When Jacob Nathan de Leeuwe found himself returning nearly two decades ago from his home in a suburb of Amsterdam to this isolated idyll he calls “the end of the world,” it undoubtedly was the pull of ...

Some places reveal themselves with a big dramatic flourish, and that's especially true of Friesland. A mere sixty miles northeast of Amsterdam, the Dutch province is linked to western Holland by the ...

With historical roots in mind, I hefted my backpack and departed Phoenix on a five-country European trip that included a visit to the Netherlands. I backpacked Europe in 1974. This time I stayed in ...

The cosy cabins, bike rides and serenity of De Alde Feanen national park make it the perfect place to switch off and unwind in winter If there are times when the sights, smells and sounds of a new ...

What is left that speaks of uniqueness through these places in which we pass, at a time in which our borders that are becoming increasingly segregated and politics speaks openly of hostilities. In ...