| Date | January 2009 |
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| January 5 | Happy New Year from The Dutch Travel advisor |
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| Date | December 2008 |
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| December 22 | New, boat tours through the bulb fields with start in the Keukhof gardens. For individuals and groups. www.keukenhof.nl |
| December 22 | New, the cigar room at Hotel Des Indes in The Hague. www.hoteldesindes.nl |
| December 22 | Hotel Des Indes in The Hague, hotel of the year! www.hoteldesindes.nl |
| December 22 | Rooms upgraded at Hotel Pulizter in Amsterdam. http://www.starwoodhotels.com/luxury/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=100 |
| December 4 | The New Holland Journal 46: Skype, Hortus Amsterdam and Music Museum in Utrecht is now available. Not a member yet? Please contact The Dutch Travel advisor. |
| December 3 | Parking in Amsterdam as from January 2009 Euro 5 per hour! |
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| Date | November 2008 |
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| November 27 | New, contact The Dutch Travel advisor through Skype.
Skype name the.dutch.travel.advisor |
| November 14 | The 5-start deluxe Hotel Des Indes in The Hague joins the luxury collection. www.luxurycollection.com/desindes |
| November 13 | Rembrandt House in Amsterdam closed between November 19 -26, 2008 due to the nex exhibit Jacob Backer, the other Rembrandt. The new exhibit will take place from November 29 until February 22, 2009 www.rembrandthuis.nl |
| November 5 | The New Holland Journal 45, New Cruise Terminal in The Hague and Museums in Rotterdam is now available. Not a member yet and you do want to receive the interesting Holland Journal, please contact The Dutch Travel advisor. |
| November 5 | Famous sculpture artist Alberto Giacometti at the Art Room in Rotterdam. www.kunsthal.nl |
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| Date | October 2008 |
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| October 31 | Van Gogh at Omniversum Imax in The Hague. Starting February 2009. www.omniversum.nl |
| October 31 | Decission New Cruise Terminal in The Hague probably in the fall of 2009. For more information please contact The Dutch Travel advisor. |
| October 14 | Delft Blue Tuk Tuk's as from March 2009 in Delft. |
| October 14 | High speed trains from Amsterdam to Paris will run on full high speed by the end of 2010. |
| October 8 | The famous flower exibit Keukenhof presented their theme for 2009.
USA, Amsterdam - New York, 400 years! www.keukenhof.nl
More about this in the following Holland Journal. |
| October 8 | The famous Flower Parade 2009 takes place on Saturday April 25, 2009! |
| October 7 | The NEW Holland Journal 44, important dates and information is now available.
Not a member yet and you do want to receive up to date information about the Netherlands? Please send an email to The Dutch Travel advisor. |
| October 1 | New, the largest Hotel in Amsterdam! To be open in 2010. More information in our monthly Holland Journal. |
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| Date | September 2008 |
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| September 18 | Maurits House Museum in The Hague are going to extend! All will be ready in 2013. In the meantime the Maurits House will be open to the public! www.mauritshuis.nl |
| September 17 | Car Free Sunday September 21, 2008 in Amsterdam. Cars are not allowed in the city centre of Amsterdam! Taxis do run. Besides taking a taxi, public transport would be your other choice. |
| September 17 | October 19, 2008 Amsterdam Marathon. Most of the city will be clossed! |
| September 14 | First trains on the High Speed line between Amsterdam and Paris on September 8, 2008. 39 minutes between Amsterdam and Rotterdam! |
| September 14 | Tuesday September 16, Prinsjesdag. Queen Beatrix reads the State of the Union at the Knights Hall at the Inner Court in The Hague. Many roads are closed and you have the possibility to see the Queen in her Golden Carriage and the rest of the Royal family. Prinsjesdag is every year on the third Tuesday in September. |
| September 14 | Interesting exibit Isaac and Jozef Israels from September 20 until February 8, 2009 at the Municipal Museum in The Hague. www.gemeentemuseum.nl |
| September 6 | Open Monuments Day, September 13 and 14, 2008. Get in free at several monuments like the parliament buildings and Knights Hall in The Hague. www.openmonumentendag.nl |
| September 4 | September 20, 2008 National Wooden Shoe day at the Zaanse Schans. Wooden Shoe carving champignon ship, dancing and lots more. www.zaanseschans.nl |
| September 4 | First travel agent response Holland Study Tour 2008.
See Study Tours at this website. |
| September 3 | The New Holland Journal 43 is now available. The JHM and Hermitage in Amsterdam and the Vermeer Centrum and Prinsenhof in Delft. The tip of the month and the national holidays for 2009. Not a member yet, please contact The Dutch Travel advisor. |
| September 2 | The USD is getting stronger. Today at 1.45. |
| September 2 | Looking for a restaurant in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam or any other city in Holland? Check the website www.iens.nl for the various kichens, areas and comments from visitors. |
| September 2 | Keukenhof opening for 2009: March 19 until May 21, 2009. www.keukenhof.nl |
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| Date | August 2008 |
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| August 16 | The Terracotta Army from Xi-An until August 31 in the Drents Museum in Assen. www.drentsmuseum.nl |
| August 12 | Opening New Hermitage Amsterdam Spring 2009. At the moment they have smaller temporary / interesting exhibits. www.hermitage.nl |
| August 12 | National Veteran's Day in The Hague, Saturday June 27, 2009. www.veteranendag.nl |
| August 12 | Special exhibit Charley Toorop at the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. www.boijmans.nl |
| August 4 | International Fireworks festival in The Hague, August 14, 15, 16, 2008. |
| August 2 | SS Rotterdam, former cruiseship now hotel, amusement and restaurant arrives tomorrow for her final stop in Rotterdam. www.derotterdam.com |
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| Date | July 2008 |
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| July 29 | Due to several cancellations, we still have seats left for the spectacular Holland Study Tour, August 23 - 30 next month. If you have an interest please contact The Dutch Travel advisor a.s.a.p. Hope to greet you in August. |
| July 29 | Holland Journal 42 "Spectacular and some Private Gardens in the South" is now available for those who are member of the Holland Journals. Not a member yet?
Please contact The Dutch Travel advisor soon and enjoy the up to date information about Holland! |
| July 28 | SS Rotterdam HAL will come to Rotterdam this summer. For a part it will be a hotel, the other part are for visitors who like to visit old ships. www.derotterdam.com |
| July 15 | Main building Rijksmuseum open for the public. See the renovations every weekend until August 31, 2008. From noon until 4pm. www.rijksmuseum.nl |
| July 4 | Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam, added to "Places of Interest". |
| July 3 | Museum Bredius in The Hague, added to "Places of Interest". |
| July 2 | Concert by the Sea on July 4 with Alexandro Safina and Petra Berger. Location Scheveningen Beach near The Hague. Free entrance!! |
| July 2 | NEW Panorama Mesdag Museum in The Hague added to "Places of Interest" |
| July 1 | As from today you need a username and password to get into the Holland Journals history. For more information please contact The Dutch Travel advisor. |
| July 1 | As from today all restaurants and bars must be smoke free. |
| July 1 | The New cruise ship Eurodam from the Holland America Line arrived in Rotterdam. It will be there until Sunday July 6. Queen Beatrix will there on July 3 for the official ceremony! |
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| Date | June 2008 |
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| June 22 | The New Holland Journal, edition 41 "Important News" is now available. |
| June 22 | Museum Bags and Purses added to "Places of Interest" under Amsterdam. |
| June 18 | Renovations at the Hotel L'Europe in Amsterdam. 24 luxurious rooms will be added as well as a new healtcare cente and modern swimming pool. www.leurope.nl |
| June 9 | July 26 until October 26, 2008 Rubens to Dumas "Black is beautiful" at the New Church in Amsterdam. With works from Rubens, Rembrandt, Appel, Breitner and many others www.nieuwekerk.nl |
| June 9 | America's Next Top Model with Tyra Banks for the finals in Amsterdam. Summer 2008! |
| June 6 | Today opening outdoor Sculpture festival "Freedom" in The Hague. Until August 31, 2008. |
| June 6 | New Rembrandt painting "The laughing Rembrandt" with interesting story at the Rembrandt House. www.rembrandthuis.nl |
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| Date | May 2008 |
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| May 29 | The New Holland Journal, edition 40 is now available. Subjests: Gardens, Flowers, Bulbs and private visits to growers. |
| May 27 | The World famous North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, July 11, 12 and 13, 2008. With for example Sergio Mendez, Hank Jones, George Benson, Diana Krall, Joe Jackson, Al Jerreau, Alicia Keys and many many more. Do not wait to long to buy your entrance cards because normally they sell out very quickly! www.northseajazz.com |
| May 27 | Opening Cultural season Amsterdam, August 29, 30 and 31. www.uitmarkt.nl |
| May 27 | Red Bull Air Race World series in Rotterdam, July 19 and 20, 2008! Just spectacular! www.redbull.nl |
| May 27 | Pasar Malam Besar, a spectacular Indonesian festival in The Hague. Open until June first 2008. www.pasarmalambesar.nl |
| May 19 | New license introduced. First new one starts with 01-GBB-1 |
| May 19 | The Keukenhof exhibit closed yesterday. They had a total of 815.000 visitors. |
| May 17 | From May 16 until January 4, 2009 Vincent Van Gogh and the Frence Still life at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. www.vangoghmuseum.nl |
| May 17 | Up to July 7, 2008, 8 paintings from Van Gogh can be seen at the Rijksmuseum at Schiphol Airport. |
| May 17 | Museum Mesdag in The Hague will close their doors this coming Monday for a renovation, which takes 1.5 years. Museum Mesdag is part of the Van Gogh Museum. The Panorama Mesdag, different location will stay open! |
| May 8 | There are still some spaces left for the Holland Study Tour for travel agents only.
If you would like to know more about Holland and especially the "off the beaten track" sights, hotels and events, than this is your opportunity. For more information, visit the Study Tour section on this website. You will get back 30% of the study tour price with a first tour booking after the study tour! |
| May 6 | New! Audio tour at Palace 't Loo in Apeldoorn. www.paleishetloo.nl |
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| Date | April 2008 |
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| April 24 | May 4 is Memorial Day and May 5 is Liberation Day in Holland. Some museums are closed. Please contact The Dutch Travel advisor if you would like to have detailed information. |
| April 24 | Recently, the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam had a renovation. The total building has now air conditioning and the setting is modernist. www.annefrankhuis.nl |
| April 24 | Until May 18 exhibit John Everett Millais at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. www.vangoghmuseum.nl |
| April 24 | New Holland Journal edition 39 is now available |
| April 16 | Special Mondriaan exhibit at the Municipal Museum (Gemeentemuseum) in The Hague. April 26 - October 26, 2008. www.gemeentemuseum.nl |
| April 16 | Interesting exhibit "Goorte" at the Maurits House in The Hague.
Until June 8, 2008. www.mauritshuis.nl |
| April 16 | New exhibit Museum Naturalis in Leiden, Panorama photo's from the North and South Pole. Photo's by Wim van Passel. www.naturalis.nl |
| April 7 | Sesame Street at Madurodam from March 13 until October 26, 2008. www.madurodam.nl |
| April 7 | The subject for The Hague Sculpture 2008 is "Freedom American Sculpture".
You can visit the outdoor exhibit from Juni 6 until August 31, 2008 at 't Lange Voorhout in The Hague. www.denhaagsculptuur.nl |
| April 7 | April 30, Queens day in Holland. Most museums and shops are closed! |
| April 4 | Starbucks also in Holland! Since last year summer, you can also have your Starbucks coffee in Holland. At the moment you can only find them at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Check the lastest news when they will also open a Starbucks in other cities. |
| April 3 | Example tours and prices are now available on this website |
| April 3 | The first High-Speed trains (HSL) start running in September 2008 between Amsterdam and Rotterdam. It will take another year before the High-Speed trains will run between Amsterdam and Paris, which will take them in 3 hours and 3 minutes. www.HSLzuid.nl |
| April 1 | New, Red tourist bus in Amsterdam, which will show you most of the tourist sights.
www.touristbusamsterdam.com |
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| Date | March 2008 |
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| March 26 | New, watertaxi in Delft! www.canalhopperdelft.com |
| March 25 | Easter was the coldest in 40 years! |
| March 20 | The new Holland Journal, edition 38 is now available! |
| March 20 | New, Corpus Museum in Oestgeest. www.corpus-experience.nl |
| March 6 | Exiting news regarding the Holland Study tour, August 2008! Please visit the subject Study tour on the main page. |
| March 1 | The New Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will now reopen in the fall of 2012 instead of after the summer of 2012. The Philips wing with all the masterpieces will be open, as usual for the public. www.rijksmuseum.nl |
| March 1 | The famous flower parade will take place on April 26, 2008. |
| March 1 | The Keukenhof flower exhibit will be open from March 20 until May 18, 2008. |
