"What are you planning to do tomorrow? Where will go? " - We are sitting in a guest house in the Dutch town of Osterkout and are already responsible for a thousandth issue of the hotel's housewife. Mattering curiosity is a national trait of residents of the Netherlands, which escapes from tourists who visited only Amsterdam and who did not happen in the Dutch province.
This is not just a country of open windows, here negative connotation has not only the word "groundnight", but also the English concept of Privacy, which means that every opposite will consider from your holy debt to offer you everything. "In our country there are fifteen million policemen," the Dutch jokes and they do not sin against the truth. In the Netherlands an incredibly low crime rate, this is achieved thanks to the habit of local residents, it is indispensable to follow each other, and the best illustration that private shops in the country can be called in Holland in Holland. They are small houses in which jams, eggs, vegetables and fruits are exhibited. Sellers no. The buyer simply dials that he liked him, and lowers money in the piggy bank installed in the house. As they say, everything keeps on a honest word, only in this case it is incredibly strong.
Holland - Country Bicycle
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The border. Belgian Roman
If you decide to ride in the Dutch province, keep in mind - some roads are private here, and the sudden appearance of your car can be a lot of confused the abylls of neat brick houses, which bang near the carriageway. The car issued to us was with the Belgian numbers, because in rural areas we made the same sensation as Anna Karenina in the company Vronsky in Opera. The Dutch over the Belgian neighbors love to ironize, because the village of Barle-Herrtog on the map of the country's country seems to be incredible. He has an exclave status, and since 1843 its territory is divided between Holland and Belgium. State borders are marked on the sidewalks and facades of buildings with the help of white markup, and the geographical paradox is obtained: the right side of the house refers to one country, and the left is already another. Moreover, a piece of Belgian territory can be discovered in the center of Dutch, because of what Barle-Herrtog resembles a fancy puzzle. Orders here are appropriate. For example, the bars located on the territory of the Holland are forced to close before Belgian, so, after the onset of the hour of X, the hosts of the institutions simply drag chairs on the other side of the street. Or weddings. They are allowed to spend only in houses built in the Belgian land, but the newlyweds do not complain, because to the nearest border here hand come.
Binnenhof - the main attraction of the Hague, but you can only admire the outside
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Lady Gaaga
If Barle-Hertog is borders, then the Hague is a graphic elevation: it is so that the full name of the city of Gravenhahaha translates into Russian. The center of the statehood of the Netherlands was formed due to the fact that here from the XVI century there were representatives of the ruling houses of the lower lands. Parliament, founded back in 1588, meets in the Hague still, and its complex Binnenhof is the main attraction of the city. Buildings in the Gothic style were erected on the island, inside of obvious reasons for tourists are not allowed, but the territory of Binnenhof is open for walking. However, Gaagi guests are not delayed for a long time. Those who crave for gastronomic discoveries rush to the Kiosk located at the entrance to the parliament, where they sell the famous low-voltage herring, which is supposed to send in the mouth of the greedy glances of digesting at the stall of chaps. Well, lovers of arts go to open next door to the Mauritshais Gallery, see the "Anatomy lesson of Dr. Tulpa" Rembrandt and "Girl with a pearl earring" Vermeer. However, the fans of Dutch painting are not limited to a visit to Mauritzhais, because in the Hague there is a completely unparalleled art object - "Panorama of Mesca". This is a giant sea landscape of fourteen meters high, and a length of one hundred, and a separate museum built in the city in the city. The author of the creation of the Villem Mesca began work on the panorama in 1881 and finished his work in just three months, which is not surprising: his wife helped him and assisted all the households. The canvas depicting sand dunes and the seahore in the Scheveningen area - circular, from the audience, falling into the exhibition space, are literally inside the picture. The effect of sandy verakans, fastened in the hall, and cries of chaps that are broadcast through the audio system are reinforced. You admire the panorama and as if you feel the taste of salt on the lips. So I want to pronounce the phrase from "reaching the heavens": "On the sky only conversations, what about the sea."
Leiden is famous for its water channels. Here is the oldest university in the country
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My universities
Art lovers know: Rembrandt's hometown is not Amsterdam, and Leiden, whose history can be described by a modified saying "hard in battle, easy to doctrine." The fact is that the oldest in the Netherlands Leiden University King Wilhelm silently gave the city after his residents withstand the siege of the Spaniards twice and, despite the hunger, did not surrender to the enemy. However, today tourists from Russia most often go to Leiden not to see the university and take a walk through his botanical garden, in which the Dutch began to bring tulips that became the main national flower of the country.
No, our people seek to get to the medical center Leiden, in order to take a photo with a sculpture of the wait, which became the main Internet meme in 2017. By the way, the author of the statue is the artist Margritis Wang Brifort - a lot is surprised that her creation is so popular in distant Russia. The sculpture of the wait is set on the bench at the entrance to the reception room, so everyone is simply sitting nearby, make selfie, and then go to ride through Leidena canals. There are many of them here, because the city is often referred to as Amsterdam in miniature.
By the way, students constituting most of the local population, the channels are used for a variety of purposes: they are engaged in capsurfing or suggest picnics by boats. Previously, the city was famous and its mills, but with the spread of electricity, the need for them disappeared. We survived the industrialization of only two, and today local history lovers serve them. Look inside the mill you need certainly. When it still falls the chance to observe the process of the production of flour! By the way, during the excursion you start to understand that Don Quixote was not so madman! You can really take a giant design for living giant, only here the idea to attack him was initially doomed to the failure - the wind is the strongest, and it is easily knocked down from the feet of a person, just decided to stand nearby.
If we talk about local cuisine, then in addition to herring in Leiden, tourists should taste the gyutspot - beef stewed with carrots, potatoes and onions
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Our advice to you ...
If you decide to rent a car in Holland, know that most companies have limitations on a mileage, and per day you must pass no more than ninety.
In many villages of the Netherlands, bank cards of Visa and Master Card systems do not apply, and local terminals receive only maestro cards. As a result, clarify it in cafes, supermarkets and restaurants.
Holland - a country of bicycles; To rent a two-wheeled friend, you need to download an application in advance that belongs to a particular city. In the village of the same bike you can easily give you in a local store in exchange for deposit or documents.
In many cities, there is an interesting system of indoor parking lots located in a distance from the center. You pay parking space and receive a day ticket for free, allowing you to use all types of public transport.
If we talk about local cuisine, then in addition to the herds in Leiden, tourists should taste the gutspot - beef stewed with carrots, potatoes and onions. This dish is a gastronomic hit of the city from 1574. In addition, buy Cheese Beemster in Holland - it is considered to be a more valuable product than the well-known Gaud.