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Things to do in the Netherlands

Canal-ringed cities built below sea level, flat countryside made for cycling, and a compact size that lets you swap Amsterdam's canals for tulip fields or a North Sea beach in under an hour.

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What's worth your time in Netherlands

Cycle the canal rings of Amsterdam

Adventure

The 17th-century canal belt is a UNESCO site built for exactly this — a bike, not a car or even a boat, is the intended way to see it.

Walk the tulip fields and Keukenhof gardens

Nature

Rows of color stretching to the horizon near Lisse, with Keukenhof itself packing 7 million bulbs into a single park for about eight weeks a year.

Tour the Anne Frank House

Culture

The actual hiding place behind the bookcase, preserved largely as it was — book tickets weeks ahead, as timed entry sells out fast.

See working windmills at Kinderdijk

Culture

Nineteen 18th-century windmills still standing in their original polder landscape, a UNESCO site best explored by the boat-and-bike combination ticket.