The Hague
Den Haag is where the government sits, where Vermeer's best-known painting hangs, and where the Netherlands keeps its beach. It is an hour from Amsterdam and it does not feel like Amsterdam at all.
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Things to do in the Netherlands
City guides written by the people who drive there. What is worth your time, what is a walk from what, and which day trip takes you.
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the one Dutch city that does not look Dutch. The old centre was destroyed in a single afternoon in 1940, and what went up instead is the best modern architecture in the country.
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Utrecht
Utrecht has the tallest church tower in the country, a canal built on two levels, and about a quarter of Amsterdam's crowds. It is forty-five minutes from Amsterdam and it is the easiest good day out in the Netherlands.
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