Netherlands holidays
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World view: Solar Weekend, Roermond, the NetherlandsSolar Weekend is the Dutch festival that puts the public in the spotlight – by allowing them to design its stages, art installations and attractions
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Amsterdam Noord: the best galleries, bars, restaurants and hotelsA’DAM Toren, a new multi-venue tower, is the latest addition to Amsterdam’s creative hub, where a former shipyard and warehouses have been transformed into the city’s coolest waterfront district
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Celebrating the life of Hieronymus Bosch in ’s-HertogenboschThe Dutch city has lined up myriad strange and wonderful experiences to mark Hieronymous Bosch’s death 500 years ago
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Arnhem’s stunning new railway station raises city's profileStation puts the Netherlands city on the map as a major European transport hub
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10 of the best ways to enjoy Amsterdam … on a budgetFollow our savvy guide and you can enjoy free gigs, art galleries and walking tours, stay in a cool hostel and refuel on cheap eats
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Sloterpark, one of Amsterdam's favourite green spacesIt doesn’t appear on many bucketlists, but Sloterpark, in the west of Amsterdam, hits the right notes with its pools, zoo, frisbee golf and numerous festivals
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Hazy crazy days: with dad in Amsterdam’s coffee shopsOur writer’s father has MS, and cannabis helps with the symptoms. But that’s not the only reason for the pair’s jaunt to Amsterdam: he just loves to get high
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Hitchhiking Amsterdam-style: hail a lift with a local cyclistThe new Yellow Backie scheme encourages locals to offer tourists a ride on their bike racks – and show them the city beyond the cliches
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World view: Say it with flowers, Zundert, the NetherlandsOn the first Sunday of September, volunteers from hamlets surrounding the town of Zundert, in the Netherlands, put on a huge parade of flower-powered floats. The Zundert Bloemencorso is the oldest annual flower parade in Europe and this year’s theme was local hero Vincent van Gogh
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Maps reveal Amsterdam's many facesDiverse map collection highlights fascinating information about Dutch capital, from areas attacked in second world war to development of its canals
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Travel tips: Utrecht – the laidback alternative to Amsterdam, plus deals of the weekVisit Holland’s most charming and underrated city, take a break on the Cornish coast or explore Spain’s Picos de Europa. By Joanne O’Connor
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Gaining currency: fall of euro has American tourists flocking to EuropeShifting exchange rates mean more holidaymakers are making the trip across the Atlantic – but the upsurge brings problems for the Europe’s most popular attractions
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Capital transfer: a cycling trip from London to AmsterdamRachel Dixon joins a new green cycle tour from London to Amsterdam – with plenty of interesting and delicious pit stops en route
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How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the worldIn the 1960s, Dutch cities were increasingly in thrall to motorists, with the car seen as the transport of the future. It took the intolerable toll of child traffic deaths – and fierce activism – to turn Amsterdam into the cycling nirvana of today
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Dutch magistrate gives police two weeks to question drug dealer over deathsUnnamed 42-year-old, who may have caused deaths of three British tourists in Amsterdam by selling them white heroin, hands himself in to police
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Novelist Jessie Burton on AmsterdamThe author of The Miniaturist on the beguiling blend of tradition and modernity (and pancakes) in a city that provided the inspiration for her 17th-century-set debut novel and Waterstones Book of the Year 2014
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Travel tips: mini breaks in Maastricht, plus deals of the weekJoin the party in Holland’s most underrated destination, find romance in Cornwall or pick up an exclusive Turkish villa bargain. By Joanne O’Connor
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Benjamin Stanford (aka Dub FX) on Jazz Café Alto, AmsterdamStreet performer Benjamin Stanford is fussy about his jazz, but says this tiny bar in Amsterdam never disappoints
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Cedar Lewisohn on the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, the Netherlands
A great little place I know Cedar Lewisohn on the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, the Netherlands
The artist feels right at home at this utopian art and design institute, which also welcomes visitors for events and the best coffee in town
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Instagram snapshots: the NetherlandsWindmills, autumn mornings and cycling in the fog … Eelco Roos explores the Netherlands
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Death masks and warm smiles: the golden age of Dutch painting – in picturesA new exhibition on pain and pleasure in art asks whether the face is truly the mirror of the soul. More than 50 works from the golden age of Dutch painting – on show at the Frans Hals Museum, in Haarlem, the Netherlands – embrace every emotion from despair to lust
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Theodoor van Boven: bow down at this Amsterdam liqueur barWynand Fockink is an Amsterdam bar and distillery where small is beautiful and the liqueurs are plentiful – and potent
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Top 10 pop-up restaurants and food experiences in AmsterdamFresh tastes, clever design and a relaxed vibe are the order of the day for Amsterdam’s innovative and pop-up restaurants, writes Sam Gosling
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Travel tips: head for Bergen in the Netherlands, and the week's best deals
Travel tips: delight in Bergen, camp in the New Forest, and revel in a riad in Marrakech. By Joanne O'Connor
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Pearl of a museum: Vermeer shines among Dutch icons in new Mauritshuis
A dramatic yet tasteful refurbishment allows The Hague's fine collection of golden age Dutch art to seduce and intrigue, writes Jonathan Jones
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Top 10 free things to do in Amsterdam
From galleries, boat trips and concerts to the city's famous condom shop, there's plenty of great things to do in Amsterdam that won't cost you a guilder
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How art and chickens revived Amsterdam's most unloved districtKolenkitbuurt was a deeply troubled community when Dutch-led artists Cascoland were brought in to improve the residents’ quality of life. Their ‘bottom-up’ strategy has worked wonders
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Dam near perfect: Amsterdam pads that are both family-friendly and stylish
Canals, bikes, pancakes … Amsterdam is ideal for family fun – especially if you stay in a stylish home full of other kids' toys
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Rem Koolhaas's De Rotterdam: cut and paste architecture
Like one skyline perched on another, the latest mega-building by Rem Koolhaas towers over the starchitect playground of Rotterdam. But why was it even built? Oliver Wainwright gets a guided tour
Cycling the city Bike jams and unwritten rules: a day with Amsterdam's new 'bicycle mayor'