Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Slauerhoffbrug Flying Drawbridge
This unique bridge physically lifts a piece of the road into the air to let boats pass by.
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Leeuwarden, Netherlands
This unique bridge physically lifts a piece of the road into the air to let boats pass by.
Sint Jansklooster, Netherlands
Repurposed space and ultra-modern construction collide to create this geometric wooden spectacle.
Utrecht, Netherlands
This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.
Bears, Netherlands
This steel frame is a skeletal mirage of a lost 16th-century stone building.
Spijkenisse, Netherlands
The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.
Soest, Netherlands
This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
The world's first floating farm is staffed by one human, three robots, and 35 cows.
Aalsmeer, Netherlands
The largest flower auction house in the world.
The Hague, Netherlands
A preserved building where the dead were once watched for signs of life.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
A statue of the second-tallest Dutchman in history.
Hilversum, Netherlands
A monument hidden in the woods built in 1938 as a getaway for a Dutch museum curator.
Radio Kootwijk, Netherlands
This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.
Waddinxveen, Netherlands
Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.
Roermond, Netherlands
Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.
Formerum, Netherlands
Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years' worth of shipwreck artifacts.
Rozendaal, Netherlands
A late-medieval Dutch castle with trick fountains in its whimsical water gardens.
Loenen, Netherlands
The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.
Den Burg, Netherlands
Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.
Leiden, Netherlands
A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.
Valkenburg, Netherlands
The ruins of this Dutch castle sit atop a labyrinth of once-secret tunnels and passageways, dating back over 900 years.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Maastricht, Netherlands
This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.