Information and tourism
- World map
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- Online maps of general interest. Maps of the world.
- Brief facts and figures on Netherlands
- Atlopedia's information page.
- For local Dutch tourist boards use:
- USA/Canada
- UK
- German
- Excellent help for visiting Netherlands.
- Vienna Hotels Online
- You can easily find Hotels in Vienna, Austria with us.
- Yahoo travel advice for Netherlands
- Amsterdam hotels - Hotel reservation service in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
More valuable information for tourists.
- Hotels
Amsterdam
Hotels with high discounts,
up to 75 % on All hotels in Amsterdam Holland.
Hotels-Compare.com
Hotels-Compare.com offers you the best Amsterdam Hotel search results after an honest comparison of Amsterdam
hotel availability on the net. Also, Hotels-Compare.com gives you all
the Amsterdam - and hotel - related information
- Days Out NL
- Contains up-to-date news on the latest events, exhibitions and cultural performances being held throughout the country.
- Pretzoeker NL
- Pretzoeker contains many days away tips which are constantly updated and easy to find using our simple search facility - in Dutch only.
- See your country from outer space!
- View the world in real time as a composite picture from satellite cameras at the Fourmilab site.
- Anne Frank House
- "Beauty remains, even in misfortune. If you just look for it, you discover more and more happiness and regain your balance."
Tuesday 7th March 1944
- Of all the people who suffered and died in the Holocaust, Anne Frank is perhaps the one best known to the rest of the world.
The new edition of her diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, (1997) gives us a clearer picture of the great pressures of
hiding in that small space 'the annex' for so long. The Prinsengracht house where the Frank family were hiding is now a museum.
- Tourist Offices Worldwide Directory
- Find addresses of official government tourist offices around the world.
- Dutch Home-page
- Many links, mainly in Dutch language
- Rail travel throughout Europe
- Visiting Britain cheaply
- Cheap travel, accommodation & hostels, money exchange and on-line currency converter, student & young people discounts, rail and coach travel, car hire, London, & more.
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Language learning and dictionaries
- Short dictionaries for common tourist & other words
- Travlang's short dictionaries in Dutch and many European languages.
- Dutch to English
- This collection of Dutch to English and English to Dutch dictionaries is an extensive language resource, comprised of general, encyclopedic, slang and informal terms. It covers a wide range of professional fields. With quick recognition of all inflected and derived forms of every entry, it features a searchable database of over 2 million words, phrases, abbreviations and acronyms. Each entry is complete with part of speech and numerous meanings, enriched with synonyms, explanations, and etymological information.
- Learn Dutch
- Crash course, or in depth advice about learning Dutch.
- Foreign Languages for Travellers
- Learn enough French, or English (or 50 other languages) to help you as a tourist. The teaching interface is also in 50
languages. So you will be taught any of the other languages, using your own language!
- Say it in Dutch!
- Learn Dutch in Groningen, capital of beautiful Groningen.
- Speak Dutch
- Learn to speak Dutch for foreigners and travellers.
- Learn Online
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- The Dutch Language Guide offers a complete survey of the key rules of Dutch grammar and spelling in both English and Dutch. The Dutch Language Test is a free part of the site with interactive language exercises.
- Learn to Speak Dutch
- Learn Dutch with free online lessons.
- Digital Dialects - Dutch
- Includes interactive games for acquiring Dutch vocabulary.
- Online list of dictionaries
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Making sense of life.
Finding some answers.
- The problem page
- Real answers for real problems - fear, worry, loneliness, sex, suicide, even exams. (In English).
- One-liners
- Jokes and proverbs in Dutch (and English).
- Have you heard of the Four Spiritual Laws?
- Is there a real way to find God? Does it matter? In Dutch (plus English and many other language versions).
- The Secret Room: Corrie ten Boom's true story
- Corrie and her family rescued many Jews from the Holocaust, in their little clock-mender's shop in Haarlem.(In English)
- Power to Change
- Real people... real change
- Bilingual Dutch/English site of themes and stories.
- Also contains details of radio ministry on commercial stations in Belgium.
- Daily Wisdom
- Receive an email message of hope and encouragement every day from the Bible. You can subscribe using this form, or view all the month's messages online.
- SOON Online Magazine
- The magazine with a difference. True stories, music, travel, sex, interviews, and much more.
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Browsers and search engines- Explanation of Search Engine terms in Dutch
- Browsers.Com
- Download able full browser programs and plug-ins in many languages and scripts. Includes full versions of NETSCAPE
Navigator and Internet Explorer with Dutch user interface.
Search engines:- Dutch Euroseek
- Netherlands Infoseek | Ilse | Zoek | Vindex
- Perceval.net
- Improve your web experience by upgrading your browser
- Get Firefox.com
- Rediscover the Web with Firefox Free Download from Official Site
- Windows Downloads.com
- Get the newest version of Internet Explorer and other free browsers
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Radio and TV schedules
- Evangelische Omroep
- The Nederlands Evangelical Broadcasting Organisation.
Award-winning site for Dutch TV with a difference! (In Dutch and English).
- The Radio Page
- More details on radio broadcasts in English and other languages.
Books and Bibles- Want to find Christian books and other information? Try a Christian bookshop:
- CLC Bookshops in Netherlands:
- Raadhuisstraat 14, 1016 D.E. Amsterdam, Tel: (020) 620 1859
- Asselsestraat 58, 7311 EN Apeldoorn, Tel: (055) 5222757
- Stationsplein 3, 6811 KG Arnhem, Anthem:Tel: (026) 3511014
- For Flemish bookshops in Belgium, please see our Belgium Page
- Online Dutch Bible
- Why read the Bible?
- A Catholic view of scripture. (Only in English at present)
- Can the Bible help us?
- What is the Bible all about and where did it come from? (In English)
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