Netherlands Country Overview
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Country Overview
Windmills, pretty little girls in pigtails and clogs, and little boys with their thumbs in dykes; this has long been the image of the Netherlands. Not much has changed. Well, that's not strictly true. The microchip has arrived, along with other modernity such as Amsterdam's Architecture Centre Arcam's unusual glass and aluminium building, but the flowers and canals are still there, as well as the landscape of flat land stretching forever into the horizon, making it a cool place for exploring on bike, and the locals are still friendly, the nightlife still a rave.
Daily Budget
There are a lot of cool activities in Holland that come free of charge, but unless hostels, footwork, and pretending you're not hungry is your bag depend on spending more than EUR30 a day, which will get you all of the above. For US$80-82 you will be able to eat some decent chow, snatch comfortable zzz's in a private room, and use public transport.
When to Go!
Spring brings tulips and daffodils and winter ice and skating. Summer brings cameras. Thousands of rubber-neckers snap click and flash their way around the country, but it is still a great time for picnics and parties. Koninginnedag (Queen's Day) April 30, is when Amsterdam party's hearty in a mind-blowing street market, just after the Carnaval blast with its crazy costumes and way cool parades in February.
Christmas time is also celebrated to the extreme in the Netherlands, with not one, but two Christmas Day's, 25 and 26 December.
Daily Budget
There are a lot of cool activities in Holland that come free of charge, but unless hostels, footwork, and pretending you're not hungry is your bag depend on spending more than EUR30 a day, which will get you all of the above. For US$80-82 you will be able to eat some decent chow, snatch comfortable zzz's in a private room, and use public transport.
When to Go!
Spring brings tulips and daffodils and winter ice and skating. Summer brings cameras. Thousands of rubber-neckers snap click and flash their way around the country, but it is still a great time for picnics and parties. Koninginnedag (Queen's Day) April 30, is when Amsterdam party's hearty in a mind-blowing street market, just after the Carnaval blast with its crazy costumes and way cool parades in February.
Christmas time is also celebrated to the extreme in the Netherlands, with not one, but two Christmas Day's, 25 and 26 December.
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