Netherlands Archive - Off-The-Path

City trips in Spring: the nicest places for an extended weekend

Marseille / extended weekend / verlängertes wochenende

Spring is coming faster than you think and it brings with it a few sunny weekends that are perfect for a city trip! Even better: take an extra day or two and you have yourself an extended weekend and more time for adventures away from the boring sofa at home! And it doesn’t always have… Read more »

6 Reasons Why You Should Also Visit Rotterdam On Your Trip to Amsterdam

Everybody always wants to go to Amsterdam when visiting the Netherlands but Rotterdam is also a pretty cool city! I lived in the Netherlands for 2,5 years a few years ago and visited Rotterdam many times. Once I did a 6 days biking tour through the Netherlands biking hundreds of Kilometers and Couchsurfing all over… Read more »

Speedboat tour in Holland: The RIB Experience in Rotterdam

Do you know where Rotterdam is? Probably! Do you know anything about Rotterdam? Probably not. I didn’t know that much about Rotterdam before I visited. I knew that the city was flattened during the world war and that its home to the largest and busiest harbor in Europe but more that was about it. Even… Read more »

Photo of the Week: Dutch Clogs

A clog is a type of footwear made in part or completely from wood. Clogs are used worldwide but the form varies by culture. These clogs were captured on a weekend market in Alkmaar, The Netherlands. Dutch clogs are very colorful and surprisingly comfortable. Read more »

Water, Weed & Wanderlust – Welcome to Amsterdam!

Now that you read the word “weed” I have your attention, Amsterdam is a crazy city with interesting activates, museum, sights and much more. Furthermore you will find interesting Amsterdam hotels like the houseboat Hotel, the Qbic hotel or the Inntel Hotel, which will help to make your stay unforgettable. What to do in Amsterdam… Read more »

Review: Parking at Eindhoven Airport

Situation: You just bought yourself a very cheap flight with a Low Cost Carrier and look forward to your weekend escape. But then you arrive at the airport and see that airport parking per hour costs around 5 Euro. All of a sudden your short holiday start to exceed the budgeted costs. Since a… Read more »

Photo of the Week: Windmills in Kinderdijk, Netherlands

Last month I traveled through Holland with two friends on our bikes. Here a little overview of the trip As the whole trip was very spontaneous and we didn’t had much time, we every now and then used the train. We were amazed of how nice the Netherlands actually are. We have been living here… Read more »

Cheese market of Alkmaar

We woke up way to late on our last day. I wanted to be at the cheese market around 9 because it can get really crowded. After the three of us were ready to leave it was already 9.30. That is why we at first didn’t had a very good view of the cheese market… Read more »

Photo of the Week: Old Trams of Amsterdam

Taken close to the harbor of Amsterdam. People are living in these Trams. Read more »

Holland by bike. Day 4: Den Helder – Alkmaar

After his first real customer left, Jeroen, our couchsurfing host woke us up and made some nice omelets for breakfat. Then he asked Luke and me if we could help him installing something in a room upstairs. We agreed and walked to the first floor where we found a huge solarium lamp leaning against the… Read more »

Holland by Bike. Day 3: Scheveningen – Den Helder

After a good night sleep at Lennards place in Scheveningen, we left town at around 11 am and cycled towards Haarlem. We already wanted to be there the day before but due to the bad weather we decided to stay in Scheveningen. The biking was terrible, the wind was very strong and it was raining.… Read more »

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