The Wadden islands consist of Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog. Texel is the biggest island of the Wadden islands. It is 25 km long, and surrounded by lots of nature. It has 7 small villages spread out over the…
Photo year overview of 2022
The New Year has arrived! Welcome 2023! In this post I want to show you a year overview of 2022 in photos that may give you tips for each month of the year in the Netherlands. Before I get to…
5 Tips for the N70 Fall walk with kids
Name of N70 The nature walk N70 is a walk through the villages of Beek, Ubbergen and Berg and Dal near Nijmegen. It sounds like a highway (that’s what I thought of when I first read about it) but the…
Three Delightful Autumn Walks near Den Hague
Autumn is one of my favorite seasons especially if it’s a good year and you see lots of deep crimson, yellows and all the mixes of color in between. I never knew but apparently the brightness of the colors have…
A visit to fisherman’s village Marken
Like so many Dutch people I know, I had never visited Marken, Volendam or the Zaanse Schans. It’s so funny that most tourists see more of the Netherlands than (many of) the locals themselves. But the last 4 years have…
3 Reasons you should visit the Military Museum in Soest
In 2019 our family visited the Military Museum in Soest. Our kids were 10 (boy), 9 (girl), 7 (boy), and 3 (girl) at the time. We bought a museum year card and that has been one of the best things…
5 Reasons why you should visit the Bakery Museum in Hattem
In the summer of 2020 we drove all the way from Nootdorp to Hattem to visit the local Bakery Museum (for Dutch standards that’s a long time but for my family in Canada who are used to driving long distances…