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Netherlands at a glance

Netherlands is a country in Western Europe; its capital is Amsterdam. People mainly speak Dutch. The currency is the Euro (EUR). VoyaKin maps 20 places to see here, including 7 UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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Capital
Amsterdam
Region
Western Europe
Languages
Dutch
Currency
Euro (EUR)
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Before you go: official information

Entry rules, visas and health requirements change. Confirm them with Netherlands’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book and again before you travel.

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Places to see in Netherlands

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

  • Rietveld Schröder House

    Rietveld Schröder HouseUNESCO

    Rietveld-Schröderhuis

    Museum · Utrecht

    The Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht was built in 1924 by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld for Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder and her three children.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Husky (CC BY 3.0). Map

  • Stelling van Amsterdam

    Stelling van AmsterdamUNESCO

    Fort

    The Stelling van Amsterdam is a 135-kilometre (84 mi) fortification line around Amsterdam, which would function as a national redoubt. It comprises 45 forts, as well as dams, dikes, locks, pumping stations, batteries and casemates.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: HenkvD (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Kinderdijk windmills

    Kinderdijk windmillsUNESCO

    Kinderdijkse Molens

    Landmark

    The Kinderdijk windmills are a group of 19 monumental windmills in the Alblasserwaard polder, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Lucas Hirschegger (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Eise Eisinga Planetarium

    Eise Eisinga PlanetariumUNESCO

    Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium

    Museum · Frisia

    The Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium is an 18th-century orrery in Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands. It is currently a museum and open to the public. The orrery has been on the top 100 Dutch heritage sites list since 1990. In September 2023, it received the status of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bouwe Brouwer (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Wouda pumping station

    Wouda pumping stationUNESCO

    Ir. D.F. Wouda-gemaal

    Park & nature · Frisia

    The ir. D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station is a pumping station in the Netherlands, and the largest still operational steam-powered pumping station in the world. On 7 October 1920 Queen Wilhelmina opened the pumping station.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Uberprutser (CC BY-SA 3.0 nl). Map

  • Forum Hadriani

    Forum HadrianiUNESCO

    Ruins · South Holland

    Forum Hadriani, in the modern town of Voorburg, was the northernmost Roman city on the European continent and the second oldest city of the Netherlands. It was located in the Roman province Germania Inferior and is mentioned on the Tabula Peutingeriana, a Roman road map.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Joris at Dutch Wikipedia (Public domain). Map

  • Colonies of Benevolence

    Colonies of BenevolenceUNESCO

    Veenhuizen

    Park & nature · Drenthe

    Photo: Gouwenaar (Public domain). Map

  • The Hague

    The Hague

    Den Haag

    City · South Holland

    The Hague is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Montage by Ætoms (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Rotterdam

    Rotterdam

    City · South Holland

    Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands by population and the largest by area (319.4 km2).

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Mlefter (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Utrecht

    Utrecht

    City · Utrecht

    Utrecht is the fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the province of Utrecht.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Pepijntje (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Rijksmuseum

    Rijksmuseum

    Museum · North Holland

    The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history, located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Royal Concertgebouw.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Marco Almbauer (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Texel

    Texel

    Island · North Holland

    Texel is a municipality and an island with a population of 13,846 in North Holland, Netherlands. It is the largest and most populated island of the West Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. The island is situated north of Den Helder, northeast of Noorderhaaks, and southwest of Vlieland.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Carsten Steger (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

Keep exploring

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Last updated November 12, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.

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