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🚲 Netherlands & Belgium: Canals and Chocolate

Canals, bicycles, museums and the world's best chocolate-waffle-beer. A short-distance, train-friendly week.

8Days
3Stops
$75Per day
$600On the ground

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The route, night by night (7 nights)

  1. 01

    Amsterdam (Netherlands)

    3 nights

    The canals, Van Gogh & the Rijksmuseum, cycling; Zaanse Schans as a day trip.

  2. 02

    Bruges (Belgium)

    2 nights

    A medieval fairy-tale canal city, chocolate, the belfry.

  3. 03

    Brussels (Belgium)

    2 nights

    The Grand Place, waffles, comic-strip culture, the EU quarter.

Best season

April (tulips), May–September

Getting around

Intercity trains (short legs, 1-2 hours); bicycles in the cities.

What to know before you go

  • —Online tickets for Amsterdam museums; Van Gogh sells out often.
  • —For tulips, Keukenhof in mid-April; the window is narrow.
  • —Belgian trains are cheap; look up the discounted weekend tickets.

Important: this content is general information

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