Experience Texel sheep on the island in North Holland
If you travel to the Dutch North Sea island of Texel in spring, you can cuddle Texel sheep on the island. As soon as spring arrives, lambs are born on the island's sheep farms.
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If you travel to the Dutch North Sea island of Texel in spring, you can cuddle Texel sheep on the island. As soon as spring arrives, lambs are born on the island's sheep farms.
So you can experience Slovenia's Karawanken even when it rains. It's raining. For hours at first. It pours. Again and again. With only short breaks between the downpours. Long walks are not an option either. So we get in the car and drive off to explore the region.
The Hanseatic city of Elburg is one of the towns in Holland that has retained its charm. If you enter the place behind the city wall, which has been almost completely preserved, you have the feeling that you are entering a different time.
Getting to know Leiden Holland from a boat is a special experience. Captain Rien shows us the city of Leiden on a tour of the town's waterways. We cruise around and through the city on the ring canals, giving us a glimpse of the city, its sights and life on the water.
Rotterdam has the largest container port in Europe. The sea is twenty-five kilometers from downtown Rotterdam. The tour through the port of Rotterdam shows us the Erasmus Bridge, a cruise ship and great views of the city.
A holiday on the Dutch North Sea coast can be so varied. A mudflat hike is an absolute must. But have you ever poured candles yourself or watched how mustard is made in a mustard mill? Find out more about culinary specialties and find out more about fishing in the region.
Texel is Holland in miniature. There is almost nothing to get from the mainland. Instead, the farmers from Texel deliver their products to the mainland. Sheep from Texel are world famous and are even valued in Australia.
Rotterdam may be overshadowed by Amsterdam in popularity and activity, but it is by no means a less interesting Dutch city. Rotterdam, the second largest and most important city in the Netherlands next to the capital, is chic, modern, cultural and absolutely beautiful.
During our trip to the Flower Parade in the Bollenstreek, we discovered a great restaurant for a romantic dinner on the beach or a dinner with friends in Noordwijk in Holland: Strandplaats Nederzandt. The very idea of building a restaurant in the middle of the dunes deserves respect. The result is such an excellent restaurant as Strandplaats Nederzandt [...]
The city of Deventer in Holland was a Hanseatic city. It is located on the IJssel, on which the Hanseatic merchants set out for the Hanseatic trading cities. They brought wealth to the city. You can see this in her to this day. Wealthy merchants built trading houses in the city center.