Riding a Dutch Steam Tram (train) through Tulip Fields

One of the most iconic symbols of the Netherlands is the tulip flower.
In the town of Hoorn, in the province of North Holland, you can take a steam powered tram (train) through the tulip fields on a round trip to the village of Medemblik.
Check out this video to see our adventure on the tulip train from Hoorn!
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We are Nate and Katrina, two Americans living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and traveling as much as we can to see what there is to see! Call us expats, immigrants, whatever... just call us already.
We balance work life with travel... as best we can! We would love to visit every country in Europe while we live here, and definitely keep a list of our global “must visit” destinations.
We try to give you a true view of us and how we travel and explore the world. Lots of food, definitely some jokes, and probably some swearing…. Hope you enjoy taking these trips with us!

[@Jan.Folkersma]

A monday well spent. For only 2 Euro's! Eat that, Amsterdam. Respect for the people maintaining these old trams/trains/tracks. And as always you managed to include some fun facts. We learn so much here! Thanks.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Thank, Jan! It was a nice way to spend a Monday!

[@janmango4692]

The name "West-Friesland" isn't strange when you realize that in the early Middle Ages West-Friesland and today's Friesland were connected by land. From about the year 1000 to 1300 CE however, there were a series of huge storm surges that washed away the peaty soil, killing lots of people (the "St. Lucia flood" in 1287 alone possibly up to 80.000). As a result of this, the "Zuiderzee" came in to being, an inlet of the North Sea. "Friesland" was now divided, and West-Friesland quiclky came under the control of the Counts of Holland. Small fishing hamlets like Amsterdam now became sea harbours and could ultimately dominate world trade.

[@jpdj2715]

And of course there still is Ostfriesland - Oostfreesland - Aastfräislound - Oost Friesland - East Frisia (German) - (Low Saxon) - (Saterland Frisian) - (Dutch) - (English) in Germany.

[@bramharms72]

Thanks for the small history lesson reminding me about St. Lucia flood. I was born in the Wieringermeer and lived in Noord-Holland for 45 years and you'd think it'd be worth at least a passing mention in history education, but though history and geography were what I really enjoyed I can't recall it even being mentioned. Maybe back then I was overly fascinated by the wars or by foreign countries to pay attention to what happened in the place around me. That's probably it. But you caught me on a day off today with your impromptu history lesson so I'll finally take some time to look it up. Thanks.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Great info. Thanks for watching!

[@TheMateriaalkunde]

Hoorn also gave it's name to Cape Hoorn the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific south of Chile. The Dutch discoverers Schouten and Le Maire found it and it was named after Hoorn. The steam tram route can also be part of a triangle trip in summer: Arrived in Medemblik a boat service to Enkhuizen is offered. From Enkhuizen goes a regular every 30 minutes train service to Hoorn. Of course the triangle can be run the other way round too. For a trip into Friesland, a heritage connection is offered from Enkhuizen. A few times a day a motorvessel crosses over to Stavoren, where a regular hourly train service to Leeuwarden starts, from there a half-hourly train service back to Amsterdam is available. Doing so you pass through 6 out of 11 of the classic Friesian cities, meanwhile enjoying the surroundings which are grasslands... Medemblik has a museum for heritage industrial pumping machines, steam or combustion, the ones that succeeded the windmills. Enkhuizen has the Zuidezee museum, a Dutch museum devoted to preserving the cultural heritage and maritime history from the old Zuiderzee region.

[@nursejanainholland1978]

Waving hi from Enkhuizen!

[@Kim-tq2us]

with the whistle 🤣🤣🤣🤣 GEwelllllllldig!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@noabakker3848]

My hometown. I hope you had time to see the old city center and the harbor.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Unfortunately we didn’t have a lot of extra time. We will have to make another trip out there!

[@Lara-jh6xf]

Looks like fun

[@albertlay8927]

There is also an East-Friesland. It's called Ostfriesland and it's in Germany.

[@xandrios]

Love the soundtrack!

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Thanks for watching!

[@eduardveres3501]

Again very entertaining . Have you already been to Fabrique des Lumieres in your hometown ? You will love it.

[@johnveerkamp1501]

it was spring break for the school children .,the reason there are so many kids

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

You are correct! ✅ Thanks for watching!

[@robinroberts3335]

Hello Guys very cool Trip 👍🏻😎

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Thanks (as always) for watching!

[@saardewolf]

I'm from Hoorn! Go to the harbour next time, you'll love it. :)

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Next time! 🙌🏻

[@johnatkins-qn2lk]

Ha, ha ! Hoorn my adopted home town as an ex-pat Brit. Taken this a few times when the kids were smaller !

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

That’s great!

[@Bernadette-vW]

As someone who was born and raised in Nibbixwoud....Your pronunciation of Nibbixwoud is really good :D

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

This made Nate’s evening!

[@japijonia]

Ooit bij de nieuwe appie geweest?

[@MableM1985]

We moved to the Netherlands nine months ago and one of the first things we got were Museum Passes. We just used them again today and were talking about what a great value it is!

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

It really is!

[@japijonia]

Monday in the vakantie is busier than the weekends

[@MartinWebNatures]

Fantastic video guys. I've been there. I made one stop further, Twisk. Not City or village but hamlet. Masterpianist Wibi Soerjadi used to live there and had a big house and gave concerts in Summer.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@jpdj2715]

If you had a garden with a bit of early flowers growing in them, in the end of winter, probably with some snow on the earth still, you would first see "sneeuwklokjes" (fair-maids, snowdrops - the Dutch name means "little snow bells"). The next garden-flowers would be "crocus" (same name in English) in a typical Dutch setting, these would be followed by "narcissen" (daffodils), and a bit later you'd see your tulips. There will be an overlap in this sequence where your tulips come out when the daffodils still look OK. All these plants have a bulb (an underground thing that looks like an onion) and will produce flowers once every year. By the time spring sprang, these generally all have gone. The timing of these plants having flowers is difficult to manage and "out there" totally depends on how our climate evolves in local weather. For an exhibition like Keukenhof, the farmers producing the bulbs for next year's exhibition may treat the bulbs in a controlled temperature environment in order to have flowers in Keukenhof when it opens for tourists. A soft winter throws this all over and we saw a lot of these different species flower at the same time. Most of the tulips you see in the farm fields are grown for the bulbs that are harvested later in the year and sold to gardeners world-wide. They need to cut the flowers of but AFAIK leave stem and leaves in this process of producing a bulb that will be strong and fertile for the next gardener. Or maybe they just leave the green part above ground as a way to easily harvest the bulbs later on.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Lots of good info. Thanks for watching!

[@peterjanssen2105]

very nice video again, a pity that most of the tulips were already gone, but everything was still nice to see, thank you again you should visit ROZENFEEST ( ROSE FESTIVAL ) IN LOTTUM 9-10-11 AUGUSTUS 2024 ( Limburg ) or the castle gardens in Arcen, also in Limburg

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

It’s still an enjoyable trip even without all the tulips. Thanks for the tip about the Rozenfest!

[@Buurtspoor]

Trams are normally street running light rail vehicles. Steam trams are often more like normal trains but with limited speed and infrastructure. They could be built and run on the cheap. Sometimes the difference is minimal, like in Hoorn. Most of the carriages in your "tram" were actually old railway carriages from Austria.

[@giselavaleazar8768]

Normally you would visit castle Radboud in Medemblik, but I guess you need to plan it, so it fits in the train schedule.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Next time! Thanks for watching!

[@ellen4771]

That’s a gevulde koek! ( the almond cookie)

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Yes! We learned that word that day. It was sooooo goood…..

[@Jan.Folkersma]

@@nateandkatrinadotheworld Nate is here now for seven years and only just now learned about gevulde koeken? He is a gevulde koek himself. Where I come from we call these 'chauffeurs koeken' (truck)drivers cookies.

[@bertoverweel6588]

Hallo lovely people, did you guy's visited Hoorn aswel? It's a great old city. In summer you can do a trip with the Tram to Medemblik, then a boat trip to Enkhuizen and then back to Hoorn by train. Groetjes.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

We did not get to explore Hoorn. Next time!

[@sljsmit]

Hoorn is the city where the ship that "discovered" Manhatten sailed from:) Amsterdam wouldn't be what is is today if it weren't for Hoorn liberating them from the Spanish. Hoorn defeated the Spanish Armada and it's flagship on the coast of Hoorn what marked the downfall of the Spanish empire. Most of Europe would have spoken Spanish if it weren't for the city of Hoorn:)

[@MrOoofah]

Katrina- you were wondering if the kids outside the first stop were “carny kids?” lol 😂

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

😂😂 Not really… but it definitely gave that vibe when we got off the train! 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@ikke5212]

😊😊

[@henryhuijbers3158]

I live in Hoorn.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@dimrrider9133]

Notulptrain LOL 🌷🌷🌷For you ;p

[@jsb7975]

Didn't see any beauty of this 'old' town. But a lot of dullness which depiction is carefully sought-out as it seems. The 'koekies' though actually are delicious. Fan of your light sarcasm that represent the superficial tourist trap. Appreciate the jazz b.t.w. ⚘️

[@aerosnake77]

Strange how you only get one hour to see the town!

[@Jan.Folkersma]

Medemblik. 30 minutes would suffice.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

It definitely was a quick stop. Really just enough to stretch your legs and grab a quick snack. Thanks for watching!

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Aw, come on! 😂

[@Harrypjotter7]

Ah those poor childeren that when they grow up, have to take care of you two. 😅

[@paullangford8179]

No complete pictures of the locomotive. Heaps of face shots, not much of the outside.

[@kubrabenelli9117]

No we don't really eat fried food😀

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Only for the vlog… 😂

[@Bee_Bob]

May-demblick, not Meh-demblick. ( for the next time you're there )

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

We are trying. 👍🏻