The Venice Of The North
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The venice of the north. Giethoorn also known as the venice of holland or the venice of the north is a beautiful village in the netherlands. But a 40 minute cruise among the canals that cause bruges to be called the venice of the north is a wonderfully leisurely way to see so much more of the surrounding neighborhoods. It shares this name with amsterdam bruges copenhagen hamburg manchester and stockholm. In the case of amsterdam date back centuries while others like birmingham are very recently given and invented by the cities own pr teams.
It also has many canals running across the city houses right next to the canals and there are many boats packed with tourists going from places to places. Your go to guide for a soft landing in amsterdam. The term venice of the north refers to various cities in northern europe and north america that contain canals comparing them to venice italy which is renowned for its canals see grand canal. Bruges has been called as venice of the north due to its similarity in the structure of the city.
2020 by the venice of the north. All these cities are in northern europe and like venice have a network of canals hence the venice of the north. The venice of the north invites with stunning hotels and houseboats on and at the water in the best neighborhood to stay in amsterdam center.