Netherlands

Keukenhof is a major tourist destination in the Netherlands The Netherlands is a densely populated country with famous cities like Amsterdam known for the Rijksmuseum (the national museum), canals, the castle and its cosy pubs. Other famous cities are the Royal city The Hague.

But the Netherlands also has to offer a great coastline along the North Sea, the IJsselmeer and the Veluwemeer - great resorts for sailing with picturesque little typical Dutch towns like Elburg or Harderwijk. The Netherlands is a great country for cycling, sailing or ice skating in winter. They have mainly flat landscapes with many canals, windmills, little villages, rivers like the Rhine or IJssel, Maas or Schelde. Visitors should try some original Dutch pancakes, either with meat, famous Dutch cheese or with jam, and Dutch beer like "Grolsch" and "Heineken". The busiest open-air daytime market is the Albert Cuyp Market in Amsterdam.

Tulips grow around Lisse behind the dunes and Keukenhof is a well-known tourist attraction; in spring there are many beautiful tulips on display there. Prostitution, which has also made the Netherlands infamous, was legalized on October 1, 2000. One can purchase and use cannabis legally in the Netherlands, which is rare for most western countries, and has lead to a large number of "drug tourists" from abroad.

Many tourists visit Madurodam, a miniature city in The Hague, which show most typical and famous Dutch buildings. Like the kaasmarkt (cheese market), mills and Paleis op de Dam (Palace on the Dam).

Popular souvenirs from the Netherlands are delftware and clogs (wooden shoes). Almost the whole westcoast has a sandy beach. Towns near the coast are beach resorts, in between there are long stretches of quiet beach. Though most of them are natural parks nowadays.

The Dutch themselves like to subscribe to a fietsvierdaagse — an annual cycling family event.

Ski resorts

Beach resorts

Divi Flamingo Beach Resort, Papagayo Beach Resort Willemstad, Sunterra Royal Palm Beach Resort, Texel, Ameland, Egmond aan Zee, Egmond, Callantsoog, Bergen aan Zee, Zandvoort, Bloemendaal, Noordwijk, Scheveningen Pier, Scheveningen, Rockanje, Vrouwenpolder, Westkapelle, Nieuwvliet, Cadzand

Spa resorts

Hotel Coen, Hotel De Ark, Hotel Restaurant Johanes Vermeer, Hotel Juliana, Golden Tulip Midden-Drenthe, Van Der Valk Hotel Assen, Novotel Eindhoven, Crown Hotel Eindhoven, Hotel Newport, Bolderberg Landgoed Lauswolt, Best Western Hotel De Heidehof, Fletscher Hotel Resort Amelander Kaap, Golden Tulip Frerikshof, Bilderberg Residence Groot Heideborgh, Bilderberg Hotel Arnhem - Velp, Bilderberg Hotel Klein Zwitserland, Golden Tulip Resort Zutphen, Van Der Valk Hotel Arnhem, Bilderberg Hotel De Keiserskroon, Golden Tulip De Scheperskamp, Golden Tulip Kuurhotel Fontana, HN Hotel De La Ville, Mercure Hotel Groningen Martini Plaza, Bilderberg Hotel De Bovenste Molen, Bilderberg Chateau Holtmuhle, Crowne Plaza, Maastricht, Designhotel La Bergere, Hotel Okura, Ambassade Hotel, Hotel Barbizon Palace, Crowne Plaza Amsterdam-Schiphol, The Grand Amsterdam, Intercontinental Amstel Amsterdam, Sherathon Hotel Pulitzer, The Dylan Amsterdam, Hotel Estherea, Gresham Memphis Hotel Amsterdam, Best Western Pax Hotel, Hotel Van Walsum, Hotel Mitland Utrecht, Beurshotel Zeist, Steigenberger Kurhaus Hotel, Grand Hotel Huis Ter Duin, Hotels Van Oranje, Palace Hotel, The Grand Winston Hotel, Carlton Oasis Hotel

Golf regions

ALMERE: Golfclub Almeerderhout Golfclub Almeerderhout; ALMKERK: Golf Park Almkreek; AL NOORDWIJK: Noordwijkse Golfclub; AMBT-DELDEN: Twentsche Golfclub; BEETSTERZWAAG: Golf En Country Club Lauswolt; BOSCHEN DUIN: Utrechtse Golfclub de Pan; CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL: Golf en Country Club Capelle aan den Ijssel, DEN HELDER: Golf and Beach Resort Ooghduyne; DIEPENVEEN: Sallandsche Golfclub 'De Hoek'; DORDRECHT: Crayensteyn; GRONINGEN: Noord - Nederlandse Golf- en Countryclub; HEEMSKERKSE: Heemskerkse Golfclub; LEGEMEER: Burggolf St Nicolaasga, NUNSPEET: Nunspeetse Golf and Country Club 'De Verwaeijde Sandbergen'; ROTTERDAM: Golfclub Kralingen; VELDHOVEN: Gendersteyn Golf Course; ZAANDVOORT: Kennemer Golf & Country Club Zaandvoort; ARNHEM: Rosendaeische Golfclub; HAARZUILENS: Golfclub de Haar; HILVERSUM: Hilversumsche Golf Club; MOLENSCHOT: Golfclub Toxandria; PURMEREND: Burggolf Purmerend; VELSEN-ZUID: Spaarnwoude Golf Club; WASSENAAR: Haagsche Golf and Country Club