Most Beautiful City in the Netherlands

[archambaut]

+1 Haar;lem is a great place.
Regine is a nice CS - very friendly staff.
Takeaway is a good buy 'n' go place.

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[Adamster]

Deventer: Un-discovered Gem of holland!(city date from 13th century) nice but just like Delft aint much to see but building good place to relax and red a book...
Kinderdijk: if you love Wildmill and walking well this is UNESCO site and WOW!
NOT a city But...Weerribben national parks: people here eked out of existence for centuries! and was told some of the oldest building in holland are found here!
Zandam: Wildmills (havent been but planning 2 go)

Muiden castle was nice but...if you bike from Amsterdam to Utrecht... trou abcoude/baamburgge once near breukelen youll start seing some other castles i think 6-7 of them!!

[AzLaker]

Thanks guys for all the great responses. Plenty for me to think about for the next 10 weeks until I go! With so many great places to see, and so little time (7 days, 8 nights). I will definitely need to plan a second trip.

Or maybe a third and a fourth .....

AzLaker

[TheGinSoakedGirl]

Deventer: Un-discovered Gem of holland!(city date from 13th century) nice but just like Delft aint much to see but building good place to relax and red a book...

Good call on Deventer, small and picturesque with a nice feel about it. Zwolle is also interesting.

A quicker trip out from Amsterdam is Leiden, full of students though

[steven]

Don't think it's a city but I love Leiden.
A bit like Amsterdam without as many tourists

[Denomolous]

One off the beaten path places that I found was the Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn. The gardens behind the palace are some of the best I have ever seen.

[Spliphy]

one year we tried to tour mostly cities outside of A'dam and was suggested we visit this town. never made it here but heard it was preserved and quaint.

anyone ever been?