• Drs. Kees Kaldenbach (Amsterdam) - Experience the famous Rembrandt paintings in Amsterdam, Holland in a new light! Imagine being the privileged guest of honour at the home of art historian Kees Kaldenbach. While sipping a fragrant cup of coffee or tea, you listen to a personalized (private or small-group) lecture and discussion on the astounding visual wonders that Rembrandt has bestowed upon us.
• Hans Noltes (Amsterdam) - My tours excecuted especially outside of Amsterdam have an educational aspect. As a result of my long experience as a geography teacher I know my own country rather well, especially the geography of Holland, the struggle of the Dutch people against the sea and rivers, modern watermanagement and recent government schemes preparing the Dutch people for living in a country with rising waterlevels.
• Wynand Vandiggelen (Amsterdam) - My company 'Private Holland Travel' is specialized in affordable private guided tours for active singles, couples, families and small groups. My walking tours in Amsterdam often depart from the usual tourist routes, showing you the medieval city. Professionalism, care and fun, plus the friendship I give are the cornerstones of my tours.
Holland Tours & Excursions (Amsterdam) - Amsterdam City Tours offers sightseeing tours and excursions in and around Amsterdam and Holland. We also offer private sightseeing tours, bike tours, bus tours, canal boat tours, foreign-language tours, walking tours and mixed-group sightseeing tours.
Jan Slingerland (Amsterdam) - I'm Jan Slingerland, I'm an expert in the history of Amsterdam. It is a great pleasure for me to meet people from all over the world to guide them around in Amsterdam.
Roots of Vincent van Gogh Tour (Amsterdam) - Been to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, seen the works of this famous painter in the Krцller Mьller? Let me take you then to the southern part of the Netherlands where Vincent van Gogh spent his young life. The landscapes where he wandered, the places that he painted, the cities and houses where he lived.
Water Castles and Water Management Tour (Amsterdam) - Join me in my minibus to visit some places in the Dutch river area ,a typical Dutch landscape with unique flora and fauna, winding roads along dykes, old brickworks, fruit trees and river floodplains where cows graze. This area serves as catchment with an eye to the three problems that the Netherlands will face: the rising sea level, sinking land and bigger river outlets.
Amsterdam & Zaanse Schans Tour (Amsterdam) - Explore Amsterdam and the surrounding area in one day! This is your itinerary for a wonderful private tour: In the morning you will visit the old hamlet 'Zaanse Schans' with demonstrations wooden shoe- and cheese making (and taste it!). Then we drive past beautiful rural roads (tourbusses not allowed) to the famous former fishing village Volendam.
Architecture from 1600 to 2009 (Amsterdam) - Amsterdam has recently become the Mecca of architec and city planners. The entire harbour district, once a no-go area full of shipping and warehousing, is now being transformed into a housing district of the higest architectural quality.
Rotterdam Maritime & Architecture Tour (Rotterdam) - Rotterdam Holland's most modern city began as a fishing village in the 13th century. It was developing into an industrial and trading power when German bombers destroyed the city center and harbor in 1940.
CAPITAL CITY OF Netherlands: Amsterdam LANGUAGE OF Netherlands: Dutch CURRENCY OF Netherlands: Euro (EUR) COMMENTS ABOUT Netherlands: The Netherlands is a Benelux country in Western Europe. Cities : Amsterdam (capital), Alkmaar, Delft, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, Leiden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam Electricity : 230V/50Hz (European plug) Calling Code : +31 Time Zone : UTC +1
CLIMATE OF Netherlands: temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters RELIGION OF Netherlands: Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40% (1998) POPULATION OF Netherlands: 16,318,199 (July 2004 est.) Dutch 83%, other 17% (of which 9% are non-Western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese and Indonesians) (1999 est.)>>> HISTORY OF Netherlands: The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized nation, the Netherlands is also a large exporter of agricultural products. The country was a founding member of NATO and the EEC (now the EU), and participated in the introduction of the euro in 1999. ECONOMY OVERVIEW OF Netherlands: The Netherlands has a prosperous and open economy, which depends heavily on foreign trade. The economy is noted for stable industrial relations, moderate unemployment and inflation, a sizable current account surplus, and an important role as a European transportation hub. Industrial activity is predominantly in food processing, chemicals, petroleum refining, and electrical machinery. A highly mechanized agricultural sector employs no more than 4% of the labor force but provides large surpluses for the food-processing industry and for exports. The Netherlands, along with 11 of its EU partners, began circulating the euro currency on 1 January 2002. The country continues to be one of the leading European nations for attracting foreign direct investment. Economic growth slowed considerably in 2001-03, as part of the global economic slowdown, but for the four years before that, annual growth averaged nearly 4%, well above the EU average. The government is wrestling with a deteriorating budget position, and is moving toward the EU 3% of GDP budget deficit limit.
Experience the famous Rembrandt paintings in Amsterdam, Holland in a new light! Imagine being the privileged guest of honour at the home of art historian Kees Kaldenbach. Lectures (in Dutch, English or German + translations into Japanese) are given in plain, accessible language.
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