The Netherlands Goals

General Goals (for every country)


  1. Go camping!
  2. Dine with locals
  3. Dine with foreigners: Frequent dining with foreign International Relations students at Leiden University (Including my friend Michael)
  4. Read non-fiction
  5. Read fiction:
    1. Girl with a Pearl Earring
    2. Netherland
  6. See sunrise
  7. See sunset

Lonely Planet Goals


  1. Sit in a cafe by a canal in Amsterdam
  2. Look at Amsterdam's houseboats
  3. Take a canal boat tour in Amsterdam
  4. Wander around Amsterdam's canals
  5. See Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
  6. See Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
  7. See Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam
  8. See Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem
  9. See Mauritshuis Museum in Den Haag
  10. See Haarlem museum: Frans Hals Museum
  11. See Haarlem canal
  12. See Haarlem church: Grote kerk (or Great Church of St. Bavo's
  13. Go to Haarlem cafe; Sat across from the Grote Kerk and had a Haarlem's Jopen beer
  14. See Leiden canal
  15. See Leiden museum
  16. See Leiden church: Pieterskerk built in 1121 and used sometimes by the Pilgrims before they went to America.
  17. Go to Leiden cafe
  18. See Utrecht canal
  19. See Utrecht museum
  20. See Utrecht church
  21. Go to Utrecht cafe
  22. See Delft canals
  23. See Delft museums: Vermeer Centrum Delft
  24. See Delft churches: Nieuwe Kerk (New Church 1351), Oude Kerk (Old Church 1240)
  25. Sit in a Delft Cafe: Bierhuis de Klomp, established 1652
  26. Bicycle atop a dyke and see polders
  27. Bicycle while enjoying cows mooing
  28. Bicycle while viewing windmills (outside Rotterdam?)
  29. Bicycle to a cute village
  30. Eat Gouda in Gouda
  31. Eat Edam in Edam
  32. See Gouda
  33. See Edam
  34. Eat caraway seed infused cheese
  35. Eat cheese cubed
  36. Eat cheese melted
  37. Eat cheese sliced on a sandwich
  38. Eat cheese shaved on a salad
  39. Eat aged Gouda that is crystallized like Parmesan eaten with mustard and beer
  40. See Hoge Veluwe National Park (HVNP) forests
  41. See HVNP sand dunes
  42. See HVNP marshes
  43. See HVNP ponds
  44. See HVNP sculpture garden
  45. Go to Kroller Muller Museum
  46. Visit underground forts in Maastricht
  47. Eat and drink in Maastricht cafe - large
  48. Eat and drink in Maastrict cafe - small
  49. See Maastrict church
  50. See Maastrict ruins
  51. See Maastrict museum
  52. See Maastrict monument
  53. Look at Rotterdam's architecture
  54. Look at Rotterdam's skyline
  55. Look at Rotterdam's bridge
  56. Go see tidal mudflats on Texel
  57. Go to beautiful beach on Texel
  58. Eat smoked fish on Texel
  59. Go on a wildlife spotting boat trip on Texel
  60. Do another touristic activity on Texel
  61. Go to a brown cafe
  62. Go to another brown cafe
  63. Bicycle past fields of tulips
  64. Stroll canals in Leiden
  65. Enjoy Amsterdam nightlife
  66. Rent a bicycle
  67. Drink Heineken beer
  68. Drink Gulpen beer
  69. Drink Haarlem's Jopen beer
  70. Drink Bavaria beer
  71. Drink Drie Ringen beer
  72. Drink Utrecht beer
  73. Drink Leeuw beer
  74. Eat erwtensoep soup
  75. Eat Gouda with wine
  76. Eat vlameese frites with mayonaise
  77. Read Netherland
  78. Read The Diary of Anne Frank
  79. Watch Zwartboek film
  80. Watch Oorlogswinter film

Personal Goals


  1. See Peace Palace
  2. Go to ICJ or ICC hearing



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