"Welcome to my homeland, the Netherlands" Netherlands by catnl

Netherlands Travel Guide: 31,765 reviews and 86,398 photos

Orange flags & soccer 2008

I live here in the Netherlands at Eindhoven

Netherlands is a small (but big at certain points) and beautifull country in Europe and borders with Belgium and Germany, devided in 12 provinces. Each provence has a capital city. I live in Noord-Brabant,a provence in the south.
Ports and harbors: Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen, Haarlem, Ijmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht, Vlissingen

The capital city of Noord Brabant is called 's-Hertogenbosch or Den Bosch.
My hometown is Eindhoven, fifth city of Holland, more than 200.000 inhabitants.
More info at my Eindhoven pages.
Eindhoven

Schiphol Amsterdam March 2008 taxfree area

Events in the Netherlands

I have visited many places several times in Holland but its not possible to insert them all on this site, i made travelogues instead of tips.
U can contact me through here or at my own chatroom when iam there:
my chatroom

Delicious...Haringhappen, a Dutch custom

Rotterdam 2002, raw herring

Herrings are for sale at markets, special seafoodshops, at boulevards near beaches, or just somewhere on fleemarkets.

Just choose a herring, with or without onions, hold it in the air and just let it slip into ur mouth...
DELICIOUS

sunsets in the Netherlands

renting bikes in the South of the Netherlands:
for tandems look at my Eindhoven sporttips
for normal bikes:
Fietsverhuur(bike rent)
De Liggende Hollander
Tourslaan 41
5627 KW EINDHOVEN
Telefoon: (040) 2424368
Rijwielshop Eindhoven Kortland en Partner VOF
Stationsplein 22
5611 AB EINDHOVEN
Telefoon: (040) 2436617
Equipment: Toon Vertier
Broekdijk 10
5681 PG BEST
Telefoon: (0499) 310181
Fietsverhuur Bike Best
Nieuwstraat 75
5683 KB BEST
Telefoon: (0499) 371690
BIKE-SPORT Nuenen
Duivendijk 5c
5672 AD NUENEN
Telefoon: (040) 2839878

Pros and Cons

Pros:freedom of speech and mind, freedom to travel
In a nutshell:i love it here

Intro Updated Jun 9, 2008
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hunterV Apr 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM

Hi, Carin, I liked your country by your pictures! Great and beautiful! I wish I could spend a week there...
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irisbe Oct 1, 2007 at 10:17 PM

Prettige week ook voor jou Carin! Rudy is met 7 uur vertraging vertrokken naar Uganda, maar hij is goed aangekomen!
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spruce_goose Jul 30, 2006 at 5:46 PM

Happy to see that cat leave those birds alone :))) I love music festivals and I like jazz too.. Good to know that Eindhoven features that too.
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Waalewiener Jun 23, 2005 at 7:23 PM

This is an excellent page Carin of course I liked the Haring met uitjes I love herring dipped in onions . Very good and helpful infor mation as well Carin A guide for visitors to use .
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SiewHong Jun 14, 2005 at 6:52 PM

Beautiful Netherlands and nice pages. By the way my neighbour was a Dutch and came to Australia long long time ago.
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m_thebest Mar 17, 2005 at 2:51 AM

very good page!
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Christianne Mar 10, 2005 at 10:24 PM

Thanks for the useful information!
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Siddha3th Nov 18, 2004 at 11:24 PM

Hi Carin, you have some nice pages here. Hope your ankle recovers quickly, so you can be up on your feet taking photographs again :)
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Peret Sep 20, 2003 at 6:03 AM

Interesting tips. Netherlands is allways an exemple of the good way to do the things. I hope some day i can kayak in its watter.
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catnl Aug 22, 2003 at 10:59 PM

Dawy, ur most welcome:-) thanx for the comment!