Country guide · NL

Netherlands

5 destinos y fiestas · 4 normas y tabúes

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Before you go

Lectura obligada antes de ir

Línea rojaSeguridad

Swimming in a canal brings a €160 fine; urinating in a canal is also fined.

Línea rojaModales cotidianos

Using it in public is illegal; buying or possessing it outside designated places can mean prison.

Línea rojaModales cotidianos

€100 fine for those over 16, €50 for those aged 14–15.

TabúTransporte público

Before crossing, look for bicycles and e-bikes first — they have priority over cars
Use pedestrian crossings

Traffic on cycle paths is fast; crossing outside a pedestrian crossing can bring a fine.

Places & local life

ClásicoZaandam, Netherlands

Turning windmills three centuries old: an open-air museum of the Dutch Golden Age

ClásicoLisse, Netherlands

A spring of 7 million bulbs: the 'Garden of Europe' in its once-a-year bloom

ClásicoAmsterdam, Netherlands (Prinsengracht 263)

The secret annexe behind a bookcase where Anne Frank's family hid for two years and she wrote her diary.

ClásicoAmsterdam, Netherlands (Museumplein)

Treasure house of the Dutch Golden Age: Rembrandt's Night Watch and masterpieces by Vermeer and Hals are all here.

ClásicoAmsterdam (old city), Netherlands

Concentric half-rings of canals planned in the 17th-century Golden Age: the Herengracht, Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht, lined with gabled hous…