Netherlands Vacation - April 2023 Jenny's Trello Site
April 10 - Schiphol Airport to Hotel Volendam
April 11 - Anne Frank House, Pancake Trail, Royal Palace, Van Gogh Museum, and Bols Museum - (Individual Admission Fees)
April 12 - Rijksmuseum, MOCO Museum, Stedelijk Museum, Diamond Museum, and New Church - (Iamsterdam Card)
April 13 - Maritime Museum, Micropia, Botanical Gardens, Willet House, Rembrandt House, & NEMO - (Iamsterdam Card)
April 14 - Muiderslot Castle and Fort Pampus Island - (Iamsterdam Card)
April 15 - Volendam and Marken - (Iamsterdam Card)
April 16 - Zaanferry Tour of Zaan River, Czar Peter's House, Amsterdam Canal Tour, and A'Dam Lookout - (Iamsterdam Card)
April 17 - Keukenhof Gardens and Keukenhof Castle Estate Grounds - (Individual Admission Fees)
April 18 - Zaanze Schrans and the Windmills - (Zaanse Schans Card)
April 19 - De Haar Castle and the Clock Museum - (Individual Admission Fees)
April 20 - Delft Plates Painting - (Individual Admission Fees)
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Royal Delft Porcelain and Plate Painting
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Use the OV Chipkaart for the Sprinter train trip.
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8:10 am – Walk to the Breukelen train station northeast of the Hotel Breukelen.
8:18 am – Take Sprinter 4027 to Gouda, then go to platform 10.
8:50 am - Take Sprinter 6920 to Zoetermeer.
9:10 am – Walk to the NH Zoetermeer Hotel
Exit the train station and turn left onto the Nelson Mandela Bridge,
Walk south on the Nelson Mandela bridge to the southern exit.
Walk to the hotel to drop of the luggage. It's past the fountain/pool a little to the left.
Use the OV Chipkaart for the bus 455 trip.
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9:30 am – Walk north from the NH Zoetermeer Hotel to the downward stairs that are to the right of the Nelson Mandela bridge. The bus stop is to the right at the bottom of the stairs.
9:43 am – Take Bus 455 to the Delft, Aula bus stop
10:06 am – Walk to The Royal Delft Museum
Head west on Christiaan Huygensweg then a right onto Mekelweg
Turn left onto Jaffalaan
Turn left onto Rotterdamseweg
Royal Delft is on the right
Check before you go in to see if you can visit the Museum at 10:00 am and then leave for lunch and come back at 2:00 for the plate painting.
From Royal Delft, head northwest on Rotterdamseweg and turn left onto Van Barenstraat
Turn right onto Abtswoudsepad which curves back to the west and crosses the canal.
Turn right onto Zuideinde and continue onto Hooikade which runs parallel to the canal on the right.
Huszar in on the left.
Option 1: Bus 455 to NH Zoetermeer Hotel and eat at the hotel or somewhere close.
Additional options 2 and 3 below allow for dinner in Delft at Huszar.
4:42 pm – Walk to Delft, Aula bus stop
Take a left leaving Royal Delft heading northwest on Rotterdamseweg toward Jaffalaan
Turn right onto Jaffalaan
Turn right onto Mekelwe
Turn left onto Christiaan Huygensweg.
The bus stop is 40 yards up the street.
4:42 pm – Take bus 455 to the Station, Zoetermeer bus stop next to the Nelson Mandela bridge.
Option 2: Dinner at Haszar then Bus 455
to
NH Zoetermeer Hotel
5:45 pm - Walk to the Delft bus station – 5 minutes to the north northeast of the restaurant
Leaving Huszar, take a left and a quick right keeping the canal on your right.
Bear around to the left keeping the canal on your right and walk under the highway overpass.
Continue along the canal.
As you approach the next highway overpass, take the stairs on the left up to street level.
The bus station is ahead on the left on the north side of Stationsplein. Walk toward the train station north of the bus station. The buses are pointed north so you need to be look back at them from the train station to see the route information on the buses.
5:53 pm – Take Bus 455 to Station Zoetermeer bus stop next to the Nelson Mandela bridge and walk to the hotel.
Option 3 (The Long Way): Dinner at Haszar, then
Intercity/Sprinter trains
to
NH Zoetermeer Hotel
5:45 pm - Walk to the Delft train station – 7 minutes to the north northeast of the restaurant
Leaving Huszar, take a left and a quick right keeping the canal on your right.
Bear around to the left keeping the canal on your right and walk under the highway overpass.
Continue along the canal and continue to cross under the next two street overpasses.
The walkway along the canal ramps up to street level past the last street overpass.
The train station is on the left on the north side of Stationsplein.
5:59 pm – Take Intercity train 1158 to Den Haag Centraal, then walk to platform 6.
6:28 pm – Take Sprinter 6869 to Zoetermeter
6:40 pm – Walk to NH Zoetermeer Hotel.