Car-free village crisscrossed by canals and wooden bridges, often called the 'Venice of the North' with thatched-roof farmhouses.
Famous cheese market town with historic weigh house, canals, and drawbridges just 20km north of Amsterdam.
Open-air museum village with working windmills, wooden houses, and traditional crafts like clog-making and cheese production.
Birthplace of Vermeer featuring medieval canals, the iconic blue pottery factories, and a stunning Gothic church with royal tombs.
Historic market square hosts traditional cheese market Apr-Aug, plus famous stroopwafel bakeries and Gothic town hall.
Perfectly preserved star-shaped fortress town with intact 17th-century ramparts visible from above, near Amsterdam.
Traditional fishing village on IJsselmeer with colorful wooden houses, historic harbor, and locals still wearing traditional dress.
Former maritime power with Zuiderzee Museum showcasing Dutch fishing heritage, historic harbor, and Golden Age architecture.
Friday cheese market (Apr-Sep) is Netherlands' largest and most authentic, with porters in traditional white suits carrying cheese.
Former island with green wooden houses on stilts, traditional costumes, and lighthouse reachable by causeway from mainland.