The history of Dutch seafaring

Route: The Museum of Navigation – “Amsterdam” A copy of the trading schooner – The building of the East India Company – The Wailing Tower.

Visit to the museum of navigation and a copy of the merchant ship “Amsterdam”.

Acquaintance with the history of the Dutch East India Company (1602 – 1798yy.)

What is this excursion about?

Did you know that piracy, slave trade, shipbuilding, and the discoveries: New Zealand – Tasmania-Manhattan, the foundation of Cape Town and the Anglo-Dutch wars of the 17th century, are all links of the same chain.

And its name is sailing! Holland has been the main sea carrier of Europe for 200 years. The main goal set by a small but mighty sea power,is trade.

The tour is scheduled for 3 hours.

To order this tour, contact us:

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Tour information

Duration: 2 hours

Excursions

Amsterdam
– Amsterdam sightseeing tour
– Red Lights district
– Van Gogh Museum
– Rijksmuseum (National Gallery)
– A tuk-tuk tour in Amsterdam
– Canal-cruise in the candlelight
– The Royal Palace, Amsterdam
– Amsterdam – the city of Rembrandt
– A tour to the world of purses
– Amsterdam sightseeing tour on a private boat
– The history of Dutch seafaring

Holland
– The Hague and the North Sea
– Delft
– Madurodam
– ZaanseSchans – mill park
– Fishing village Volendam
– Holland as it is
– Utrecht
– Castle de Haar
– Marken – the former isle
– Castle Muiderslot
– Keukenhofflower park
– Tour to Edam
– Rotterdam
– Haarlem (Frans Hals museum)
– Flowers Auction, Aaslmeer
– A village with no roads
– Zaandam (The house where Peter the Firststayed)
– Het Loo Palace
– Zuiderzee” Enkhuizen (the open-air museum Zuiderzee)
– Alkmaar (cheese market)

Authors Excursions
– Glory to the bicycle!
– A day of the life of Rembrandt
– The Dutch Adventure
– Tram #8
– Tourist-free Holland
– Open-air museum in Arnhemt

Belgium and Luxembourg
– Brussels
– Antwerp
– Bruges
– Gent
– Brussels Beer Tour
– Waterloo
– Dinant
– Namur
– A museum in the open air – Bosrijk, Maastricht
– Leuven and Maastricht
– Mechelen
– Oyster farms of Zealand
– Chimay Abbey and castle Bouillon
– Liege
– Luxemburg
– Aachen
– A tour to the ancient city of Echternach
– The wine road tour
– Excursion to the medieval castles Vianden and Beaufort
– The German part of the Moselle valley
– Four countries in one day: Luxembourg, France, Belgium and Germany
– Trier, the most ancient city in Germany