Travelogues North Holland

 April 27, 2029 Monday  Monday is King's Day. And this is the quintessential national holiday in the Netherlands. So, we first secured our spot until after Monday to avoid any...

our car was not permitted in the environmental zone within the highway ring around the city. So we decided to find a parking spot a bit outside the city and take the S-Bahn to...

Morelo Liner

August 23, 2025 And once again, our big summer tour is upon us. This time, we are heading to CANADA 🇨🇦. For the next nearly three weeks, we will be driving through Easter

Today's day was filled with tasting and exploring the local culture. Right after breakfast, we set off to Zaandam, where one of the largest tourist attractions in the whole...

Our rented house is located just south of Amsterdam in Nederhorst, allowing us to lock our bikes in about 1 hour at „Fiets” in Amsterdam Centraal. We begin at the harbor, right...

Light installations in the dark are particularly popular during the winter months, but rarely is there something similar to experience in January. The Amsterdam Light Festival...

Cheese market Alkmaar

that there are defibrillators in the red-light district

We continued towards Hoorn over the Afsluitdijk, which connects the provinces of Noord-Holland and Friesland. The Afsluitdijk is 32 km long and is considered the most important...

A friend who visited us in Canada kept saying, "this is just like in Europe, you don’t need to travel to Canada for this." Surely the differences are often small, but they are...

I’ve been to Amsterdam a handful of times throughout my exchange so far. Unfortunately, I’ve been a little bit unlucky with the weather, and every time I go, it’s been so cold....

The privately run Moco Museum in Amsterdam is located in the midst of the museum district, but it looks very different from the modern buildings around it. Although modern art is...

There you sit, blissfully unaware in a café in Amsterdam, amusing yourself over the passing cyclists. And then gradually, all the pedestrians with arms...

After a drive of about two and a half hours by car, we arrived in Amsterdam around 9:30 in the morning. Right up front: Parking in Amsterdam is really not cheap. We paid over...

To learn more about Amsterdam's history and life here, we signed up for a free city tour in the morning. Royal Palace It started at Dam Square, where our friendly guide...

Hello! This means: Good day, my dear! After a hearty breakfast at the recommendable hotel 'Kings Inbun' (Who would have thought?) - a former prison in Alkmaar - we headed south...

We stick to the cities with the letter A as the first letter. After breakfast - and a last tech talk with the Norwegian guest - yes, the one who wanted to pick up his bicycle...

Today the sun should shine and so we were happy that we had booked tickets for the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam for this day. in the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam After a short walk past...

Our third day in Amsterdam

German 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪: And so I welcome you to our second travel report about our USA adventure. Today is the 5th of October 2022 - The anticipation has reached its peak, the...

Anyone who thinks the two of them set up the site to talk about another nice vacation will be sent much further ahead on the journey than some might suspect. Let's start about...

Umpffff. What a day. 137 KM were definitely not planned.🥵 Sequentially. At first I didn't want to believe the signs in front of the dunes near Zaandvort saying...

... and colorful flower fields create a magnificent carpet of colors

We started the day with a walk from the train station to the Rijksmuseum. Canals in Amsterdam First, we went through the relatively small Chinatown in Amsterdam with many...

Travel by train with unplanned stops and detours

Church in the attic, shipping museum, and NEMO

The weather gods were once again very kind to me, as after the rain in the night, the sun was shining again and dried my tent perfectly before I packed everything up. The next...

Der nächste Morgen begann. Die Nacht war für meinen Teil ziemlich mühsam... Ich erwachte immer wieder mit dem Gedanken „verdammt, wir haben verschlafen!“ und brauchte Ewigkeiten...

Sleeping boat tour through the canals of Amsterdam