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A Circular Tour from
A Week in the North and the Islands
Amsterdam
• Explore the culture of • Relax in one of the • Learn about the strong
the Zuiderzee at the country’s prettiest seafaring traditions of the
Zuiderzeemuseum villages – tiny Dutch at the pretty little
in Enkhuizen. Hindeloopen. village of Urk.
• Drive along the 32-km • Cycle the quiet byways • Don’t miss the Schokland

Afsluitdijk, built of the island of Vlieland. Museum, which showcases
between 1927 and • Visit the Groninger the remains of the former
1933, and enjoy the Museum, the finest art Zuiderzee island.
spectacular views. gallery in Groningen. • Take a boat ride among the

peaty canals of beautiful
Giethoorn.
• Saunter the streets of the
WEST FRI SIA N ISL AN DS Nes Lauwersoog Pieterburen Uithuizen • See the Mondriaanhuis,
well-preserved historic town
of Elburg.
Ameland
Hollum
Terschelling
where Dutch painter Piet
Oost- West-Terschelling Holwerd Dokkum Mondriaan was born.
Vlieland Waddenzee GRONINGEN
Vlieland
Leeuwarden Groningen
Harlingen
FRIESLAND
Sneek
Den Oever
Hindeloopen
DRENTHE
NORTH IJsselmeer
HOLLAND De Weerribben
North Zuiderzeemuseum Giethoorn
Sea Hoorn Enkhuizen Vollenhove Key
Urk
Alkmaar Schokland Staphorst A Week in the South
Markermee r Museum A Week in the North and
Edam Kampen Vecht the Islands
Volendam Lelystad Zwolle A Circular Tour from
Amsterdam
Marken FLEVOLAND Elburg OVERIJSSEL A Cycling Tour of the
Veluwemeer
Haarlem IJssel River IJssel
Amsterdam Sallandse Heuvelrug
Keukenhof Deventer
GELDERLAND
Leiden Amersfoort A Cycling Tour of the River IJssel
UTRECHT Kröller-Müller Zutphen
The Hague SOUTH Museum
HOLLAND National Park de Bronkhorst • Explore the heaths and • Enjoy the small-town
Hoge Veluwe
Gouda woods of the National charms of Zutphen
Delft Lek Arnhem
Lower R hine Park de Hoge Veluwe and the medieval library
Rotterdam by bicycle. at St Walburgskerk.
Kinderdijk Waal • See the splendid • Wander the streets of
collection of Dutch art Zwolle, one of the
Waal
at the Kröller-Müller country’s most
Dordrecht
Museum near Arnhem. beguiling cities.

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