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Cyclist’s Guide to Amsterdam Attractions
Biking is a popular pastime in Amsterdam, and locals will likely recommend it to you. Read our green guide to discovering Amsterdam on two wheels! Because of the city’s excellent bicycle path system, getting around Amsterdam is a breeze on two wheels. The city has installed a vast network of signs, traffic lights, and signals […]
Continue reading5 ideas for a sustainable spring break
Spring is just around the corner: nature awakens, everything is full of colors and the sun warms us. Every weekend, every holiday becomes the perfect opportunity to rediscover the pleasure of a walk in the woods, of an unusual night, to explore the world around us Wanderlust grows in these beautiful days. Here are 5 […]
Continue readingThe Island of Texel, a Paradise for Birdwatching Lovers
The Island of Texel is one of the Wadden Islands located on the north side of the Netherlands coast. Between white beaches and nature reserves you will be able to observe seals and a myriad of birds. It is only 9 kilometres wide and 25 kilometres long, yet the largest of the Wadden islands. The island […]
Continue readingDog-Friendly Cycling in Zeeland in the Netherlands
Discover the unique province of Zeeland, a province of the Netherlands rich in nature and history, located in the southwestern part of the country. It consists of several former islands (hence the name Zeeland, land of the sea) and a strip of land bordering Belgium to the south. Here in Zeeland, you can enjoy beautiful […]
Continue readingVegotel: vegan and sustainable holidays
Vegotel® specializes in environmentally friendly hotels, accommodations and B&B’s that serve a vegan breakfast/lunch/dinner based on cheese, meat and dairy substitutes. Recently started and already expanded to four locations, Blije, Heegermeer, Schoonoord and the latest member, Wyns. Vegotel Blije is located in a farmhouse build in 1885 on the Zeedijk next to the Wadden Sea, […]
Continue readingAn Amazing Vegan Hotel in Wadden Sea land, Netherlands Countryside
Come with us to discover the beautiful Wadden Sea land staying in an eco-friendly vegan hotel. The hosts Henk and Nazma have shared their story and recommended us what not to miss in this part of Netherlands Countryside World Heritage is what you were looking for to admire the spectacular nature of the Netherlands. From […]
Continue readingAmsterdam keeps the secret of a real green city!
If you love bicycles and culture then Amsterdam is the city you belong to! But how did this city end up being the World’s cycling capital? His relationship with cyclists hasn’t always been happy like today…. In the early 50s, Amsterdam was one of the most congested cities in Europe with a high traffic related death […]
Continue readingAmsterdam: among windmills and fairytale houses, the cycling holiday for children
Where to take the kids for the holiday? For example, in a city at the boundary between real and imaginary. Where the houses are on the canals and the bridges opens by rotating so a boat can passes. Where you travel by bicycle and after less than half an hour from the city you are among cows […]
Continue readingIn Netherlands you can travel by electric buses
In Europe the era of sustainable transport has officially begun, and a zero emissions future does not seem so far: in the Netherlands, in the city of Eindhoven and Helmon, from a few months there are 43 electric buses in operation, for one of the largest electric fleet of Europe. The Netherlands at the beginning […]
Continue readingNijmegen, European Green Capital
Last summer, the European commission has appointed the new Green Capital of Europe: on 22 June in Ljubljana, who won the title in 2016, the city of Nijmegen, in the Netherlands, was awarded. We went to discover the best practices that have allowed this Dutch city to become the European Green Capital in 2018 Nijmegen […]
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