GOING DUTCH

A spacious yet compact country, the Netherlands offers so much more than just its beautiful capital city of Amsterdam. Taking only a couple of hours to travel across the country from Holland to the Achterhoek region, in each direction you’ll see something beautiful – from vibrant tulip farms and windmills on the Waterland, to country houses and castles, and some of the best museums, galleries and shopping experiences, too. Traditionally, the Dutch had no curtains in their windows (apparently so the Golden Age traders could show their honesty), but now this just adds to the ambience of an evening meander along the canals in some of the Netherlands’ most magnificent cities.

Haarlem

If you have a few days that you’d like to fill with wonderful things, then Haarlem is the