The Netherlands has quite a few vestingsteden, even some big ones but the smaller ones tend to be more recognizable as a lot of the fortifications in the bigger ones often disapeared when the city expanded. Heusden is probably a bit too far for you to bike to but if you ever decide to visit, I would recommend stopping for a pancake in the pancake restaurant at the market square, stop for dessert at the ice cream parlor and certainly take home a bag of 2022 award winning Brabantse worstenbroodjes from Bakkertje Deeg, which is right next to the ice cream parlor. You could also stay for a few days and rent a room in hotel "De verdwaalde Koogel" (The stray bullet).

[@ronaldderooij1774]

OK next stop then Bourtange. You can't do that in one day as it is in the extreme northeast of the Netherlands. Also a fortress city/village, but much older than Naarden (from the 80 year war of independence). They als have a reenactment once a year. Don't know when exactly. No tunnels, but much more quirky.

[@margreetanceaux3906]

Was thinking the same! Now there’s a ‘hidden’ gem for you - well, by Dutch standards it’s remote ;-)

[@jan17355]

But the area of Westerwolde is a great biking area. From Bourtange you can go to Bad Nieuweschans and from there through real old polders to Termunten and further Delfzijl where you can take the train (with your bike) back home. Totally different as the West of the country.

[@jpdj2715]

For viewers and yourself to understand the fortification, you need to look at an aerial image of this "city" - in the NL, originally, villages or towns became cities when some noble figure bestowed "city rights" on them. Naarden got that about 1300. At 300m * 500m, its nucleus has village size. But the fortifications above ground are around that. The star outline was constructed in the moat as a way to defend against attackers. From each star you could easily shoot your cannon left or right to attackers between two star points.

[@hfloor]

In your own new town, visiting the famous 'gemeentehuis' of Hilversum would be nice. It is a world famous building from the architect Dudok. He was the cities architect, who build lots of neighbourhoods and schools in Hilversum too, in a very specific 'Dudok' style. Most of them have a 'monument status' now. There are guided tours in the city hall and around the 'Dudok' neighbourhoods. Enjoy!

[@reviewerdiogeones5857]

Thank you for following my advice to come over to our home town! I knew it wouldn't disappoint you. Visiting the Vestingmuseum is always a treat. We love it here and we visit the Vesting many times., although we live just outside the fortress. Sometimes for shopping, other times enjoying a meal in one of the nice restaurants, or just having an ice cream. For us it is only a five minute bike ride. Maybe we''ll meet in real life some day. That would be awesome

[@elsvanzwoll]

Love !! your vlogs 🧡🧡

[@marit5792]

I welcome you to visit some places in the east for your upcoming videos. The Arnhem-Nijmegen-Veluwe region is completely different from the *boring* flat ones you’ve mentioned so far.. I’d be glad to show you around (by bike OF COURSE) or answer any of your questions in advance to planning the trip! 💙💛🖤 Also: if you like a bit of history, visit the Veenhuizen Museum. You’d be able to peek back in time to when the ‘verzorgingsstaat’ was founded in the 1800s. They’d pretty much detain the drunk and poor and put them to hard labour, but the idea to ‘look after’ the socially inapt really took off from there. Also: continuing on the history and assuming you Americans like a parade or two: visit (or better, join) the Airborne ‘wandeltocht’ in September. There will be military parades from WW2 allied nations, lots of parties and you will be officially Dutch after participating in one of the group hikes along historical places.

[@MartijnFrazer]

Funniest thing about Naarden Vesting, and the reason why it's so well preserved, is because it was never really used lol. It was built after the attack on Naarden by the Spanish in 1572 and then remained in use as a fortress until 1926, but never really saw any real battles in all that time. Then in the 20th century it was abandoned by the army and turned into a museum.

[@jhgylugkfhfhlgf]

Almost true; the Dutch actually sieged it to get the French out in 1813-1814. Since the Dutch had built such nice fortifications the French were not defeated here, but in the end were granted a retreat with honours nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beleg_van_Naarden_(1813-1814)

[@joannewink7101]

Beautiful..when will you go to Deventer? Watch the old city center and walk along the IJssel.. ❤

[@ingeborgvanessen9595]

I am glad you liked it! Well next stop Laren maybe?! Don't forget the 'poffertjes' (Grand Marnier 😊) closed on Monday. Friday is market day. There are more nice restaurants... I loved your video, thank you. 🥰

[@urbandiscount]

Cycling on a spring day, everything greening, the cherries in full bloom. Just before May can be such a beautiful time of year, even if the weather can be capricious. I see the roaming on bikes has begun. You live in such a great area for that. Laren, Gold Coast of the Netherlands is interesting too. The Singer Museum is another hidden gem imo. And Hilversum has a radical, socialist and esoteric/mystical past dating from the early 20th century.....even including an attempt to bring Thoreau's "Walden" into reality as an artists' colony. Bakery tip: Top's Edelgebak

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

I would say that Naarden is a Town... (bigger than a village but smaller than a city)

[@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536]

That is not how it works

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536 no? then please explain how it works?

[@sigrunwestrus68]

You are absolutely right! A town is always smaller than a city and Naarden is a town. They got their STADSRECHTEN in 1351 and they are still the only town in 'Het Gooi". They are what we call een 'Vestingstad' (Fortress-town).

[@sigrunwestrus68]

@@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536 Get your facts straight.

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@sigrunwestrus68 Indeed. And "Stadsrechten" (English: "City Rights") imply that the town that has those "rights" is officially a "city", but that is purely a formal and legal thing. For foreigners that is hard to understand... So in international context it is better to reserve the word city for very large urban entities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, etc, and Town's like Naarden are just a whole level (or two) smaller.

[@barbaraout5038]

If this is something you like, Muiderslot will be too. Allso accesable with your museumkaart

[@user-wn8cp3qf1x]

When you come to think of it, it's kind kind of weird that I used to bike through the vesting of Naarden on my way to work for years but never felt as excited about it as you are. 😊 Wonder what your next tripe will be. Muiderslot perhaps, completely with a refreshment at Ome Co's?

[@MrTraiana]

The Zuiderzee museum in Enkhuizen is a nice (mostly) outdoor museum. Focuses on Dutch history, there are a lot of buildings from the 19th century that you can go inside and see how the people lived back then.

[@bertoverweel6588]

Hallo lovely people, if you guy's want to see all hidden gemes in the Netherlands it will take years, you realy are becomming Dutch, no helmets. Groetjes.

[@dirklaarakker9958]

Very nice video. Suggestion: go to the Openlucht museum in Arnhem. There you can see how we lived in the past. Please check the website before you plan to go, because sometimes they got special things to see/do. For the rest: keep up the nice work. :)

[@andyhorvath6630]

Naarden is fantastic indeed. From our home near Kamerik we went there a couple of times in the winter skating with our dogs (they loved it as much as we did) via the frozen canals and rivers. Skating around Naarden on the moats was a great reward after that quite long hike. And the "koek en zopie" of course ... There are still so many places worth visiting around you, keep exploring and keep treating us with your videos!

[@erikmulder2574]

Good place isn’t it? When you say it especially is good when you have children, Eric must feel at home there 😂. The Netherlands has been at war with Spain for over 80 years, called de tachtig jarige oorlog. It was Willem van Oranje who got his fame in that time, and he is an ancestor of our royal family. Naarden was important in that time as it defended Holland, the two provinces. In the north there were also two important vestingen, Coevorden and Bourtange. Coevorden developed to a more modern city, but parts of the triangle shaped defense-walls are still there and it has a lovely little castle. And I surely recommend a visit to Bourtange. It is 8n the province of Groningen and is kept in original state. Have fun traveling around and don’t forget to visit me in Lelystad. A new city, where there is a museum where they build those 16th century ships after original plans from that time. It functions as a school for carpentry as well. Happy discovery. Erik

[@reviewerdiogeones5857]

Wow! What a surprise to meet you both at the Vestingmuseum yesterday. You mentioned you want to come back to see the guns being fired, but it is still a matter of chance you were there when I got there. I know it sounds silly, but since you share our living room for so many years being on YT, it felt like meeting good old friends. I hope I didn't scare you too much, and that I could provide some translations during the show. I hope to meet you again in the area, together with my wife.

[@SoultoSoulTravels]

It was our pleasure meeting you yesterday, Renè!! Thank you so much for translating for us!!😊

[@TheEvertw]

Naarden is nice. It is special because it is a very old part of the Waterlinie, and is both a town and a fortress. The Spaniards did a terrible massacre there. If you like fortifications, there is a long string of forts going south from Naarden. Two especially nice ones are fort Rhijnauwen and fort Vechten, to the east and south-east of Utrecht. Rhijnauwen is the biggest, but not always open to the public. It has a very nice pannekoekenrestaurant near it. Vechten has a nice museum. Both forts are from the second half of the 19th century. Personally, I like Loosdrecht. Nice place to rent a small sail-boat and cruise the lakes and have a good dinner afterwards. I think you would like Kasteel de Haar, to the west of Utrecht. And the Muiderslot, a bit beyond Naarden. Cycling to Lage Vuursche is very nice. The Queen-mother lives there, in Kasteel Drakensteyn (not accessible to the public). "Buiten in de Kuil" is a nice restaurant.

[@dutchyjhome]

Hey guys, nice video! You guys should visit all Castles like Kasteel de Haar near you, so much history...so much more like Naarden Vesting, man if only you knew what all of those places looked like ;-) ! By the way, there is a castle paused from being build in Almere; Kasteel Almere, just so you know. I'm not sure if you actually can visit this castle in Almere but Kasteel de Haar in Haarzuilens and Muiderslot (Kasteel Muiden) are absolutely a must go to visit! But wait, there is more....there a so many castles to visit.... you know how google works, right ;-) one castle per episode please :-))

[@MartinWebNatures]

Great video ❤Love it

[@woutersplinter4981]

Wow! Such a nice video. Lovely to see you guys enjoy living and exploring in your new region more and more.

[@Mrevolva]

i have been to naarden vesting as a child, very cool to see you explore naarden!

[@corjp]

Great video again , guys. The bike ride in the end looked smooth and was in a lovely surrounding. thanks for sharing. 🙏🙏

[@dennisvanslingerland2258]

Top!!!! Jullie uitspraken worden steeds beter!😃

[@sim-one]

Gorgeous! Loved the ride at the end! Lovely day as well. So if this was the actual speed you guys are driving pretty fast! 🚲💨😁

[@FoxInClogs]

Thanks for the video, I regularly drive past Naarden Vesting, but haven't visited for years. On the other side of the A1 there's Muiden, which may be worth visiting next time you're in Naarden. It's an 8 km/5 mile cycle ride from Naarden Vesting to Muiden.)

[@Maverick21491]

A brief history lesson on what makes/made a town a city . In medieval days , all the lands were in possesion of nobles and all living there were basically Serfs . Nobles could grant a town " City Rights " This meant that said town could now collect its own taxes and have a town militia and have their own law/justice system , also the people were no longer Serfs ( among other rights ) Towns themselves could also ask their Lord to grant them city rights , usualy by offering a huge one time payment . ( They still owed their Lord taxes , but I'm guessing at a reduced percentage .) In , roughly , the 16th century , the nobles lost a lot of their rights on the lands and the towns and people became much more autonomous , and the practice of granting city rights no longer mattered . During the French Revolution and Napoleonic era , the distinction between a town with city rights and those without was made irrelevant . I grew up in the City of Grave which got its city rights in 1233 AD from the Duke of Brabant . Untill today its a small town ( Aprox 6000 inhabitants ) but if an outsider would call it a town or a village we would fiercly tell them that it is a City , NOT a town/village ! It became even more spicy if they told us that they came from a much bigger , but newer city , that had never been granted those city rights , we would call them villagers ( And Hicks or Hilbillies 😁( In Dutch ofcourse ) ) On a sidenote ? Great vid and I love Naarden , its so pretty 😊

[@hanhenderikse]

Very nice visit, thanks for sharing with us! Tammy was riding her bike so fast, "haar haar wappert in de wind!" Now lets try to say that in Dutch (after looking up the translation first I guess?) 😜😁

[@schiffelers3944]

Me being from South Limburg looking at the end footage: It's all so flat.... I know it is, but always so different to see for me, no hills. It is very pretty never-the-less. I am glad you are going to the lesser shown places in the Netherlands (hidden) gems.

[@mavadelo]

It is much less flat than it looks but yes, flat is what you get when you are in a river delta.

[@reviewerdiogeones5857]

Het Gooi is part of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug with elevations up to 35 meters. No, it's not Zuid Limburg, but it is definitely not flat here.

[@schiffelers3944]

@@mavadelo Nee, vergeleken met zuid Limburg is dat plat, die drempels en brugjes zijn niets vergeleken met mijn leef omgeving met hellingen van 13%. Ik ontken niet dat er niet her en der een klein heuveltje/bergje kan zijn, maar hier volgen ze elkaar met grote regelmaat op. Hier fietsen, nee dankje, in het platte deel van Nederland kan ik er nog best inkomen.

[@schiffelers3944]

@@reviewerdiogeones5857 Okay, all I am asking is: sta even in mijn schoenen. My normal is hills with 13% degrees amongst other less steep hills. For my normal this was/is flat. The 35 meters might make me feel more like in south Limburg, but mostly it points out to me how much different it is. There is no direction I can take without having a hill, and another hill, and vals plat. It's called heuvelland not for not. We have bikes but so much less compared to Randstad. And not just because there are less people. With the e-bikes there is an increase with bikes here. Most people had scooters and brommers, and would go get gass either in Germany or Belgium. A lot of border hopping happening here, not just from the Dutch. Drug tourism, Maastrich you can't enter a coffeeshop without Dutch ID, or papers that show you are a resident of Maastricht. Most people won't use the bike for longer bike rides than to school and back. Going from east south Limburg (Parkstad) to Maastricht is not a thing people will take a bike for; just about 25 km, the OV and cars are more the mode of transport for that. Riding a bike from the 3 biggest cities in south Limburg from one to another is not a very common thing that people do here. Sittard/Geleen, Heerlen, Maastricht. You might go from Sittard to Geleen with a bike, small distances. Van een gemeente naar een andere, maar niet meerdere gemeentes doorkruisend. Dat gebeurt echt niet snel hier. Niet met de mensen die ik ken. Or just around the neighborhood.

[@jankokpit]

You would like Elburg and Harderwijk. Two interesting towns close together! BTW, I'm enjoying your videos , especially when you were living near Vroesepark. I was born on the Statensingel... many moons ago!

[@ReeVOe70]

Best preserved? Try Bourtange, Gorinchem or even Elburg… 😊

[@rianvandenhoof4124]

Nice to see you explore the same places as I did when I first moved here from the southern provincie of Brabant to Laren where I live now, for 14 years already. Still feel a little like a tourist in my own country....... so much more to visit. Enjoy it.

[@reviewerdiogeones5857]

Ditto! Wij zijn 40 jaar geleden vanuit Brabant deze contreien gaan opzoeken en wonen sinds 1995 in het Gooi. Het voelt nog steeds als vakantie met een beetje thuisgevoel

[@jeffafa3096]

A friend of mine lives there. It's a beautiful location, and although a bus from Naarden-Bussum station travels there, it's better to bring a bike in the train...

[@ElMariachi1337]

Looks like getting those bikes was a homerun and seems you two are getting better at it with each trip. On to the next "hidden" gem, tot ziens, doei doei!

[@roelskiunplugged1134]

Yeah, beautiful there, and especially the biking. Dont forget to put a cycling tour around the bloembollenvelden (Lisse and surrounding places) in coming weeks on your list. Last week still a lot of purple hyacinten on the fields, but tulips are also coming soon!

[@rianvandenhoof4124]

I was there yesterday and the tulips are almost at the end of there short lives. All is blooming early this year. Zo snel gaat het momenteel.

[@andrevanginkel9951]

You've discovered my place of birth :-) In the museum you can check out my grandpapa's uniform. Its a beautiful city, great to see you've enjoyed it!

[@GabberPinda]

Are you guys ready for the Kingsday party tomorrow?😎💪

[@SoultoSoulTravels]

Yes!!👍

[@borchen0]

As mentioned below; you could bike to Muiden to visit a castle called Muiderslot and from Muiden take a boatride to the fortress-island of Pampus...have fun!

[@harrystevens9521]

Veertien & vijftien september Open Monumentendagen.

[@gideon1980]

Nice to see you went to Naarden. My next recommendation would be "Openlucht (open-air) Museum Arnhem".

[@schiffelers3944]

It almost goes without saying, Tammy has a feel for Dutch, IMHO chapeau - I still want to point it out. Naarden Vesting. 👍 However, Eric - nice.... you must have practiced with your wonderful wife.

[@sdg6170]

Tammy’s voice is very sharp and high in the mic, her Sss sound is brrr.. can you do somthing about that please? Nic video btw.

[@user-wn8cp3qf1x]

Back in the sixties when there weren't yet that many music festivals, one called 'veertien uur puur' was held here, If I recall corectly it was for three springs in a row. All kinds of bands playing in the 'Promerskazerne' and outside too with all people relaxing on the grass, of course smoking weed and using other stuff. It was quite a happening and the first day the entire vesting was closed for all non festival traffic.

[@thijsgerhardus8672]

Missed a few videos nice to see you guys moved to Hilversum. Good one about Naarden Vesting ! . Maybe one you will like is Forteiland Pampus + Muiderslot groetjes Thijs

[@vincenzodigrande2070]

My next suggestion is Groeneveld and it's garden, and the farm around the corner with farm shop.

[@jeremyoliviervoice]

YAY! I got a shoutout!!! Great video and you two are just having way too much fun on your adventures. Those bike rides allow us to live vicariously through your camera lens, but I'm sure it's nothing compared to being there in person. Maybe as viewers, we could help you rename the "hidden gems" title. I'll start! How about "Dutch Treats"? Wait, wait, maybe not that. "Local Treasures"? I'm sure other people can figure out a better one. Thanks again you two and keep up the awesome adventures!

[@PipSweets2017]

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[@SoultoSoulTravels]

Hi Elyse!! We love you 🥰 ❤

[@EL-Patron.]

Castle de hair in dutch we say kasteel de haar. Verry beautifull castle a big fancy castle word de visit

[@Paul_C]

And again restored with Rothschild money.😊

[@ikke5212]

😊😊

[@Nickery1]

Hi ! ... Naarden is great .. but also is HEUSDEN !

[@palacioladiante2871]

I love the music at the end, what song is that?

[@sigrunwestrus68]

The church in Naardenvesting is also worth visiting. It's famous for it's performance of the Matthaus-Passion at Easter, but I have also been there visiting jazz-concerts.

[@SoultoSoulTravels]

We tried to get into the Grote Kerk but it was closed on the day that we went😢

[@jhgylugkfhfhlgf]

@@SoultoSoulTravels That's to bad; try again some other time as it also has nice paintings in the ceiling/roof

[@mavadelo]

I had no idea they still fired the canons. They already did that when I went to school in Naarden in the 80's. I used to go to the "Middelbare School" (Mavo/Havo) that was just outside the Vesting area. I lived in the neighboring village of Bussum at the time. The whole Gooi en Eemland area is one of the prettiest in the country. and I need to be a bit of a grammar police but in your description you say UNESCO World Heritage Sight... this of course should read UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[@SoultoSoulTravels]

Thank you @mavedelo! It has been changed to site!

[@mikevandervegt]

🙋🏼‍♀

[@B-D-V]

I think you will also like to visit Muiderslot, a 700 years old castle, also near Hilversum!

[@Single-Pringle]

And after visiting the castle, you can walk into Muiden, have something to drink at pub Ome Ko, watching boats going through the sluizen. Besides it be a fun thing to do, the sluis was also part of the defense of Amsterdam, being able to flood all ground around the city - making it impossible for horses and carriages to travel there

[@vanderquast]

Naarden is a spacial place indeed, but don’t forget to visit Amersfoort 😉

[@xippix1]

Do you have already a “museum jaarkaart?” 75 euro all in for all the museums in The Netherlands for one year.

[@BommeltjeNL]

Nice video, but did I miss it or did you forget to show a picture of Naarden vesting from above? Because that would be impressive for people who don't know Naarden vesting.

[@SoultoSoulTravels]

No, you didn’t miss it, we forgot to add the picture 😞

[@bartvschuylenburg]

Nice video. How do you like cycling in and around Hilversum as a regional city compared to Rotterdam as a metropole?

[@SoultoSoulTravels]

We love it!! 😊

[@jacvanloon4209]

🤙&😎

[@EdwinMartin]

If you like history, read the gruesome story of the Massacre of Naarden (e.g. on Wikipedia)

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

:)

[@simdal3088]

Americans love posing with big guns it seems 😉

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

So when are you going to see Blokzijl? Vollenhove? Kampen? Deventer? And when will you visit Franeker and Eise Eisinga's World famous Planetarium?

[@AdrievanZuidam]

Because there are so much hidden gems.

[@SoultoSoulTravels]

The Planetarium is on our list to do soon (not sure when, but soon)!

[@MagereHein]

Naarden is very pretty, sweet as a nut!

[@pmvdmeulen]

No

[@theblazingangels4286]

i liked u in rotterdam, but for now i going to unfollow. Have fun

[@SoultoSoulTravels]

Sorry to see you unfollow, @theblazingangels4286, but we understand that our content may not be for everyone. We hope that you will “check in” with us from time to time😊