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The Beemster Polder is dotted with picturesque pyramidal houses
movement. It is now a museum that really has to be seen to be believed.
It contains Rietveld’s famous and surpris- ingly comfy red and blue chair, a copy of which can tried out on the top floor of the Centraal Museum Utrecht. Who to sell it to: Younger, trendy types who might like The White Stripes (their second album was called De Stijl and lead singer
BEEMSTER POLDER. What Unesco says: “Innovative and intellectually imaginative landscape. Had a profound and lasting impact on reclamation projects in Europe and beyond.” What it is: Essentially the bottom of a former lake that has been drained and turned into an inhabitable area which sits below sea level around 30 miles north of Amsterdam. Like the canal ring, Beemster was devel- oped in the 17th century thanks to Dutch innovation that used windmills to pump the lake water into newly built canals. The area is full of picturesque pyramidal houses that were designed as such to allow farmers to store mounds of hay in the roof. It’s like a tranquil, otherworldly paradise here, barely a soul about. “God created the world, but the Dutch made their own land,” says my guide, Fleur Brouwers. I think they might have even got one up on him. The Beemster is also great for admiring fields of tulips, which reach their best in
mid-April, and its prettiness and flatness mean it’s just the ticket for cycling. Bikes are easy to hire in the Netherlands, with many hotels offering them along with specialist hire shops.
As Fleur says of the Dutch: “We have more bikes than we do inhabitants”. Who to sell it to: Clients who like cycling or walking holidays or just getting away from it all amid tranquil surroundings. ■
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BOOK IT
EasyJet flies to Amsterdam from Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton from £27.99 one-way. Dertour offers two nights in the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky from £429 per person including BA flights from Heathrow. NH Carlton Amsterdam rooms start at around £76. Agents can request a trade log in and receive 10% commission on net room rates. Beatles fans might like to stay in the presidential suite of the Amsterdam Hilton where John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their famous “bed-in” peace protests.
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Frankfurt – A City of Contrasts
Discover Frankfurt, the heartland of women’s football! For the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011™, the Frankfurt Football Gardens along the banks of the River Main will be attracting football fans from across the globe with a colourful programme of live music, international cuisine and world-class football. All matches will be broadcast live on two massive LED screens set on a pontoon in the middle of the river, with the Frankfurt skyline providing a very scenic background setting.
As an overture to the World Cup, Frankfurt will be welcoming football enthusiasts from near and far with a spectacular opening show, transforming the River Main into a stage for a magical multimedia extravaganza.
What’s more, Frankfurt am Main will also be hosting two group matches, a semi-final and the grand final.
Ask the experts for more events and things to do in Frankfurt this year!
Frankfurt Tourist+Congress Board Phone: +49 (0) 69/21 23 03 98
tourismus@infofrankfurt.de www.frankfurt-tourismus.de
Foto: Commerzbank-Arena
Sally Shine
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