Trip report http://thelatebay.com/index.php?thr...-netherlands-belgium-luxembourg-france.84557/ Hoping to have a little jaunt to Holland & Belgium this summer I'm looking for recommendations on places to visit, must do activities & campsites that you've stayed at please. We will be definitely be visiting cities and towns on the trip, but on the whole I prefer nature, water and open spaces. I prefer a simple field with basic facilities to a regimented style of campsite, but I know that won't always be an option! I'm updating my original post with some of the recommendations - so its easier to find when I'm there! The Netherlands Broad plan is to get the ferry to the Hook of Holland Perhaps stay in Delft, visit Rotterdam & The Hague Leyden has been recommended to us? Amsterdam https://www.gaaspercamping.nl/directions/ or by the beach at Zaandvort and got a train into Amsterdam Edam -Volendam? - Volendam is a nice fishing town worth a visit Giethoorn? Any must sees in The Netherlands - @Sick Boy John any suggestions? For a amazing art place set in a forest this is a good place to go https://krollermuller.nl/en/unique-in-every-season Belgium Bruges is on the list but where else should we be heading to in Belgium? Camping Memling about 2 miles to Bruges http://www.brugescamping.be/en/home You must do Brugee we have stayed at this site and got the bus in so you can try the beers http://www.select-site.com/campsites/overview.cfm?mc=1099 Antwerp: lovely old town, nice docks, oldest frites shop in belgium and home of The Joker bar France We will probably stop off in a a few places in France on the way back to Blighty. Dunkirk coast etc https://www.chateau-gandspette.com/campsite-france-pas-de-calais.html Big family site with all the whistles and bells but well run and half an hour from Calais and Dunkirk - great if you need a night or two near the ports . Great V2 site musee next door So hit me up with your recommendations please people. Thanks
Antwerp, lovely old town, nice docks, oldest frites shop in belgium and home of The Joker bar, oooooooooohhhh the joker bar , what a place
National Belgium day in Brussels, around the end of July I think. Also TTB day if they still do it - trains, trams and buses, one ticket, 24 hours to travel to as many places as possible and meeting lots of folk doing the same thing! It’s exhausting but sooooo much fun! Ghent is lovely and I liked Charleroi but it was a while ago. Brussels for breakfast before all the tourists arrive
... Vondelpark on a Sunday in Amsterdam if space cake is your thing. Lots of family picnics. The two are apparently not mutually exclusive ... City as a whole used to be pickpocket central but might be better these days. Basically, if there are street musicians or entertainers, there'll be Oliver Twists about as well.
I'm half Dutch and have family over there. Hope you can ride a bike For a amazing art place set in a forest this is a good place to go https://krollermuller.nl/en/unique-in-every-season If you have kids they will love this place https://www.efteling.com/en Volendam is a nice fishing town worth a visit You must do Brugee we have stayed at this site and got the bus in so you can try the beers http://www.select-site.com/campsites/overview.cfm?mc=1099
I try avoid staying in cities but would deffo stay again if i was Amsterdam bound .... https://www.gaaspercamping.nl/directions/ Great location on the outskirts of Amsterdam and at the end of a metro line into the centre , more`s the point it seemed very secure - a valid consideration in Amsterdam . I tend not to book campsites in advance unless i have a specific reason to be there , i just drive until i get somewhere i like the look of and start looking for a local` camping` . Not everones idea of a holiday but i like the freedom . Ended up in Colditz one night , i kid you not
Totally agree train ride into downtown Amsterdam and a secure site. Only stayed 2 nights but good enough get the vibe..the canal boat trips beggar belief! Beware of the bicycles and their randometry.
Also .... https://www.chateau-gandspette.com/campsite-france-pas-de-calais.html Big family site with all the whistles and bells but well run and half an hour from Calais and Dunkirk - great if you need a night or two near the ports . Great V2 site musee next door
If you go to oostend you got to go to the chicken shack . Open 24 hrs a day . half a chicken spitroast and a pint with a kerbstone of bread. Have two and that all you need for 3 days www.google.com/search?q=chicken+shack+oostend&oq=chicken+shack+oostend&aqs=chrome..69i57j33.18661j0j7&client=ms-android-tmobile-gb&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#lkt=LocalPoiPhotos&trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:nav,rc_ludocids:8558443023025921464,rc_q:Koekoek%2520Tavern,ru_q:Koekoek%2520Tavern&view.
I can’t really recommend anywhere in Holland - the last time I went there we got some smoke in Amsterdam, had a whitey in McDonald’s and then got back to the campsite miles away, had another spliff, and ran around confused into a volley ball net and hid in the tent for what seemed like a week. We were on a Scout trip...