Places to visit in the Netherlands
102 places to visit in the Netherlands, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Amsterdam Canal Ring, Beemster Polder, Eise Eisinga Planetarium and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in a volume for its state or province, filed under Netherlands on your shelf.
102 travel stamps in 12 states and provinces
The best known in the Netherlands
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Amsterdam Canal Ring
The belt of 17th century canals around the old centre of Amsterdam, with the Herengracht, Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht as its three main waterways. The canals are lined with tall merchant houses and gabled facades, and the district is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Beemster Polder
The first polder in the Netherlands reclaimed from a lake, drained in the early 17th century north of Amsterdam. Its strict grid of fields, roads and canals has barely changed since, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Eise Eisinga Planetarium
An 18th century orrery in the Frisian town of Franeker, built by Eise Eisinga in his own house between 1774 and 1781. It is still a working model of the solar system and is open as a museum.
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Kinderdijk Windmills
A group of 19 monumental windmills in the Alblasserwaard polder in South Holland. Most were built around 1740 to keep the low land drained, and they are the best known windmill landscape in the country and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Rietveld Schröder House
A small house on the edge of Utrecht, built in 1924 by the architect Gerrit Rietveld for Truus Schröder and her children. Its sliding walls and primary colours made it a landmark of the De Stijl movement, and it is now a museum and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Schokland
A former island in the Zuiderzee, an elongated strip of peat land that stopped being an island when the Noordoostpolder was reclaimed in 1942. It is now a slightly raised ridge in farmland and a heritage site.
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Van Nelle Factory
A former tea, coffee and tobacco factory on the Schie in Rotterdam, built between 1925 and 1931 to a design by Brinkman and Van der Vlugt. Its glass curtain walls make it a leading example of modernist and functionalist architecture, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Woudagemaal
A steam pumping station near Lemmer in Friesland, opened in 1920 and named after its chief engineer. It is the largest steam powered pumping station still in operation anywhere, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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De Biesbosch National Park
One of the largest national parks in the Netherlands and one of the last extensive areas of freshwater tidal wetland in northwestern Europe. A network of rivers and creeks winds between islands of willow and reed.
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IJsselmeer
A large freshwater lake in the central Netherlands, bordered by North Holland, Flevoland and Friesland. It was a sea inlet until the Afsluitdijk closed it off in 1932, and it is now a popular place for sailing and a home to many water birds.
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Oostvaardersplassen
A nature reserve in Flevoland of about 56 square kilometres, managed by Staatsbosbeheer. It is an experiment in rewilding on a publicly owned polder created from the sea, and is known for its large grazing herds and birdlife.
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Afsluitdijk
A dam and causeway about 32 kilometres long, built between 1927 and 1932 from Den Oever in North Holland to Friesland. It closed off the old Zuiderzee from the North Sea and created the freshwater IJsselmeer.
Netherlands by state and province
- North Holland45 stamps
- South Holland21 stamps
- Gelderland9 stamps
- North Brabant6 stamps
- Friesland4 stamps
- Utrecht4 stamps
- Flevoland3 stamps
- Groningen3 stamps
- Limburg3 stamps
- Zeeland2 stamps
- Drenthe1 stamp
- Overijssel1 stamp
Collecting in the Netherlands
Does LOQAH have stamps in the Netherlands?
Yes. 102 places in the Netherlands have LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp, among them Amsterdam Canal Ring, Beemster Polder, Eise Eisinga Planetarium. More are added over time.
How do I collect a stamp in the Netherlands?
The same way as anywhere: open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge and the date.
How are my Netherlands stamps kept?
Each state or province you collect in gets a volume of its own, and the volumes sit together under Netherlands on your shelf.
I have been to the Netherlands before. Can I add those trips?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Netherlands and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline: it is read on your phone and only the places it matches are added.
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