Things to Do in the Netherlands

Build your Netherlands days around the experience you want: a major art museum, a walk through old canal streets, a windmill visit or a day among spring flowers. A good outing leaves time for lunch and a little wandering between the sights.

Choose your next day out

• Amsterdam sights and experiences: choose between art, history, neighborhoods and time on the water.
• Visiting Keukenhof: plan a spring garden outing and understand how it differs from the surrounding flower fields.
• Kinderdijk and Zaanse Schans: compare two different windmill visits.

Let one interest lead the day

For Dutch art, start with Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum, or make The Hague part of the route. For smaller streets and canals, try Delft, Leiden or Haarlem. Choose the place that adds something to your existing days rather than trying to visit every canal town.

Keukenhof belongs to a limited spring season. Outside that season, use the Bollenstreek guide to consider the region’s villages and coast. The Amsterdam day-trip guide helps you decide which outings work from one hotel.