Day Tripping to the World’s Largest Bulbs Park in Lisse, The Netherlands Keukenhof near Lisse is the world's largest flower garden park. It is an easy day trip from Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport, and other cities in Holland to see the tulips and other flowers. Keukenhof in the Netherlands claims to be the world’s largest flower park. Each year, Keukenhof is open only two … [Read more...]
By Train or Bus to Zaanse Schans in Holland
Public transportation makes the historic working windmills at Zaanse Schans an easy day trip by train or bus from Amsterdam. Restaurants, museums, and traditional workshops are further attractions. Zaanse Schans is a very popular day-trip destination from Amsterdam. The main attractions here are the historic, working windmills but further historic buildings organized like … [Read more...]
Working Windmills at Zaanse Schans in Holland
The historic working windmills and open-air museum village at Zaanse Schans in Zaandam are a pleasant day-trip destination from Amsterdam in North Holland, the Netherlands. Historic windmills are of course no longer part of the industrial infrastructure of modern-day Holland but images of a turning windmill still form a major ingredient of tourist interest in the … [Read more...]
Kinderdijk – the Largest Collection of Working Historical Windmills in Holland
The largest number of historical working windmills in the Netherlands can be seen at Kinderdijk near Rotterdam and Dordrecht in South Holland. Admission is free. Kinderdijk near Rotterdam and Dordrecht in South Holland has the largest collection of historical working windmills in the Netherlands. The 19 windmills (windmolen) at Kinderdijk are on the UNESCO World Cultural … [Read more...]