Netherlands
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My trip to Netherlands
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Take photos in Netherlands!
Of course you've seen those pictures of valleys full of different coloured tulips and wanted to see them yourselves and take pictures and stuff. Well, that is not the only reason why people should go to Netherlands and take their best cameras with them. Netherlands...
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Amsterdam. 1-st day
Amsterdam is a shot! What a city! There are so many canals and bridges that you can easily get lost! Every place looks almost the same. Everywhere you go you have a deja vu, it's like you've already been there. And then comes feeling of being lost and that's the...
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Hop On, Hop Off Canal Bus Cruise in Amsterdam
The canal bus is the ideal transport between the canals. You can see all the highlights of the city. The beauty of the Hop On, Hop Off Canal Bus is that you can hop on and hop off on at as many stops as you like. You can get a day ticket, which costs 22. 00 euros and...
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Amsterdam. 2nd day
The second day in Amsterdam started great. We had our breakfast downstairs and then we went out to walk around and see some museums. As I've mentioned in other blogs, our Hotel de Paris was really near to all the museums and important places and we could just walk to...
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Getting to Ommen
Okay, so, some blogs ago I wrote about my trip from Amsterdam airport to Ommen. But should you be concerned about us getting from Ommen railway station to the Olde Vechte Foundation _ yes, that was our final destination and the road to it was so long, you can’t just...
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What to see in Ommen, Netherlands
When getting in Ommen, you will find this town not very large, but it’s very cozy and lovely and the environment is really quiet and busy at the same time. One would question, what they might see in Ommen? Well, it’s not Amsterdam or Berlin or Tokyo or some other...
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Dutch tulips
Maybe you have read a historical romance by Alexandre Dumas Père and heard the popular quote: “Sometimes one has suffered enough to have the right to never say: I am too happy. ” La Tulipe Noire it is called in French. The plot is set in Haarlem, a city in the...
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My journey from Amsterdam to Ommen
If you look at the map of the Netherlands, you will see, that Overijssel Province is pretty large. It’s located in the central-eastern part of the country, and the population there is 1, 113, 529. The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and it is kind of surprising,...
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Canal trips in Amsterdam
There are some beautiful canal cruises and tours and excursions in Amsterdam. And while sightseeing Amsterdam, it’s highly recommended that you take these tours: The #1 Canal Cruise Canal Bus Dinner Cruise Fast-Lane Museum Tickets Volendam & Windmills Grand Holland...
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About Cafe de Herberg
While in Ommen, you should have a drink at Cafe de Herberg! Café de Herberg is located on Brugstraat 27. This is in Ommen - a town in the north-east part of the Netherlands. To translate from Dutch to English, Café de Herberg means Café Inn. Its history is really...
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Colours and Amsterdam
Everyone knows about the colours of the Netherlands. It is a country of tulips: we all have seen those vast valleys of different coloured tulips. What's more, we all have seen them in our minds and we have realised how colourful the Netherlands truly is! First of all,...
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The Vecht
Vecht is a river that flows in the center of Ommen, or, should I first say Ommen and then the river? _ maybe like this: Ommen is a town, which is situated around the river Vecht. Well, probably, that is a better option. Now, many people can be confused, as there might...
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Amsterdam airport and Magellanic Clouds
It was afternoon in the Netherlands when we arrived in Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. And I don't really know why, but this city reminded me of a book I read in my early teenage years _ "Magellanic Clouds" by Stanislav Lem. So, I don't know why I had this association, but...
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Museumplein museums
Museumplein is a perfect name for a place like this. This is a square, where many museums are located in Amsterdam and if you want to visit any museum that is in Amsterdam, the first thing you think about is this Museumplein. Well, there are three major museums - the...
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Dining with the Tsars
So we heard there was an exhibition brought all the way from the Hermitage to Amsterdam. And it was fascinating to see all the great stuff Romanovs had. "In early 1917 the Romanov Dynasty had 65 members, 18 of whom were killed by the Bolsheviks. The remaining 47...
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Holland valleys and farms
So, there are many things I can tell you about the Netherlands, even though I haven't even had a chance to visit neither half nor quarter or even one eighth of it. Well, I saw many things in those days that I spent there. One of the craziest and greatest thing in the...
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From Tbilisi to Gökçen Airport
Going from Tbilisi to Amsterdam I had to change planes in Turkey. Well, there are these two airports and mine was in Gokcen Airport. I was really looking forward to arriving there, as I had never been in Turkey before that and I just wondered what it would be like,...
