Top 10 Tourist Attractions in the Netherlands

10. Maastricht Vrijthof

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Maastricht is a great city with many historical structures and squares. The Vrijthof is the best-known city square in Maastricht. This square has attracted people since Medieval times when pilgrims came to see the grave of Saint Servatius. The Vrijthof regularly hosts large festivals at various times throughout the year, including autumn and winter festivals.

9. Delta Project

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The Delta Project (or Delta Works) are a series of construction projects in the southwest of the Netherlands. The works consist of dams, sluices, locks, dikes, and storm surge barriers, to protect a large area of land around the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta from the sea. They have been declared one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

8. Rijksmuseum

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The Rijksmuseum is a Netherlands national museum dedicated to arts and history in Amsterdam. It has a large collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age including works by Vermeer and Rembrandt. In 2013, it was the most visited museum in the Netherlands with a record number of 2.2 million visitors.

7. Kinderdijk

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Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, belonging to the municipality of Molenwaard, in the province South Holland, about 15 km east of Rotterdam. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best-known Dutch tourist sites.

6. Hoge Veluwe

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The Hoge Veluwe National Park is one of the largest continuous nature reserves in the Netherlands, consisting of heathlands, sand dunes, and woodlands. Together with the Country-residence/Museum Jachthuis Sint Hubertus, Visitor Centre/Museonder, Kröller-Müller Museum and the Sculpture Garden the Park forms a unique and (inter)nationally renowned combination of nature, art and architecture.

5. Keukenhof Gardens

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Keukenhof Gardens, also known as the Garden of Europe, is the world’s largest flower garden. It is situated in Lisse, the Netherlands. According to the official website for the Keukenhof Park, approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted annually in the park with not only tulips, but also hyacinths, daffodils and other spring flowers on display. Keukenhof is open annually from mid-March to mid-May. The best time to view the tulips is around mid-April. Keukenhof is one of the most visit tourist attractions in the Netherlands.

4. West Frisian Islands

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The West Frisian Islands (or Waddeneilanden) are a chain of islands in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. They continue further east as the German East Frisian Islands and are part of the Frisian Islands. The islands separate the North Sea from the shallow Wadden Sea, with tidal mud flats. The uninhabited islands Griend, Rottumerplaat, and Rottumeroog are nature reserves, access requires a permit. The Frisian Islands are nowadays mostly famous as a holiday destination. Cycling is the most favourable means of transport on most of the islands.

3. Delft City Hall

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Delft City Hall on the Markt was designed by municipal architect Hendrick de Keyser (1565 -1621) in the 17th century after the old, medieval building burnt down in 1618.  it was heavily changed over the centuries and was restored in the 20th century to its Renaissance appearance.

2. Leiden Canals

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Leiden is a town in the Netherlands. The city is known for its oldest university in the country, the birthplace of Rembrandt and its beautiful, old city centre (the second biggest after Amsterdam). Leiden is located on the Old Rhine, at a distance of some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from The Hague to its south and some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Amsterdam to its north.

1. Canals of Amsterdam

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Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. And they were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010.