Eastern Netherlands People & Culture

Every tuesday and saturday there is an open market in the city center, is great to try typical dishes and to learn how people live in this city. Drink Grolsch, is the local beer brand.

Visit the 'Voorstraat' in Zwolle. It has many places to have a drink, meet younger people or just have a good time in a place you may choose.

One the biggest disco complex in the country, over 12000 people in over 7 area's with different music..

Lochem, friendly little town with 20.000 people and some nice places for lunch and dinner. Bella Cairo and the Kawop (bit more$) are nice places to eat in the city center. La Touch is a nice place to get a drink. In Lochem the most action is Friday to Sunday;)

Zandvoort is famous for 2 things: 1 the racing circuit. That looks out over the dunes towards the second thing: The sea and beach clubs!
Walking 15 minutes towards the north and you will find Bloemendaal beach where are even more party's. Small and really special party's during the week and big and commercial in the weekends. Always top dj's and beautiful people!

The Gardens of the palace are not the miss in spring or summer.
If you go for a drink or dinner the Rontgen cafe is a pretty nice place with a restaurant, terrace and dancing area.
On the other side of the street ( Hoofdstraat next to the Caterplein) is the Busy's which is more the sing along and drink a lot bar;)

If you are planning to go there from further then 50 km away, please don't go there, there must be a better city nearby. Everybody who lives in Almere-stad lives there because they have a job in Amsterdam, but they can't find a place to live over there.
There is no culture, no night life, no fun at all.

One the biggest disco complex in the country, over 12000 people in over 7 area's with different music..

When you visit Zwolle you should definitely go to the Doctor, a cool bar with live music. The Doctor is located in a pub street in the heart of the city.

Go to Lowlands music festival

Zwarte Cross Festival Last Weekend Of July every year a spectacular racing and music festival will be held in Lichtervoorde.

In December there is a Charles Dickens festival. The streets are decorated and people walk around in 1800's English dress. There are musicians playing music, sidewalk vendors for food and art, and there is even a horse-drawn carriage ride for children.

First of all, i come from Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia or widely known as Borneo. One may think what am i doing in Enschede?? Well, my dad studied here, in Enschede. Enschede is the home of the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC). My trip here was on official purpose accompanying my dad other delegates from different parts of the states in Malaysia. Lucky for me my sister, we were brought along to enjoy ourselves after our graduations. So here is just a brief story of my trip to Enschede. Just a stone´s throw from the German border this is a sleepy littly town with genuine dutch feeling. You will find that it has a nice downtown shopping area which becomes truly buzzing on a Saturday when the farmers market is spread all over the area. Here you can buy anything from clothes pins to flowers, from huge lumps of Holland cheese to soap. Holland cheese, emmm, simply delicious! Do not under any circumstances miss out on the fabulous fried fish with Pommes Spezial (french fries with ketchup, mayonaise and onions). You can easily go to Enschede by train from Germany (regional trains from Münster, apprx 1hour) or from any dutch town (to Amsterdam apprx 2hours). Enschede is a nice little town, but there is nothing to see here. Town is full of Germans who come across the boarder to buy hash.

If you travel to Zutphen don't forget to book you room at Golden Tulip Resort in Zutphen! This hotel is centrally located and has a lot of sport, bowling and wellnessfacilities. The service is excellent! Take a look at their website: www.sportmeetsbusinesshotel.com of www.goldentulipresortzutphen.com

Urk is an old fishing village. It is considered the most traditional place in the Netherlands. Until they closed off the zuiderzee it was an island. Very religous so don't bother going on a Sunday. They also don't speak very good English there and speak a weird highbred of Dutch so watch out if you aren't too good with the language it can be a bit difficult here.

My hometown!! Lovely city. Not too small, not too big. And a old city centre with some parts of the old citywall still standing. Lay down in the grass along the `gracht`, the channel around the old citycentre, have lunch in 'De 4 Azen'. Go shopping and have an icecream at Salute (Diezerstraat). Then rent a bike and just explore the city, and head south towarts the river. Some nice sceneries there.

Really nice: National Park De Hoge Veluwe - each time of the year! Rent a bike, go for a spin in the park to see all kinds of wild animals, stop for a drink in a cafe, have a look at the museums, the castle... fantastic! 

Every tuesday and saturday there is an open market in the city center, is great to try typical dishes and to learn how people live in this city. Drink Grolsch, is the local beer brand.

Go watch a footballgame in 'De Grolsch Veste' from the local team FC Twente!

Pinksterfeesten, Carnaval, Cafe EEF genoeg te doen hier!

Visit the 'Voorstraat' in Zwolle. It has many places to have a drink, meet younger people or just have a good time in a place you may choose.

Visit Emmen's Zoo. It is famous in the Netherlands, housing all kinds of exotic animals.