Overijssel

Giethoorn ist ein Wasserdorf in der Provinz Overijssel im Nordosten der Niederlande, am Rand des Moorgebiets De Wieden. Du kommst für die Fahrt mit dem Boot: Das Dorf zieht sich rund acht Kilometer an einem Dorfkanal entlang, den zahlreiche Querkanäle und Holzbrücken kreuzen.

Gelderland in the east is the largest province of the Netherlands by area and its most wooded part: In the north lies the Veluwe, the country's largest forest area. The largest cities are Nijmegen, the capital Arnhem, and Apeldoorn.The rivers Nederrijn, Lek, and Waal traverse the province from east to west, and the IJssel flows north to the IJsselmeer. Between these rivers lies the Betuwe, known for its fruit cultivation, and in the southeast, the agricultural Achterhoek.

De Hoge Veluwe National Park is in Gelderland province, eastern Netherlands, northwest of Arnhem, between Ede and Apeldoorn. You come for heath, sand dunes and forest across its roughly 54.5 square kilometers – and for the Kröller-Müller Museum, right in the park, with works by Van Gogh, Picasso and Mondrian.

Friesland in the northern Netherlands, province of lakes, Wadden Sea, and its own language: West Frisian, official alongside Dutch. The Wadden Islands Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland, Schiermonnikoog belong here.Leeuwarden is the capital. Visitors enjoy watersports on lakes, swimming at the coast and islands, and mudflat hiking. In summer, old sailing cargo ships race in the Skûtsjesilen regatta.

Groningen is the capital of the eponymous province in the north of the Netherlands, about 75 kilometres west of Leer in East Frisia. Come for a university city with a car-free centre around Grote Markt and Vismarkt, for the Martinikerk with its tower, and for the Groninger Museum, whose 1994 building was co-designed by several designers.