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
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 …

Day Out With Thomas in Utrecht
I’m convinced that everything The Railway Museum in Utrecht does is done well. Admission for Day Out with Thomas is included in the Museumkaart. We did have to purchase a ticket (€4) for our one-year-old who is too young to need a Museumkaart, but required admission to Day Out with Thomas. We decided to attend Day …

Winter Station at the Utrecht Train Museum
We have two train loving boys, so we instantly fell in love with the the Utrecht Train Museum. Thanks to the Dutch MuseumKaart we can stop by and check out all their events at no additional cost. Winter Station brings winter favorites to an already spectacular museum. The entire museum was given a holiday touch. A …

Kids Day in Utrecht
We went back to Utrecht with a kid-friendly itinerary. Back in September for Open Monuments Weekend we spent most of our visit hauling the kids around to things we wanted to see. This time we planned an itinerary just for the kiddos. We took the train, changing from the Sprinter to the Intercity in Gouda …

Kasteel De Haar with Kids
Sunday morning we all woke up a little bit sluggish. The cold weather has come in and the cool evenings are leaving us a bit drained. Jeff rescued the morning and made French Toast. We were sitting around the breakfast table chatting when it dawned on me that we only have 150 weekends in country, so …

Open Monuments Weekend in Utrecht
Its Open Monuments Weekend, which means that about 4000 monuments all over the Netherlands are open to the public for free. Some of the places can be visited year round for a fee and others are private and only viewable for this one weekend. My aunt had just sent me this great article from EuroChepo’s Budget …