Top ten tourist attractions in the Netherlands
There are no high mountains in the Netherlands, but its river networks, embankments and polders all constitute the unique scenery of the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a world-famous "Country of Wa" with a convenient geographical location, convenient transportation in all directions, nearly 20 tourist resorts and major tourist attractions such as the old city, canals, flower planting areas, and museums. The density of museums per inch of land in the Netherlands is quite high, with more than 1,000 museums across the country. In addition to museums, Dutch culture can also be discovered in traditional markets or on the streets. Whether in cities or fishing villages, you can see strange scenes of elderly people wearing traditional costumes and young people wearing trendy costumes shuttling back and forth everywhere.
Keukenhof Park, Netherlands
This is the largest tulip park in the world, this is the most photographed location in the world, this is the most popular attraction in the Netherlands, this is the European "Most Valuable Tourist Attraction" award won several times, this is the place where more than 44 million tourists have been received in the past 60 years, this is 7 million bulbous flowers covering an area of 32 hectares, this is more than 100 species of tulips and 4.5 million plants. This is Kukenhof Park in the Netherlands.
Every year at the end of March, there are more than 6 million flowers in the famous Kukenhof Park in the Netherlands, showing their unique style without shyness. Colorful tulips, saffron, hyacinth, and daffodils are the first to predict the coming of spring. The tulips, which the Dutch are most proud of, compete with each other, pink purple, bright yellow, tender red and pure white, like an endless carpet of flowers spreading brightly and passionately on the earth. It is difficult to ignore them. In addition to the colorful and gorgeous sea of flowers outside, the exhibition hall also features various flower exhibitions, demonstration activities of flower cultivation, as well as paintings and photography displays. In addition, the design of the theme garden is a source of inspiration for gardening enthusiasts to plan their own gardens. Of course, there are also adventure tours, garden mazes, pastures and other activities specially designed for children.
The location where Kukenhof is now located was a hunting ground in the 15th century, when various cooking plants were planted for use in the castle kitchen."Kukenhof" means "kitchen garden". At the suggestion of the mayor of Ritz and some bulb growers and exporters, the first open-air flower show was held in 1949. Later, the flower show expanded into an annual flower event and attracted a large number of tourists from all over the world. 2009 marks the 60th anniversary of Keukenhof. The park has specially organized a variety of themed activities, and the Queen of the Netherlands will also attend the opening ceremony.
Salan Ridge National Park Salan Ridge National Park is located in the province of Oberijssel in the Netherlands. It was established in 2004 and covers an area of 35 square kilometers. It is established to protect the diverse ecological environment and wildlife in this area. It is one of the most popular national parks in the Netherlands. The park consists of overgrown forests and the longest heather wilderness in Europe. European juniper and birch trees are the most common trees here. There is a story that residents who once lived here once mistook these trees for ghosts. You may be suspicious of you, but when you pass by these trees on a quiet and foggy morning, you can understand the mood of the residents at that time.
Badgers, foxes, deer, stables, smelly cats, etc. are frequent visitors here, living harmoniously under the same sky. There are up to 75 species of long-lived birds recorded in the park, making it the most well-known bird watching resort in the Netherlands, where you can both watch birds and listen to the melodious songs of different birds. There are also several trails in Saran Ridge National Park for walking, cycling and mountain biking. This is an ideal park for long-distance walks and cycling, providing tourists with multiple camping sites. In addition, there are restaurants, hotels, etc., allowing tourists to comfortably enjoy the natural environment that nature has given to mankind.
Utrecht Dome Cathedral Bell Tower is located in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It is one of the miracles of the Gothic architectural period. The Bell Tower was built in 1321 and completed in 1383. The bell tower and the church were originally connected, but the passage connecting the bell tower and the church collapsed in the hurricane in 1674. Since then, the bell tower has become an independent building. You can now still see uneven wall tiles on the top of the exterior wall of the church facing the bell tower, as well as the inside of the church on the wall.
The bell tower of Utrecht Dome Cathedral is 112 meters high and towers into the clouds in an octagonal shape. For centuries, it was the tallest bell tower in the Netherlands, and it is still breathtaking with its elegant temperament and bold architectural structure to this day. imitations of the Dome Cathedral Bell Tower can be seen in Amsford, Dayford, Groningen, Maastricht and Breda. Its clear profile also appears in several medieval oil paintings, such as Van Eyct's altar decoration in Ghent.
There are 465 steps 102 meters from the bottom of the bell tower to the roof of the tower. Climbing up the steps, you can see a total of 13 self-ringing bells in the tower, weighing between 8.800 and 18,000 pounds respectively. They were cast in 1505, and each clock is named after-. Climb to the top of the bell tower and enjoy the panoramic view of the city. A bronze statue of the Dutch founder Jan Van Nassau, which was erected in 1887, can also be seen on the dome square in front of the church.
Amsterdam "Tomorrowland" Want to know what life will be like in the future? What kind of living space is it? What kind of office environment... Come and experience it at the "Tomorrowland" Experience Hall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands! Tomorrowland is located on Arena Boulevard in southeastern Amsterdam and represents the house and office of the future, built between 2002 and 2004.
UN Studio Architects in Amsterdam designed this eye-catching building. In this future house and office, visitors can test and display the company's latest products, and consumers can truly see how we will work and live in the future. The building consists of two pipes, and at the end of a 50-meter-long horizontal pipe, there is a vertical pipe. If you use your imagination, you will feel that these two buildings are like boots, with vertical "legs" to accommodate future offices, including conference rooms equipped with high-tech equipment and communication devices. The kitchen and living area of the future will be located at the "foot" of the level, which will also be the conference hall and activity hall.
Beer from the Dutch brand Dommelsch opened the Tomorrow Cafe, which is part of the concept of Tomorrow's World. This cafe is like a chameleon, with several shapes. In the concept of coffee, the focus is luxury. The first stage is lunch, where you can add your own menu; in the afternoon, the focus is on partying and enjoying delicious drinks; at night, the cafe turns into a restaurant; after dinner, you can dance wildly, and the interactive screen allows you to talk to each other through the monitor. While experiencing these novel feelings, you can also enjoy beer!
The Eisinga Planetarium In the heart of Flanark, the Netherlands, there is a lovely canal house, home to the sheepshearer Eise Eisinga, that has hardly changed since the 18th century. The living room in this house is one of the most important assets in world history, the world's oldest and still working planetarium.
In April 1774, Flanac missionary Eelco Alta predicted that on May 8 of that year, some planets would orbit too close to knock the Earth out of orbit and the Earth would be burned by the sun. This prediction caused a panic that swept across the Netherlands. In addition to being good at shearing wool, Ace Ai Xinjia is also good at mathematics and astronomy. To allay the concerns of the people of Flank, he converted his living room into a planetarium to prove Atta wrong.
Suspended from the ceiling is a model of the motion of the solar system composed of the sun and other planets. It was built between 1774 and 1781. It relies on an unprecedented gear clock system that allows each celestial body to accurately follow its own orbit at true speed. It took him 30 years of experience to make Jupiter's orbit around the sun. Even today, the actual position of the celestial body can still be seen from this model. In addition to this model, Ace Ai Xinjia also made a variety of special clocks, on which you can see the date, month, moon and moon, as well as various sky phenomena caused by the rotation of the earth. In addition, the planetarium also houses a large collection of ancient astronomy instruments and equipment and modern astronomy and space exploration collections.
Dick Bruner's former residence may be more appropriately called the Miffy Rabbit's House. This cute little rabbit was created by Dick Bruner in 1955. It not only has a naughty appearance but also has a cute personality like a child. Now Mifei Rabbit has become a world-famous image, and storybooks about it have been translated into more than 40 languages, with sales of more than 85 million copies. On February 18, 2006, to celebrate the 51st birthday of Miffy Rabbit, Dick Bruna's former residence became a permanent museum displaying Miffy Rabbit.
The exhibition hall of the Miffy Rabbit Museum is divided into two floors. After entering, the first thing that catches people's eyes is a golden Miffy Rabbit statue erected at the end of the corridor. How Miffy grew up from 1955 to the present, how Miffy was born, how Dick drew Miffy, all the stories about Miffy are gathered here.
In the reading room around the corner, hundreds of Miffy books such as "Miffy at the Sea","Miffy at the Zoo","Miffy's Dream","Miffy Going Camping", and "Queen Miffy" are covered throughout the room. The wall. Take down one book, sit down and read it slowly. A few strokes outline Mifei's emotions, emotions, and simple colors depict a simple story, just like a child next door, making people feel warm and beautiful.
Walking into the activity room, the words "Welcome to my home, Mifei" were written in various words on the wall. Go into Mifei's small house and visit its cot and stools, or watch Mifei's cartoons for a while, or play games with Mifei and her friends. In Miffy's home, there is no need to be quiet. Children can play as much as they want and do all the things they like.
Akma Cheese Market Akma is located in the north of Amsterdam. It is the most well-known to the outside world. It is the officially recognized cheese market that has existed since the 17th century. It was not easy to have authoritative tools of weights and measures in the early days, but Akma was one of the few cities in the Netherlands that had cheese scales in 1365 AD. Although the annual cheese trade volume here is only 10% of that at the beginning of this century, the number of tourists who continue to pour in has reached nearly 300,000 per year.
The attraction of the Akma cheese market is that in the square in front of the scales, a group of cheese porters dressed in traditional costumes who are responsible for carrying and weighing work in ancient methods. This is also a few trade union traditions preserved in the Netherlands. The cheese porters are divided into 4 teams of 7 people in each team. They are dressed in white shirts, white trousers, and straw hats of different colors to indicate that they belong to different handling teams. The colors of the straw hats are divided into four types: red, yellow, green and blue. In groups of two, they work together to fill the wooden frame with cheese and quickly move it to the scale room for weighing.
On the other hand, the old inspector in a white robe picked up the cheese, sniffed the aroma of the cheese, patted the hardness and softness of the cheese, and asked whether the taste was fragrant enough. After these repeated procedures, piles of cheese made in different factories are stamped with seals indicating the manufacturer, weight, and date, just like they have ID cards.
Cheese that has been identified by inspectors can be traded. The bargaining method between manufacturers and buyers is also very interesting. They go out of their way to negotiate prices face-to-face. When they have some idea, they stretch out their right hands and high-fives each other. People around them only see the rhythm of high-fives changing quickly and slowly. If the transaction is completed, it will be decided to high-fives, and there is no need to sign a contract.
Gouda Museum
Founded in 1874, the Gauda Museum is a museum located in Gauda, South Holland, the Netherlands. It was created by city artist Johannes Jacobus Bertelman and Father J.N. Scheltema was co-founded and was then the Gouda Municipal Museum. The museum was originally located in Arti Legi on the market; in 1974, it moved to Calena Hospital.
The museum displays 16th-century altarpieces, 19th-century oil paintings from the Paul Arntzenius collection, Gouda's pottery and Gouda's clay pipes and contemporary art. The museum houses works by Barbizon and Hague painters such as Isaac Israëls, William Tholen, Odilon Redon, Charles-François Daubigny and others.
Since 1976, the museum has been actively collecting contemporary art. Curator Josine de Bruyn Kops has specially collected women's art works, mainly including Elsa Stansfield, Madelon Hooykaas, Lydia Schouten, etc.
In addition to art and cultural relics, the museum also has a large collection of painted pottery. Painted pottery is a kind of pottery that looks like porcelain. In 1898, the Painted Pottery Kiln in South Holland Province was established in Gouda. The museum displays products from Gouda's six main pottery factories: South Holland Painted Pottery Kilns, Hudwahen, Ifora, Zenit, Resina and Flora.
, National Pharmaceutical Museum
The National Pharmaceutical Museum, formerly known as the "Museum De Moriaan", is part of the Gauda Museum in Gauda, South Holland, the Netherlands. In 2007, the museum reopened after a comprehensive renovation. The museum, which displays the history of pharmacy from the 16th century to the present, was jointly established by the Royal Dutch Association for the Promotion of Pharmacy and the Gouda Museum. The garden behind the museum building is a medicinal botanical garden, which is also open to the public.
Gouda pipes and pottery were previously displayed in the building where the museum was located, but now these pipes and pottery are displayed in the Callina Hospital where the Gouda Museum is located. The building of the museum was first mentioned in historical sources in 1513. The building has a 17th-century facade and an 18th-century De Morian sign. In 1938, the building began displaying the collection of Gouda's pottery factory. Since late 2007, the museum has become the National Pharmaceutical Museum, which displays interiors of the Ploeg pharmacy in Kralingsche and the Grendel pharmacy in Gouda.
The existing Dutch Renaissance gables at the National Pharmaceutical Museum were built around 1617. The facade of the building is tilted to allow hanging things, so the upper floors of the building are longer than the lower floors, and the uppermost floor is a full 1 meter longer than the lowest floor. One of the advantages of this design is that the exterior walls and windows will not be directly wet when it rains.
Thales Museum
The Thales Museum is located in Haarlem, known as the "City of Flowers" in the Netherlands. It was established in 1778 and is the oldest art museum in the Netherlands. It was originally established as a museum of contemporary art and science. Today, it is a museum integrating art, natural history and science. It has a total of approximately 214000 collections of various types, and hundreds of thousands of tourists visit it every year.
The museum's name comes from Pieter Teyler, a wealthy businessman and banker of Scottish descent, a Mennonite and advocate of the Scottish Enlightenment, who dedicated his personal property to the development of religion, art and science. Walking into the museum is like traveling back to a century ago. There are various unearthed fossils, such as dinosaurs, trilobites, ammonites, prehistoric fish and birds, ancient apes, etc., as well as old cabinets that may have been used for hundreds of years, a little yellowed typing instructions cards, old floor tiles... The furnishings in the museum are all ancient, but they are well maintained and do not feel dilapidated at all.
The museum is best known for its two-story "Oval Room" with a strong flavor of old European libraries. It was established in 1784 and displays a variety of scientific instruments, globes, constellations, and rock samples made in recent centuries., cleverly designed knickknacks, old coins, etc. The collection contains 4000 sketches, including precious paintings from the Netherlands, France, and Italy, including works by Rembrandt, Raphael, Michelangelo and others.