{"id":1302627,"date":"2026-09-26T18:43:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302627"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:34:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:34:36","slug":"netherlands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Netherlands country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In The Netherlands","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"A country you can cross in three hours by train, where the bike is the transport and the second cities are half the price of the first. Amsterdam is the draw; Rotterdam, Utrecht and the coast are the reason to stay longer.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302629","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac30 | Dorm bed in Amsterdam, from\r\n22,000km | Of cycle paths\r\n3h | North to south by train\r\n\u20ac1 | A stroopwafel, hot off the iron","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Small, flat, and not just Amsterdam","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"The Netherlands is the size of Munster and half of it is below sea level, which is why it looks the way it does: flat, engineered, and organised around water and bicycles. You can be anywhere in the country within three hours of Schiphol, and most people never leave the first city they land in.\r\n\r\nAmsterdam deserves its reputation and pays for it. Canals, Rembrandt and Van Gogh, and more visitors per resident than almost anywhere in Europe. It is also the most expensive bed in the country by a wide margin, and the city has spent years actively discouraging the stag-and-coffeeshop end of its tourism.\r\n\r\nTwenty minutes to an hour away, the country changes. Utrecht is Amsterdam with fewer people and lower canals. Rotterdam is modern, industrial and the best food city. Haarlem, Delft and Leiden are small, handsome and cheap. Basing yourself outside Amsterdam and commuting in is a genuinely good trick.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Language | Dutch. English is spoken almost universally and very well\r\nCurrency | Euro (\u20ac)\r\nEmergency | 112\r\nTap water | Safe and good\r\nTipping | Not expected. Round up for good service\r\nCards | Widely used, and some places are card only. Debit cards work almost everywhere; some places do not take credit cards\r\nHow long to stay | Four days for Amsterdam, a week to see the country\r\nBest months | April to June and September","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Trains link everything, and the whole country is under three hours across.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Amsterdam | Canals, world-class museums and the busiest centre in the country. Beautiful, and priced accordingly. |  | 1302630 | A brilliant city for everyone, whether you want culture, sights or fun. Public transport was fairly easy to use and despite the ongoing repairs on some parts of the tram system most of the city was easily accessed via public transport. I\u2019d recommend getting a museum or amsterdam pass card thing for a longer trip, they\u2019re pretty useful. | \nRotterdam | Rebuilt after 1940 and modern because of it. The best architecture, food halls and nightlife in the country. |  | 1302631 | I honestly didn\u2019t know what to expect with Rotterdam but OMG that city is amazing! It reminds me of NYC but a Dutch version, it\u2019s clear from all the construction going on that Rotterdam is experiencing a boom and if they keep going at the rate they\u2019re going I have no doubt in my mind that within 5-10 years Rotterdam will truly dethrone Amsterdam as the number 1 place to go in the Netherlands Loved the architecture keep doing your thing Rotterdam it was a pleasure and I\u2019ll see you again soon | \nUtrecht | Amsterdam's canals at street level, a student population and prices about a third lower. |  | 1302632 | Utrecht is absolutely beautiful. If you\u2019re not as big of a fan of the big city vibes of Amsterdam, try Utrecht instead. It\u2019s beautiful and feels a lot calmer and less touristy. It was also easy for me to get there from Amsterdam and go on my way to Germany, it\u2019s on a major rail line. | \nThe Hague | Government, galleries and the only proper beach city, at Scheveningen. |  | 1302633 |  | \nHaarlem | Fifteen minutes from Amsterdam, half the price, and a quieter version of the same architecture. |  | 1302634 | Do not skip Haarlem this Dutch city is beautiful, the locals are so friendly it\u2019s safe to walk at night nobody will bother you at all the Dutch people are a living example of the phrase \u201cMinding our own business\u201d \ud83d\ude02 I am going to miss the Netherlands until next time | \nMaastricht | Southern, hilly and closer to Brussels than Amsterdam. Roman ruins and a different accent entirely. |  | 1302635 |  | \nGroningen | The northern student city, with more bicycles than people and the best nightlife per head in the country. |  | 1302636 |  | \nDelft | Blue pottery, a canal-ringed centre between Rotterdam and The Hague, and Vermeer's town. |  | 1302637 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"The Netherlands does short trips better than long ones. Pick the shape of your week.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"City break | blue | city | Three or four days, one city, everything walkable. | Van Gogh Museum, booked ahead; A canal walk with no destination; Brown caf\u00e9 in the late afternoon | Jordaan, Amsterdam; Oude Gracht, Utrecht; Markthal, Rotterdam | Amsterdam; Utrecht; Rotterdam | city-break\nCulture | purple | culture | Three of the great museums of Europe within one square. | Rijksmuseum in a morning; Anne Frank House, booked six weeks out; Mauritshuis in The Hague | Museumplein; Anne Frank House; Kr\u00f6ller-M\u00fcller | Amsterdam; The Hague | culture\nAdventure | green | bicycle | Cycling, which is the national sport and the national transport. | Cycle the Vondelpark to the Amstel; Ride through the Hoge Veluwe; The coastal route to Zandvoort | Hoge Veluwe National Park; Kinderdijk windmills; The North Sea coast | Amsterdam; Utrecht | adventure\nFood | sunset | local-markets | Indonesian food, cheese markets and the best food halls in Europe. | Rijsttafel in an Indonesian restaurant; Markthal in Rotterdam; Herring from a street stand | Markthal, Rotterdam; Albert Cuyp, Amsterdam; Gouda cheese market | Rotterdam; Amsterdam | food\nNightlife | pink | nightclub | Techno in Rotterdam, brown caf\u00e9s everywhere. | A brown caf\u00e9 afternoon; Rotterdam on a Saturday; Kingsday, if the date lines up | Rembrandtplein; Witte de Withstraat, Rotterdam; Neude, Utrecht | Amsterdam; Rotterdam | nightlife\nBudget | teal | coin | Doable, if you sleep outside Amsterdam. | Stay in Haarlem and commute; Supermarket lunches; Free ferries behind Centraal | Haarlem; Utrecht; Rotterdam | Haarlem; Utrecht; Rotterdam | budget-travel","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in the Netherlands","hw_hub_country_do_body":"Amsterdam's museums are the anchor and they need booking. The Anne Frank House releases timed tickets six weeks ahead and sells out within days; the Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum sell out in season but not as brutally. All three are on or beside Museumplein, which makes a single museum day efficient.\r\n\r\nThe cheaper pleasure is the city itself. Walking the canal ring, sitting in a brown caf\u00e9, or taking the free ferry from behind Centraal station to Noord, where the industrial north has become the interesting half of the city.\r\n\r\nOutside Amsterdam: Kinderdijk's nineteen windmills, the Keukenhof tulip gardens if you are here between late March and mid-May, and the Hoge Veluwe national park, where the entry ticket includes a white bike to ride around on.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Anne Frank House | Tickets released six weeks ahead and gone in days\r\nMuseumkaart | \u20ac75 for a year of Dutch museums \u2014 worth it after four visits\r\nFree ferries | Behind Centraal to Noord, every few minutes, no charge\r\nTulips | Keukenhof opens late March to mid-May only","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in the Netherlands","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in the Netherlands","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Dutch cooking is plain and the country knows it, which is why the best eating here is Indonesian, Surinamese and Turkish. A rijsttafel \u2014 a spread of a dozen small Indonesian dishes \u2014 is the meal to have at least once, and a Surinamese roti from a corner shop is the best \u20ac8 in Amsterdam.\r\n\r\nThe Dutch things worth doing are snacks. Herring from a street stand, eaten with onions and held by the tail. Bitterballen with beer. Fresh stroopwafels pressed while you wait, which cost a euro at a market and four in a caf\u00e9.\r\n\r\nRotterdam's Markthal and Amsterdam's Albert Cuyp are the food halls, and supermarkets \u2014 Albert Heijn is everywhere \u2014 keep costs down substantially in a country where sitting down to eat is expensive.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Rijsttafel | \u20ac25\u201335 and worth it once. Indonesian, and very Dutch\r\nStreet herring | \u20ac3\u20134, raw, with onion. An acquired taste worth acquiring\r\nFresh stroopwafel | \u20ac1\u20132 at a market stall, hot off the iron\r\nSupermarkets | Albert Heijn and Jumbo. Lunch for under \u20ac5","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for the Netherlands","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in the Netherlands","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Amsterdam's nightlife is more varied than its reputation. The Red Light District is now mostly a slow-moving crowd of visitors, and the city has been actively pushing tourism away from it. The better nights are in Noord, De Pijp and around Rembrandtplein, plus the club warehouses across the IJ.\r\n\r\nRotterdam is the real night out. It has the techno scene, the late licences and the crowd that goes with them, and it is about forty minutes from Amsterdam by train.\r\n\r\nBrown caf\u00e9s \u2014 dark, wooden, centuries old \u2014 are the other institution and the cheapest way to spend an evening. A beer is \u20ac3.50 to \u20ac5, nobody rushes you, and they close when they feel like it.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Rotterdam | The country's best club scene, about 40 minutes from Amsterdam\r\nBrown caf\u00e9s | Beer \u20ac3.50\u20135, and the most Dutch thing you can do\r\nCoffeeshops | Legal, tourist-restricted in some cities, cash only, no alcohol\r\nLast trains | Hourly night trains link the big cities at weekends","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for the Netherlands","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around the Netherlands","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"NS runs trains every fifteen minutes between the main cities and the whole country is within three hours of itself. Buy an anonymous OV-chipkaart or use contactless bank cards, which now work on most services \u2014 check in and check out, every time, or you get charged the maximum fare.\r\n\r\nFor anything under about ten kilometres, cycle. Rental is \u20ac10 to \u20ac15 a day, the infrastructure is the best in the world, and the Dutch cycle fast and expect you to keep up. Stay right, signal with your arm, and never stand in a bike lane.\r\n\r\nAmsterdam's trams are useful but the centre is genuinely walkable. Taxis are expensive and rarely necessary.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Trains | Every 15 minutes between big cities. Amsterdam\u2013Rotterdam about 40 min\r\nCheck in and out | Tap both ends or pay the maximum fare\r\nBike rental | \u20ac10\u201315 a day. Lock it twice \u2014 bike theft is a national sport\r\nGroup ticket | NS group day tickets cut the fare sharply for two or more","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for the Netherlands","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What the Netherlands costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Amsterdam is the expense. Dorms start around \u20ac30 and climb hard at weekends, during Kingsday and through the summer, while the same bed in Rotterdam or Utrecht is \u20ac20 to \u20ac24. Basing yourself in Haarlem or Utrecht and taking the train in costs less than staying central, even after the fares.\r\n\r\nEating out is expensive by European standards and self-catering is easy, since supermarkets are good and hostels almost all have kitchens. Beer is \u20ac3.50 to \u20ac5 in a bar, about \u20ac1 in a shop.\r\n\r\nMuseums add up fast at \u20ac20 to \u20ac25 each. If you are doing more than four, the Museumkaart at around \u20ac75 pays for itself.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac30 in Amsterdam, from \u20ac20 in Rotterdam or Utrecht\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac65\u201385 in Amsterdam, \u20ac50\u201365 elsewhere\r\nMuseums | \u20ac20\u201325 each. Museumkaart pays back after four\r\nCity tax | Amsterdam charges a percentage of the room rate, among Europe's highest","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for the Netherlands","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in the Netherlands","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"The Netherlands is very safe and Amsterdam is safe at any hour, with the caveats you would expect in a city with that many visitors: pickpockets around Centraal, Dam Square and on the busiest trams, and bike theft at industrial scale.\r\n\r\nThe genuine hazard is traffic, and it is not cars. Stepping into a bike lane without looking is the single most common way visitors get hurt here. Cyclists have priority, move faster than you expect, and will not stop.\r\n\r\nCoffeeshops are legal and regulated, and the strength of what they sell catches people out every week \u2014 particularly edibles, which take hours to work. Buying anything on the street is illegal and usually fake.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112\r\nBike lanes | Look both ways before crossing one. The most common injury here\r\nPickpockets | Centraal station, Dam Square, trams 2 and 12\r\nCoffeeshops | Stronger than expected. Never buy on the street","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"The Netherlands is in the Schengen area. EU citizens need an ID card. UK, US, Canadian and Australian passport holders get 90 days in any 180 across the whole zone, counted across all member states rather than per country.\r\n\r\nPassports need three months' validity beyond your departure date and to have been issued within the last ten years.\r\n\r\nETIAS, the EU's pre-travel authorisation, has been delayed repeatedly \u2014 check the official EU site rather than any article. Dutch law also requires everyone over 14 to carry ID, and it is enforced more than in neighbouring countries, so keep a passport or card on you.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Schengen | 90 days in any 180 across the whole zone\r\nPassport validity | Three months beyond departure, issued within ten years\r\nETIAS | Repeatedly delayed \u2014 check the official EU site\r\nCarry ID | Legally required over 14, and actually enforced","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"The Netherlands has a short good summer, a famous spring and a wet everything else. Tulip season and Kingsday are the two dates that move prices.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs. It rains in every month; the difference is temperature, not dryness. Keukenhof opens late March to mid-May only.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 6 | 1 | Cold, dark, cheapest beds of the year\r\nFebruary | 7 | 1 | Quiet. Carnival in the Catholic south\r\nMarch | 10 | 2 | Tulip season opens at the end of the month\r\nApril | 14 | 5 | Keukenhof and Kingsday on the 27th. Book far ahead\r\nMay | 18 | 4 | The best month. Blossom over, weather good, crowds easing\r\nJune | 21 | 4 | Long evenings, terraces full, prices climbing\r\nJuly | 23 | 5 | Peak season and peak prices in Amsterdam\r\nAugust | 23 | 5 | Still peak, plus Pride early in the month\r\nSeptember | 20 | 3 | Excellent. Warm enough, much quieter\r\nOctober | 15 | 2 | Cool, wet, cheap. Museum weather\r\nNovember | 10 | 1 | Grey and inexpensive\r\nDecember | 7 | 3 | Christmas markets and Sinterklaas, then a New Year spike","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person. Amsterdam adds roughly a third to the bed.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Excludes intercity trains, which are cheap \u2014 Amsterdam to Rotterdam is around \u20ac17. Staying in Haarlem or Utrecht and commuting in usually beats a central Amsterdam bed.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 30 | 16 | 5 | 8\r\nMiddle of the road | 40 | 32 | 8 | 18\r\nComfortable | 60 | 50 | 12 | 25","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"Two of these fill every bed in the country. Plan around them deliberately, in either direction.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"netherlands","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in the Netherlands","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/netherlands\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Carnival | February | Maastricht \u00b7 the south | Three days of costume and brass bands, and barely noticed north of the rivers. |  | \nKeukenhof and tulip season | Late March to mid-May | Lisse | Seven million bulbs, open eight weeks a year, and the fields around it are free to cycle through. |  | \nKingsday | 27 April | Nationwide | The whole country in orange, canal boats full, and the largest street market in Europe. Beds book out months ahead. |  | \nAmsterdam Pride | Late July to early August | Amsterdam | The canal parade is the only one of its kind in the world, on boats. |  | \nAmsterdam Dance Event | October | Amsterdam | Five days, a thousand events and every dance act in the world in one city. |  | \nSinterklaas | Mid-November to 5 December | Nationwide | The Dutch gift-giving festival, quite separate from Christmas. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in the Netherlands","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in the country, live from Hostelworld. Look at Haarlem, Utrecht and Rotterdam if Amsterdam prices are the problem.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in the Netherlands","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/netherlands\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"148","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Netherlands travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How many days do you need in Amsterdam? | Three or four. That covers the big museums, the canal ring and an evening in Noord or De Pijp without rushing. A week lets you add Rotterdam, Utrecht and the coast, all within an hour by train.\r\nIs Amsterdam expensive? | The bed is. Dorms start around \u20ac30 and rise sharply at weekends and in summer, against \u20ac20 to \u20ac24 in Rotterdam or Utrecht. Food, transport and beer are ordinary western European prices.\r\nWhen is tulip season? | Late March to mid-May, with the peak usually in mid-April. Keukenhof is only open during that window. The bulb fields around Lisse are free to cycle through and less crowded than the gardens.\r\nDo I need to book the Anne Frank House? | Yes, and early. Timed tickets are released six weeks ahead and sell out within days. There is no ticket office queue any more \u2014 without a booking you will not get in.\r\nIs it worth staying outside Amsterdam? | Often, yes. Haarlem is fifteen minutes away and Utrecht half an hour, both with cheaper beds and their own reasons to be there. Even after train fares you will usually save money.\r\nAre coffeeshops open to tourists? | In Amsterdam yes, though the city has restricted them in some districts and street dealing is illegal everywhere. Products are stronger than most visitors expect, particularly edibles, which take a couple of hours to take effect.\r\nDo I need to speak Dutch? | No. English is spoken almost universally and often better than in some English-speaking countries. A hallo and a dank je are appreciated but nobody expects more.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across the Netherlands \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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