Discover the Netherlands: 30 places to visit

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Friesland

De Alde Feanen National Park

Frisian peat lakes and reed beds, best seen from the water

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Noord-Brabant

De Biesbosch National Park

One of the last freshwater tidal wetlands in Europe

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Noord-Brabant

De Groote Peel National Park

Raised bog on the Brabant-Limburg border, best at dusk

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Drenthe

Dwingelderveld National Park

The largest wet heathland in western Europe, and very dark at night

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Gelderland

Hoge Veluwe National Park

Gelderland heath, forest and a world-class art museum

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All seasons

Utrecht

Kasteel de Haar

The largest castle in the Netherlands, with formal gardens

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All seasons

Groningen

Lauwersmeer National Park

A former sea arm, now one of the darkest skies in the Netherlands

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Zuid-Holland

Meijendel

Wassenaar dune valleys between The Hague and the North Sea

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All seasons

Zeeland

Neeltje Jans

The artificial island at the heart of the Delta Works

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Noord-Brabant

Oisterwijkse Vennen

Fen pools and old beech woods in the Brabant sand belt

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Zeeland

Oosterschelde National Park

The largest national park in the Netherlands, and it is mostly water

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All seasons

Flevoland

Oostvaardersplassen

Europe's best-known rewilding experiment, on reclaimed seabed

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Overijssel

Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park

Purple heather ridges and the last Dutch black grouse

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Friesland

Schiermonnikoog

Car-free Wadden island with the widest beach in Europe

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Noord-Holland

Texel

The largest Wadden island, with beaches, dunes and seal colonies

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Utrecht

Utrechtse Heuvelrug

A sand ridge of woods and estates between Utrecht and the Veluwe

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Gelderland

Veluwezoom National Park

The oldest national park in the Netherlands, crowned by the Posbank

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Overijssel

Weerribben-Wieden National Park

The largest lowland peat marsh in northwest Europe, reached by boat

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Noord-Holland

Zuid-Kennemerland National Park

Coastal dunes and bison country half an hour from Amsterdam

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