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This Dutch city lets you walk in the footsteps of Monet and Peter the Great (just 12 minutes from Amsterdam!)

Interested in a Dutch history lesson without the tourist crowds of the capital? Head to the city of Zaandam for an educational stroll in the footsteps of world-famous figures. That’s right;...
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This Dutch city lets you walk in the footsteps of Monet and Peter the Great (just 12 minutes from Amsterdam!)

Interested in a Dutch history lesson without the tourist crowds of the capital? Head to the city of Zaandam for an educational stroll...
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Uitwaaien: the Dutch invention you never knew you needed, until now

First, there was the Danish hygge, then there was the Dutch niksen, now the Netherlands brings you the latest in lifestyle wonders: uitwaaien. Uitwaaien...
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King Willem-Alexander has been the Netherlands' head of state for over 10 years now, but there's more to him than "just" being king....
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