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While several dozen pottery factories churned out blue pottery in Delft in the seventeenth century, you can only find two open factories in the city now. Royal Delft and Delft Pauw are those two factories. You can read our review of Royal Delft here. These two options for the iconic Delft blue pottery could not …
Eating delicious cheese is one of the true joys of living in the Netherlands. Our middle little, O, is particularly fond of all things cheese. When we found a cheese farm outside of Utrecht with lots to offer we added it to our itinerary. Although we’ve been to the cheese museums in Gouda and Alkmaar …
The Netherlands Waterline Museum is located just outside of Utrecht, nestled inside of Fort Vechten. The Waterline Museum offers a discount for Museumkaart holders (2.50 Euros off adult admission) and there is a parking fee (3 Euros). Exploring Fort Vechten is free. You can arrange for a guided tour of the fort, but it must …
Leiden is home to an adorable train museum and working steam train. It is amazing it took us a year to visit, despite driving past the place every few weeks. Stoomtrein Katwijk Leiden uses the old Valkenburg train station as its home base. Buy your train ticket at the ticket booth (8 Euros/adult) and then proceed to …
One of the few advantages of being overdue (41 weeks, 5 days) was squeezing an extra date night out of the wait. My in-laws were in town, anxiously awaiting the birth of our new little guy. They generously volunteered to watch not only our two littles, but also the two littles of our friends so …
Perhaps my favorite little place in Delft is a cafe just off the main square called Kek. It is the perfect place to grab coffee, cake or lunch. I’ve ordered nothing at Kek that was not absolutely delicious. I tend to alternate between the egg bake and the BLAT sandwich (pictured above). I recently saw …
We’ve been living in Delft a full year and still had not set foot inside the New Church (Nieuwe Kerk). The church tower is 109 meters tall and for €2 you can climb to the top. One clear Saturday in October, with me 40 weeks pregnant, a friend and I decided to climb the tower in an …
Our two-year-old is nuts about cars, trucks, planes and emergency vehicles. We’ve had the Louwman Museum on our radar for a full year but it was during a recent visit from Oma and Opa when it felt right to go for a visit. This antique car collection is the world’s oldest private collection, having been carefully …
Hitler’s Atlantic Wall is said to be the world’s largest construction project. When built in the early 1940s, the wall stretched from the Northern tip of Norway down through France. It was a tense time for the Nazi empire, fighting the Soviets and Allies on two separate fronts. The wall’s aim was to protect the …
Zaanse Schans seems to top the list of places to visit when coming to the Netherlands. We figured we better go check it out. Unfortunately, we found this tourist attraction to pale in comparison to everything else the Netherlands has to offer. Despite being a pretty collection of museums and Dutch paraphernalia, Zaanse Schans is the …