Muiden – Castle City

Finally, summer has arrived in The Netherlands. This weekend kicked off with a sun drenched morning with a perfect blue sky. We decided to visit the city of Muiden and explore its water shielded castle. Muiden is a beautiful city in North Holland. It lies in the mouth of Vecht river. It is really a bijou city with population of just 4,000 people approximately. From … Continue reading Muiden – Castle City

Monument Pyramide van Austerlitz

As the weather was in our favour last week, we decided to explore Pyramid of Austerlitz. It is an army camp built in 1804 by Napoleon’s soldiers on one of the highest point of Utrecht ridge. It is 36 meters high and and surrounded by a forest. People go there hiking, biking, jogging etc. Greenery around it will compel you to have a tour inside … Continue reading Monument Pyramide van Austerlitz

Fort Bourtange – A Cozy Living Fortress

This time we decided to visit Fort Bourtange based on the recommendation of our Friend Ashish. It was approximately a 230KM ride from our place and my husband and I, along with Ashish we set off for this journey. The interesting fact is that on our way there, we even had to cross the border and drive around 50 KM on the German autobahn 31. … Continue reading Fort Bourtange – A Cozy Living Fortress

Lisse – The Tulip Town

Last Sunday, we visited the village of Lisse, which is basically the Tulip town of the Netherlands where blooms millions of spring flowering bulbs. Lisse is situated in the South-Holland province of the Nederlands. Lisse is also home to the Keukenhof garden which is also known as the Garden of Europe and is is one of the world’s largest flower gardens. Intriguing fact is that … Continue reading Lisse – The Tulip Town

Utrecht – The City Around Domtoren

This time, we decided to visit Utrecht, which is one of the bustling Randstad city of the Netherlands. Even though we are amidst an intelligent “lockdown”, we did nevertheless came across a significant crowd because of the Saturday market and of course the beautiful weather with golden sun in spring contributed to this. If you come to Netherlands, make sure to visit this beautiful city. … Continue reading Utrecht – The City Around Domtoren

AMSTERDAM IN LOCKDOWN

This weekend we decided to go to Amsterdam with our friends and uncover its beauty in lockdown. As visualised, it is even more beautiful. As expected, there were not many people, of course no tourists crowd. Empty Amsterdam was looking even more beautiful than ever. Despite of all the facts surely I missed the crowd, bars, roof cafes, restaurants, theaters, cheese shops, window shopping, bikers, … Continue reading AMSTERDAM IN LOCKDOWN

Giethoorn – The Dutch Green Venice Of Netherlands

This week one of our friends suggested that we go to Giethoorn, i.e. The Dutch Green Venice of the Netherlands. Giethoorn is an amazing village with lots of greenery, no roads for cars, only roads for cycling and walking, splendid houses and bungalows etc, boat rides, stone shops and lots more fun things to do. Giethoorn is a wonderful village located in Overijssel province. The … Continue reading Giethoorn – The Dutch Green Venice Of Netherlands

NDSM – Graffiti Paradise

Last year in august, as every Saturday, this time we were checking where we could go in Amsterdam and explore further. Then we remembered that one of our friends did mentioned a place called NDSM where they had some streets arts. Being myself a very creative person, that hit a string and I started checking on google about that place. The moment I saw those … Continue reading NDSM – Graffiti Paradise

Volendam – A Fisherman village

Despite of the fact that most of the places are closed in Nederland due to lockdown, however we still manage to go to Volendam, also known as the fisherman village. Volendam is one of the most attractive tourist place when you speak of Netherland. Being in the Netherlands, it is must to go place to experience it’s well known tradition, culture, clothing, cheese factory, waffles … Continue reading Volendam – A Fisherman village

Urk – “The magical fishing village”

Couple of week ago, me and my husband decided that we want to see the lighthouses in the Netherlands and roam around the area and get familiar with  the history of those places. This time we chose to visit the Urk Lighthouse.  Urk is a small village in the province of Flevoland in the Netherlands. It is also known as “The magical fishing village” and … Continue reading Urk – “The magical fishing village”