I have two more stops from our trip to the Netherlands back in April and then I'll be done talking about the country. To be honest neither stop warrants its own post so I'm going to put them together right now and be done with it. I might have even skipped posting about them entirely but I'm a sucker for the pins on #Pinmapple, so here it goes.
Nuenen
The first stop is to the small town of Nuenen. I saw it mentioned on several blog sites as a place to see when I was doing my research on things to do near Eindhoven. It came up as a quaint little town worth checking out, so we did just that. It's only about a 10-15 minute drive from the city where we were staying so I figured "why not?"
The town was nice and all but to be honest, it wasn't a "must see" destination by any stretch of the imagination. That is just my opinion mind you.
Something interesting about the town though is that it was home to the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh in the year 1883.
The town has a museum dedicated to the artist and several monuments around including his original home at the time. I walked by the house and read the plaque but I didn't take a photo of it. Instead I took a photo of a Michelin star restaurant across the street (below). Why? I don't know. We didn't even eat there.
We ate lunch at a different location after doing a quick walk around town and then headed to our hotel over in Eindhoven.
That is it for that city.
The Beach
Pretty much the entire West coast of North and South Holland is sandy beach land.
There was no town where we went but the general location that we visited was across from Lisse between the larger cities of Leiden and Haarlem.
We rode our bikes there from Leiden one day and spent some time walking in the sand and soaking up the April sunshine.
It wasn't hot out that day but we wouldn't have gotten into the water anyway. I imagine the water stays cold all year round given how far North it is.
The beach was really nice though.
There were a lot of shells close to the edge of the water...
but just a little further back the sand was fine and white.
The entire area is surrounded by dunes and desert like vegetation.
The walking path is lined with wire so you can't wander in there freely...
but it's a nice area to take a stroll with an interesting sort of landscape.
That is, if you're okay with your shoes getting full of sand.
We walked in the sand and saw the water and then headed back to our bikes to continue on our journey.
And that's really all that I have to say about the beach.
Toptastic looking beach, very much like some of the ones in Scotland with the wiry grasses at the back and slight dunes. The water is crazy cold even in summer.
Didnt like the look of the barbed wire fences right enough!
Yeah it's pretty far north for warm water. Some people still swim in it though which is crazy to me lol.
Yeah I'm not entirely sure why there is the barbed wire. Maybe to protect the natural landscape?
Might be to protect it. I know that most of the sand dune and long grass areas over here near the sea have protected characteristics. Still a bit brutal looking!
Definitely a bit of an eye sore.
Hello @leaky20,
Are you sure there's not even just another little story somewhere in your photo collection about the Netherlands that you might have missed? I think there might be, or at least, that's what I'm hoping.
I can never get enough of that country.
Yes, some places might not behave the most impressive, or have that wow factor, but this still looks fantastic.
I believe that beach is where my classmates escaped to on hot summer days when classroom seats were left vacant. I never made it there though...because I knew I would not be caught in cold sea water for love nor money... not even at gunpoint 🤣
Unfortunately that is the end of it for me. I have no more locations to talk about.
I wouldn't get into that water either. I need the water to be quite warm in order for me to swim in it. It would be a good spot to break away from school though.
Ah, sigh!... but I'm sure you'll come up with more amazing destinations though:)
No, Cryotherapy would make me cry...😳😫😰
Wow the beach is really beautiful, but why is it so deserted and unspoiled? Completely different from Vietnam, my country, where there is the sea, there are densely populated, and many restaurants, hotels, ... spring up around the beaches. I must say that the Netherlands really knows how to keep nature beautiful.
Part of the reason is the time of year - it was very early spring so the air was chilly and the water freezing cold. The beach also goes on and on for a very long distance so there are other locations with along the way with cities and all of that sort of thing.
Wow!!!! It's very beautiful place
Thank you! 😊
The place looks laid back and nice :) The stretch of the beach is breathtaking and looks really fun to walk on the sandy dunes :)
yeah its a nice strip of beach, and super long too. It basically stretches across the entire west coast.
I can only imagine how beautiful it is to spend a bit of time with such vastness of the sea
Euj you were in Nuenen! Literally a town with no single reason to actually go there when you are not living there. Except for.....The Lindehof!
i was fortunate to go there a while back and even wrote a bit about it
https://ecency.com/hive-120586/@karinxxl/a-brilliant-food-experience-with
Those beaches..yeaahhhhhh. The beaches are really nice actually so broad and sandy (when the color of the water is good, which isnt always)
Yeah the town wasn't anything too special as far as a travel destination goes. We didn't spend a whole lot of time there.
The food looks incredible at the restaurant judging by your post. I wish I was able to go.
Yay more info for me to collect about the Netherlands. That is funny about the restaurant and those beaches look great. I just got the time off work and can really start planning my trip!
Excellent! To be honest though, I wouldn't say that either of these locations are must see, by any means.
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