amsterdam volendam, suggestions......
Apr 7th 2005, 6:51 pm
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amsterdam volendam, suggestions......
Hi, please I need suggestions for this city, and Volendam.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Apr 7th 2005, 7:07 pm
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Re: amsterdam volendam, suggestions......
gestico [on Fri, 8 Apr 2005 08:51:49 +0200] wrote:
> Hi, please I need suggestions for this city, and Volendam.
What type of suggestions do you need?
[My first suggestion would be to not visit Volendam, and go to Edam,
Marken, Hoorn and Enkhuizen, instead.]
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> Hi, please I need suggestions for this city, and Volendam.
What type of suggestions do you need?
[My first suggestion would be to not visit Volendam, and go to Edam,
Marken, Hoorn and Enkhuizen, instead.]
--
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Riding on two wheels in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany
Apr 7th 2005, 7:41 pm
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Re: amsterdam volendam, suggestions......
> What type of suggestions do you need?
> [My first suggestion would be to not visit Volendam, and go to Edam,
> Marken, Hoorn and Enkhuizen, instead.]
Do you prefer Edam to Volendam? Why?. I heard that Volendam is very well
amd more typical. How can I get to Edam from Amsterdam, by bus?
Thanks and sorry for my english that is very little. I'm spanish from
Madrid.
> [My first suggestion would be to not visit Volendam, and go to Edam,
> Marken, Hoorn and Enkhuizen, instead.]
Do you prefer Edam to Volendam? Why?. I heard that Volendam is very well
amd more typical. How can I get to Edam from Amsterdam, by bus?
Thanks and sorry for my english that is very little. I'm spanish from
Madrid.
Apr 7th 2005, 8:08 pm
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Re: amsterdam volendam, suggestions......
[on Fri, 8 Apr 2005 09:41:30 +0200] wrote:
> > [My first suggestion would be to not visit Volendam, and go to Edam,
> > Marken, Hoorn and Enkhuizen, instead.]
>
> Do you prefer Edam to Volendam? Why?. I heard that Volendam is very well
> amd more typical.
Well, Volendam has become such a tourist attraction, that it is just
that. One souvenir shop next to the other. Especially in Summer, you will
hardly see anything but tourists watching each other.
Edam, Monnickendam and Enhuizen are still small towns that spread
medieval athmosphere. Walking around in these towns puts you back several
hundred years. You will be able to feel how fishermen from centuries ago
must have felt when they entered the harbor after several weeks of
fishing in the open seas. The old structures and buildings, like
churches, trade buildings and city walls/defense fortifications can still
be found in these towns.
Volendam, on the other hand, can hardly be called 'typical' anymore,
unless you want to be able to buy thousands of dolls in tradional
costumes, of course 'made in China'.
> How can I get to Edam from Amsterdam, by bus?
Yes. Take the 114 from Amsterdam Central Station to Edam. It's a 25
minutes ride.
> Thanks and sorry for my english that is very little. I'm spanish from
> Madrid.
It's more than sufficient.
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> > [My first suggestion would be to not visit Volendam, and go to Edam,
> > Marken, Hoorn and Enkhuizen, instead.]
>
> Do you prefer Edam to Volendam? Why?. I heard that Volendam is very well
> amd more typical.
Well, Volendam has become such a tourist attraction, that it is just
that. One souvenir shop next to the other. Especially in Summer, you will
hardly see anything but tourists watching each other.
Edam, Monnickendam and Enhuizen are still small towns that spread
medieval athmosphere. Walking around in these towns puts you back several
hundred years. You will be able to feel how fishermen from centuries ago
must have felt when they entered the harbor after several weeks of
fishing in the open seas. The old structures and buildings, like
churches, trade buildings and city walls/defense fortifications can still
be found in these towns.
Volendam, on the other hand, can hardly be called 'typical' anymore,
unless you want to be able to buy thousands of dolls in tradional
costumes, of course 'made in China'.
> How can I get to Edam from Amsterdam, by bus?
Yes. Take the 114 from Amsterdam Central Station to Edam. It's a 25
minutes ride.
> Thanks and sorry for my english that is very little. I'm spanish from
> Madrid.
It's more than sufficient.
--
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Riding on two wheels in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany
Apr 7th 2005, 8:30 pm
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Re: amsterdam volendam, suggestions......
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 08:51:49 +0200, <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi, please I need suggestions for this city, and Volendam.
>Thanks.
Keep away from Volendam it's just for tourists. Visit Hoorn or
Enkhuizen instead.
>Hi, please I need suggestions for this city, and Volendam.
>Thanks.
Keep away from Volendam it's just for tourists. Visit Hoorn or
Enkhuizen instead.
Apr 7th 2005, 9:53 pm
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Re: amsterdam volendam, suggestions......
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 09:41:30 +0200, <[email protected]> wrote:
>> What type of suggestions do you need?
>> [My first suggestion would be to not visit Volendam, and go to Edam,
>> Marken, Hoorn and Enkhuizen, instead.]
>Do you prefer Edam to Volendam? Why?. I heard that Volendam is very well
>amd more typical. How can I get to Edam from Amsterdam, by bus?
>Thanks and sorry for my english that is very little. I'm spanish from
Volendam is a tourist rip off place. There's little to see or do other
than have your wallet emptied.
You can get to both Hoorn and Enkhuizen by train every 30 minutes from
the Central station in A'dam. The journey time to Enkhuizen is about
30 minutes.
You can do a triangular trip between Hoorn, Medemblik and
Enkhuizen.Hoorn to Medemblik by steam train, Medemblik to Enkhuizen by
pre-war ferry and Enkhuizen to Hoorn by normal train. All three towns
are nice and have lots to see/visit. Medemblik has a 15th century
moated castle. Enkhuizen has a large open air museum, which you can
easily spend half a day visiting. The town is 17th century and one
time site of the warehouses of the Dutch East Indies Company. The
buildings are now used by the Zuiderzee Zee Museum which contains
amongst other things traditional Dutch wooden boats preserve in a
large dry dock and exhibitions relating to the way people lived around
the Zuiderzee Zee. The Open Air museum consists of 70+ buildings from
around the IJsselmeer/Zuider Zee, which have been demolished and
re-erected as a typical Zuiderzee town. The buildings include a boat
yard, a boat harbour with traditional sailing boats moored in it, a
working steam laundry & fish smokery, a windmill and much else.
In the town are moored up to a hundred traditional Dutch sailing
boats, which are used for charter work.
>> What type of suggestions do you need?
>> [My first suggestion would be to not visit Volendam, and go to Edam,
>> Marken, Hoorn and Enkhuizen, instead.]
>Do you prefer Edam to Volendam? Why?. I heard that Volendam is very well
>amd more typical. How can I get to Edam from Amsterdam, by bus?
>Thanks and sorry for my english that is very little. I'm spanish from
Volendam is a tourist rip off place. There's little to see or do other
than have your wallet emptied.
You can get to both Hoorn and Enkhuizen by train every 30 minutes from
the Central station in A'dam. The journey time to Enkhuizen is about
30 minutes.
You can do a triangular trip between Hoorn, Medemblik and
Enkhuizen.Hoorn to Medemblik by steam train, Medemblik to Enkhuizen by
pre-war ferry and Enkhuizen to Hoorn by normal train. All three towns
are nice and have lots to see/visit. Medemblik has a 15th century
moated castle. Enkhuizen has a large open air museum, which you can
easily spend half a day visiting. The town is 17th century and one
time site of the warehouses of the Dutch East Indies Company. The
buildings are now used by the Zuiderzee Zee Museum which contains
amongst other things traditional Dutch wooden boats preserve in a
large dry dock and exhibitions relating to the way people lived around
the Zuiderzee Zee. The Open Air museum consists of 70+ buildings from
around the IJsselmeer/Zuider Zee, which have been demolished and
re-erected as a typical Zuiderzee town. The buildings include a boat
yard, a boat harbour with traditional sailing boats moored in it, a
working steam laundry & fish smokery, a windmill and much else.
In the town are moored up to a hundred traditional Dutch sailing
boats, which are used for charter work.
