Looking for the experience of Dutch tourist destinations like Amsterdam without the crowds? Head to this charming town full of artistic history.

Travelers can't really be blamed for mixing up Holland and the Netherlands. As travel expert Rick Steves, who admits to making the faux pas himself, explains on his website, "most of our iconic ...

When it comes to cheese, delve into what’s stinkier, mouldier, or simply less sandwich-ready than what you’d find at home ...

Dive into the Netherlands' famous cheese culture with a trip to this Dutch city known for its Rick Steves-approved cheese museum and a weekly cheese market.

The Netherlands region of Waterland is home to three particularly picturesque villages, awash with tulips, red-brick houses, quaint waterways, and black-and-white cows.

Today, my long-time Dutch friends, Hans and Marjet, are driving me to polder country, the vast fields reclaimed from the sea where cows graze, tiny canals function as fences, and only church ...

Rick Steves (ricksteves.com) writes European travel guidebooks and hosts travel shows on public television and public radio. Email him at [email protected] and follow his blog on Facebook.

By train, bike, and boat, we visit the top Dutch sights outside of Amsterdam: from Haarlem to Rotterdam, and from Delft to the Zuiderzee. Along the way, we enjoy charming towns with fragrant ...

A Dutch Masters kind of town, Haarlem in the Netherlands is a good place to start a European trip. In small-town Holland, cultural differences are obvious and travel is easy.

Email him at rick@ricksteves.com and follow his blog on Facebook. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Rick Steves: What's new in Germany and the Netherlands for 2019 ...