{"id":19963,"date":"2024-01-17T06:28:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T06:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/southern-holland-versus-northern-holland-locaboat-blog\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:03:54","slug":"southern-holland-versus-northern-holland-locaboat-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/blog\/southern-holland-versus-northern-holland-locaboat-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Holland versus Northern Holland"},"content":{"rendered":"\nHuge fields of tulips, cheese, swing bridges, windmills, green open spaces and picturesque tourist sites&#8230; if that\u2019s your idea of a dream holiday, head to Holland for an unusual break that gives you a real flavour of the place!\n&nbsp;\n\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/quotation\/\" target=\"_blank\"><button type=\"button\" style= \"background-color: #ec008c; color: #ffffff; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; border: 1px solid #ec008c !important; padding: 5px 25px; min-height: 44px; margin: 0 auto; height: 44px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; border-radius: 290486px; -moz-border-radius: 290486px; -webkit-border-radius: 290486px; cursor:pointer\">booking enquiry<\/button><\/a>\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Southern Holland<\/h2>\nSouthern Holland, also known as timeless Holland, has a wealth of medieval heritage. Between the swing bridges and polders, you can enjoy the extraordinary light of dawn as the sun rises in a blaze of colour.\n\nSouthern Holland has two of the Netherlands\u2019 three largest cities: Rotterdam and The Hague. You\u2019ll also find towns such as Leyden, Gouda and Delft. This is a region that takes life at an unhurried pace. People take time to enjoy the good things in life between the hillsides of Limburg, the forests and moorlands, and the pleasant picturesque towns.\n\nThe Hague has lots of cultural and historic sites and activities for all the family: shops, restaurants, parks and beaches. This city is the seat of government and the home of the royal family. You can admire Johannes Vermeer\u2019s celebrated \u2018Girl with a pearl earring\u2019 at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.holland.com\/global\/tourism\/destinations\/the-hague\/museums\/royal-picture-gallery-mauritshuis.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Cabinet of Paintings, known as the Mauritshuis<\/a>.\n\nThe local gastronomy is full of variety. In the town of Gouda, famous for its cheese, there\u2019s a traditional\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.holland.com\/global\/tourism\/destinations\/provinces\/south-holland\/gouda-cheese-market.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cheese market<\/a>\u00a0every Thursday, where you can take home a piece for your friends and family &#8212; a good way to show them how much you enjoyed your gourmet holiday!\n<h2>Northern Holland<\/h2>\nThe main part of Northern Holland consists of a peninsula that stretches out to sea from the cities of\u00a0Amsterdam and Haarlem. As well as these two superb cities, the region has a wealth of historic heritage, filled with castles and windmills.\n\nHead to Muiden to see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.holland.com\/global\/tourism\/destinations\/provinces\/north-holland\/muiderslot-2.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Muider Castle<\/a>. This medieval fortress is listed as a national monument and has a fairy tale beauty. Its square shape, with round towers at each corner of the building, make it an unmissable sight for anyone who loves historic architecture. It has been restored and turned into a museum where you can admire the collection of weapons and armour.\n\nWindmills\u00a0are part of the landscape and history of Holland. At one time there were as many as 10,000 of them. Nowadays, Holland has preserved 1000 historic, vertical windmills &#8211; more than any other country in the world. Head for Zaanse Schans to discover the collection of historic houses and windmills. This tourist site the most popular in the northern region, will give you a real taste of Holland as it was a few centuries ago.\n\nHolland is a surprising and authentic country, filled with stories and cultural sites to visit. Whether you\u2019re visiting as a couple, a family or a group of friends,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/boating-holidays\/holland\/\">Holland by barge<\/a>\u00a0will be a wonderful adventure that you\u2019ll never forget!\n&nbsp;\n\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/quotation\/\" target=\"_blank\"><button type=\"button\" style= \"background-color: #ec008c; color: #ffffff; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; border: 1px solid #ec008c !important; padding: 5px 25px; min-height: 44px; margin: 0 auto; height: 44px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; border-radius: 290486px; -moz-border-radius: 290486px; -webkit-border-radius: 290486px; cursor:pointer\">booking enquiry<\/button><\/a>\n&nbsp;\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huge fields of tulips, cheese, swing bridges, windmills, green open spaces and picturesque tourist sites&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[345],"tags":[426,380],"class_list":["post-19963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bucket-list","tag-holland","tag-loosdrecht"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19963"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21711,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19963\/revisions\/21711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}