Places

By Porter Lang Start with the boat. You cannot drive to Texel, and that settles a good deal about the […]

By Ines Keane Most city gates keep people out. The Koppelpoort in Amersfoort keeps out people and manages water at

By Ines Keane A headland at the far tip of South America carries the name of a small town on

By Ines Keane Most Christmas markets stand in a square. This one stands inside a hill. Valkenburg aan de Geul,

By Rafe Calder Den Bosch is known on this page for two things: a waterway you ride through by boat,

By Rafe Calder Deventer sits on the IJssel river in the east of the Netherlands. For a few centuries it

By Isla Quinn Start at the top. The Burcht in Leiden is a ring of old wall on a mound,

By Isla Quinn Two streets, one above the other. That is the Oudegracht in Utrecht, and it is the first

By Rafe Calder Maastricht sits on the Meuse, and its best-known landmark is a bridge worth looking at. The bridge

By Ines Keane Start with the claim that is easiest to test. Teylers Museum says, on its own website, that