DUTCH TREAT: While Amsterdam is an obvious destination for tourists wanting a taste of the Netherlands, more adventurous travelers need only take a short two-and-a-half-hour trip south to Maastricht ...

Holland looks small on the map yet it’s nearly twice the size of Wales and, with 16 million people, has more than five times Wales’s population. Most tourists rarely see more of the country than ...

Because of this history, Maastricht is the Netherlands' most "European" city, a place where north and south meet, at the crossroads of three countries that make up the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, a place ...

I am travelling half the year around the world, every year, so coming home is one of the most beautiful things. I was born here, I live here and it's a beautiful city, but it's not too big. The luxury ...

The mighty Maas waltzes effortlessly between the two sides of the Dutch city of Maastricht - both markedly different. Rising from the west bank is an old town of Renaissance houses crammed on to ...

Today the Netherlands is an anchor of stability in the eurozone. In Maastricht, no one is calling for a return to the guilder. Frank Hofmann finds out what the Dutch think about the euro and speaks ...

It may be the Netherlands' most laidback city, but Rodney Bolt finds his energies restored by the ancient beauty - and fabulous cuisine Taxi drivers in the Netherlands appear to come in two varieties: ...