Today we will walk through the new districts of Amsterdam. These territories have been developed since 1990, and in many of them the construction of residential buildings continues today.

Despite the very dense development of the old center, there are quite large promising areas in Amsterdam, mainly old warehouse districts and artificial islands read more...

Assumburg Castle got a modern look in 1546 and, despite the presence of a defensive moat, is just a beautiful house read more...

Amsterdam-Zuid (South Amsterdam) is the richest and one of the most densely populated areas of the city. This is not surprising, as there are many skyscrapers with offices of leading companies and luxury apartments. The most interesting buildings are along the De Boelegracht Canal read more...

Despite the fact that the beach is in a neighboring city, it is considered a city beach of Amsterdam, because you can get here by train in half an hour read more...

Nehauus Castle dates back to 1382 and will delight lovers of modern art read more...

We've heard of Leiden before, but not in terms of tourism. It was known for the Leiden jar, the first capacitor in history, invented by Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek in 1745. The invention of a device that could store electrical charge was one of the most important scientific revolutions in human history.

We, on the other hand, came here for a less scientific problem. Namely, to see the popular Internet meme, the Zhdun read more...

The original castle was erected by the Lords of Heeswijk on this site in 1080. In the 13th century they lost control of the castle and it changed owners many times thereafter read more...

On the border of Germany and the Netherlands, on the territory of the Wattenmeer nature reserve, there is a picturesque place for nature lovers. Here, in the middle of the marshy area, a bird house was built, which can be accessed via a wooden ramp read more...

Vlissingen is a small resort town in the very west of the Netherlands read more...

Urk is a small town located on a polder. Although the polder was drained not so long ago, Urk is quite an old town, as it used to exist on an island. The main occupation of the inhabitants is fishing, and it has one of the largest fleets in the Netherlands. Now the situation in this industry has greatly improved, as previously hundreds of fishermen died every year. Recently, the local authorities have been developing the tourism industry read more...

This is a bridge you've probably seen on the internet, it's quite popular. Notable for the fact that you walk below the water level. It is located on the territory of an old 17th century fort, which was built during the Eighty Years' War to defend against the Spanish read more...

There is a huge art object, a 26-meter high sculpture of a seated man on one of the Dutch dams, installed by artist Antony Gormley. In some way, it is intended to symbolize the rising oceans read more...

Restaurant with a large children's playground. A few hundred metres away (51.656389, 5.082306) there is a national park with dunes read more...

The Plompe Tower is all that remains from the village of Koudekerke, which once existed at this place read more...

The Netherlands is a famous country of animal lovers. More than 600 animal bridges have been built here. We visited the biggest one - Natuurbrug Zanderij Crailoo read more...

De Hoge Veluwe is the largest protected area in the Netherlands read more...

There are two outdoor children's pools in the Amsterdam forest. There are similar pools in almost every water center in Europe, but in this case the pools are just in the middle of the forest and they are completely free read more...

The 30-km Afsluitdijk dam was built in 1927-1933 as a part of "Zuiderzee" project read more...

In the Netherlands it is officially allowed to collect oysters with some rules. The main ones are up to 10kg, for own consumption and not to spoil nature read more...

Cafe with a children's playground, entrance is paid, but inexpensive. There is also a small mini zoo nearby. The playground is not very modern, but our children liked it read more...