Travel archive:
Holland – In the Footsteps
of the Masters
Gustav lived in Holland for several years and continues to be fascinated by the richness of this small and compact country – its culture, art, architecture, and history, as well as its international cuisine and thoughtful everyday solutions.
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Large parts of the Netherlands lie below sea level, a condition that has shaped an extraordinary level of ingenuity and engineering over centuries. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) played a significant role not only for the Netherlands itself but for the wider world, something reflected in historic names such as New Holland (now Australia), New Amsterdam (today New York), and Cape Town.
We naturally visit Amsterdam, but also travel to the much older city of Utrecht, the charming town of Delft, the leafy Hague, and the distinctly modern city of Rotterdam. The distances are short, and the cities are easily connected by local trains.
We walk in the footsteps of the old masters and stay in Leiden, Rembrandt’s birthplace – a refined university town where figures such as Albert Einstein and Carl Linnaeus once worked. From here, we move easily through the landscape of canals and windmills.
Along the way, we enjoy local specialties and the Dutch kitchen, which ranges from simple pleasures such as herring served in bread to Indonesian influences shaped by history – and, of course, exceptional cheeses from Gouda.