With its 160 canals, 1,281 bridges and 550,000 bikes, Rembrandt’s city inspires a feeling of incomparable well being. Amsterdam continues to maintain a lifestyle all of its own...

From its creation in the 14C, a polder is gained territory from the sea, a lake or swampland. It is hedged in by dykes, and its level of water is regulated by pumps that throw back water into the sea or rivers. The polder's criss crossing canals link..

Who could have imagined that this land, once considered too poor for farming, would be turned into one of the largest nature preserves in the Netherlands? The National Park's 5000 hectares are a real godsend now in this most densely populated country..

If you see the word "hunebedden" on several road signs, then you'll know you're on the right track! Nearly all of these rows of dolmens, some of them over 5000 years old, are located in Drenthe, a province full of pretty farms in the northe..